Tina Hobley

Tina Hobley Early Life

Tina Hobley was born and raised in London. Very shy as a child, Hobley was sent to speech and drama classes in an attempt to counter her introversion. At the time, she tried various other activities, as well, including Brownies and horse riding, but found that acting was her passion. Hobley enrolled with a very strict speech and drama teacher, whom she adored and stayed with for fifteen years, before moving from there to drama school.

Tina Hobley Career

Hobley is best known for her current role as feisty Ward Sister, Chrissie Williams in BBC medical drama Holby City. After graduating from the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, where she trained from 1990 to 1993, Hobley acquired a number of minor roles in a variety of notable television dramas, including Coronation Street, as Samantha Failsworth and The Bill.

Tina Hobley Personal Life

Hobley married Graphic designer, Steve Wallington, in 1998. Daughter Isabella was born in April 2000, but the couple later divorced. On 22 April 2006, boyfriend of the past year Freud Communications Director Oliver (Oli) Wheeler, proposed to Tina at their Cotswolds cottage. Tina and Oli were married in December 2006 in the Cotswolds. On October 23rd 2007 the couple announced that Tina was pregnant with their first child together. Tina gave birth to her 2nd daughter Olivia Kitty Alice Wheeler on Friday 18th April 2008 by caesarean.