{{Short description|Scottish actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Jacqueline Pirie | image = | image_size = 200px | caption = | birth_name = Jacqueline Pirie | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1975|10|10}} | birth_place = Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom | occupation = Actress (1984–2001), author | spouse = Simon Chadwick (2001–present) | awards = ''Best Storyline'' - British Soap Awards (2001; Won)<br>''Most Popular Actress'' - National Television Awards (1996; Nominated) }}
'''Jacqueline Chadwick''' (''née'' '''Pirie''', born 10 October 1975) is a Scottish former actress and novelist from Stirling, Scotland. She is best known for her roles in the ITV soap operas ''Emmerdale'' (1994–1996) and ''Coronation Street'' (1998–2001), playing Tina Dingle and Linda Sykes, respectively.
==Early life== Born in Stirling, Pirie moved with her family to Birmingham, England when she was five.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mondaymag.com/entertainment/220743031.html|work=Monday Magazine|title=Beyond the bright lights|date=22 August 2013|accessdate=14 September 2016|archive-date=19 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919021106/http://www.mondaymag.com/entertainment/220743031.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She attended Sunnyside Primary School Stirling, Paganell Primary School in Selly Oaks, Birmingham and King Norton's Girls School and 6th form. After leaving school she attended The Birmingham Theatre School and Red Lens Drama School for Television Acting.
==Acting career== In 1984 at the age of nine Jacqueline appeared on an episode of the ITV soap opera ''Crossroads''.
Following some guest roles on television, Pirie made her film debut in 1994, playing Mary in the British war film ''Culloden 1746''. She then appeared on ITV's ''Emmerdale'' as Tina Dingle between 1994 and 1996. For this, she was nominated in the category of Most Popular Actress at the National Television Awards.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80456184/and-the-winner-is/|title=And the winner is... oh no, surely not|last=Phillips|first=Geoffrey|date=9 October 1996|work=Evening Standard|access-date=29 June 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> Next, she began playing factory machinist Linda Sykes on ''Coronation Street'', where she appeared between 1998 and 2001. The storyline involving her character's love triangle with her employer, Mike Baldwin, and his son, Mark, won Best Storyline at the 2001 British Soap Awards.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1353527.stm|title=EastEnders triumph at UK soap awards|work=BBC News|access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref>
==Teaching== In 2004, Pirie began teaching drama and running her own performing arts workshop, the "Jacqueline Chadwick Academy of Performing Arts".
In 2007, she set up a drama school in her hometown of Stirling. She opened one of her drama schools in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada, before moving it to Victoria, British Columbia, where she now resides.
==Novels== Since leaving the acting industry, Pirie has been writing a series of thriller novels, published under her married name, Jacqueline Chadwick.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fahrenheit-press.com/authors_jacqueline_chadwick.html|title=Fahrenheit Press|website=www.fahrenheit-press.com|access-date=27 April 2020|archive-date=23 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123031140/http://www.fahrenheit-press.com/authors_jacqueline_chadwick.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''In The Still (Ali Dalglish Book 1)'' (2017) Fahrenheit Press<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fahrenheit-press.com/books_in_the_still.html|title=Fahrenheit Press|website=www.fahrenheit-press.com|access-date=27 April 2020|archive-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225054449/http://www.fahrenheit-press.com/books_in_the_still.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>In The Still (Ali Dalglish Book 1) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071JGLXGP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_ObOPEb5M4D5TH</ref> * ''Briefly Maiden (Ali Dalglish Book 2)'' (2019) Fahrenheit Press<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fahrenheit-press.com/books_briefly_maiden.html|title=Fahrenheit Press|website=www.fahrenheit-press.com|access-date=27 April 2020|archive-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225054746/http://www.fahrenheit-press.com/books_briefly_maiden.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Briefly Maiden (Ali Dalglish Book 2) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0771PVW8K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_PcOPEb4QSP46X</ref> * ''Silent Sisters (Ali Dalglish Book 3)'' (TBA) Fahrenheit Press
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=685171|name=Jacqueline Pirie}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110203044603/http://www.chadwickacademy.com/ The Jacqueline Chadwick Academy]
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