Jacey Sallés is a British actress. She is known for her role as Ramona Ramirez in the ITV drama Cold Feet (1998–2003) and its revival (2016–2019). In 2019, she began appearing in the soap opera Casualty as Rosa Cadenas.
Sallés is the daughter of an English interior designer and a Spanish entrepreneur from Barcelona. She spent her early childhood in Ibiza. She attended Parliament Hill School.[1]
Sallés graduated from Rose Bruford College with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Studies. She later obtained a PGCE from London Metropolitan University in 2009, which she used to teach at Highbury Grove School.[2] [3]
Sallés rose to fame playing Ramona Ramirez, the Marsden family's "fiery Spanish nanny", in the ITV drama Cold Feet between 1997 and 2003.[4] [5] She reprised the role for the revived series in 2016. In August 2016, it was announced that Sallés had been cast in a guest role on Hollyoaks, portraying "glamorous and feisty" Juanita Salvador Martinez Hernandez De La Cruz, the mother of established character Diego Salvador Martinez Hernandez De La Cruz (Juan Pablo Yepez).[6] She appeared in six episodes, originally broadcast in September 2016.
In May 2019, it was announced that Sallés would join the cast of the BBC One medical drama Casualty as hospital porter Rosa Cadenas, who would be part of an "interesting story" with established character David Hide (Jason Durr).[7] Sallés has also appeared in the 2011 film Attack the Block and the 1998 romantic comedy The Misadventures of Margaret. Additionally, she has appeared in small roles in Keith Lemon: Coming in America, Doctors, Holby City and My Family.
Sallés has a daughter.[1]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | Silvia | ||
| 1992 | Birds of a Feather | Jacinthe | ||
| 1994 | The Knock | Air Stewardess | ||
| 1995 | An Independent Man | Yvonne | ||
| 1997 | The Detectives | Bride | ||
| 1998 | The Misadventures of Margaret | Frannie | Film | |
| 1998–2003, 2016–2019 | Cold Feet | Ramona Ramirez | Supporting role, 32 episodes | |
| 2000 | Lock, Stock... | Sylvia Harmless | ||
| 2002 | Holby City | Daniella Canas | ||
| Doctors | Sheila Roberts | |||
| 2003 | My Family | Maria | ||
| Loose Women | Herself | Panellist | ||
| Cold Feet: The Final Call | ||||
| Russian Roulette | ||||
| 2008 | Doctors | Lydia Blake | ||
| 2011 | Attack the Block | Biggz's Mum | Film | |
| 2016 | Hollyoaks | Juanita Salvador Martinez Hernandez De La Cruz | Guest role; 6 episodes | |
| 2019–2022 | Casualty | Rosa Cadenas | Series regular |