Patsy Palmer (born Julie Harris on May 26, 1972 in Bethnal Green, London, England) is a red-haired British actress best-known for her 6-year role as the feisty Bianca Jackson in the popular British television soap opera EastEnders. Having changed her name professionally to avoid a conflict with another actress in Equity, she made her first television appearance, like many other EastEnders actors, on the children's drama show Grange Hill in 1985.