Meet the cast of Death in Paradise series 9
The 2020 series of Death in Paradise is packed full of big-name guest stars
Episode 5 guest stars
Chanel Cresswell plays Tamsin Lewis
Who is Tamsin Lewis? A young woman found electrocuted in her hotel bathtub, with the doors all locked from the inside. She was visiting the island from Manchester, and her death is initially presumed to be a suicide.
What else has Chanel Cresswell been in? The BAFTA TV winner is best known for playing Kelly Jenkins in the film This Is England and its subsequent TV spin-offs. She also starred in the recent BBC Dracula series.
Tom Varey plays Charlie Lewis
Who is Charlie Lewis? Tamsin’s husband. He works for Tamsin’s father as Head of Sales in the family property business, and has good prospects of taking over the whole company one day.
What else has Tom Varey been in? The actor is best known for roles in Ackley Bridge, Pond Life, No Offence, and Game of Thrones.
Steve Pemberton plays Neil Henderson
Who is Neil Henderson? Tamsin’s father. He’s just about to demolish a collection of local houses to build a new timeshare development on Saint Marie.
What else has Steve Pemberton been in? Co-creator and star of BBC series Inside No. 9 and The League of Gentlemen, Pemberton has also starred in a host of other series, including Good Omens, Worzel Gummidge, Happy Valley, Whitechapel, and Benidorm.
Samantha Bond plays Joanne Henderson
Who is Joanne Henderson? Neil’s wife, and Tamsin’s stepmother.
What else has Samantha Bond been in? Probably best known to international viewers as Miss Moneypenny from the late 90's and early 2000's Bond films, the actress also played Lady Rosamund Painswick in Downton Abbey and has starred in Outnumbered and Home Fires.
Anthony Adjekum plays Jacob Roach
Who is Jacob Roach? A hotel worker who is collecting room service trays when the body is discovered.
What else has Anthony Adjekum been in? The actor has starred in a variety of TV shows, including White Gold, a Shakespeare & Hathaway Christmas special, Silent Witness, and The Windsors.
Nicola Millbank plays Emma Taylor
Who is Emma Taylor? She works for the hotel where Tamsin dies, and where DI Neville Parker stays.
What else has Nicola Millbank been in? Milbank played Ella in Mount Pleasant, Nancy in Mr Selfridge, and has starred in Silent Witness, Suspects, Endeavour, among others.