Career
After training at Rose Bruford College, Fergison started playing the role of Heather Trott on 26 June 2007. The idea of Heather was conceived by the EastEnders executive producer Diederick Santer. Fergison"s stage credits include Measure Foreign Measure, for the Royal Shakespeare Company and most recently the 2006 season at the Scoop at More London.
Fergison is also known for playing Joanna Harding, the "Big Fat Lezza" in the Linda Flint sketches of Little Britain, opposite David Walliams and also played Judy in The Information Technology Crowd.
Other notable appearances include "Allo "Allo!, Little Mission Jocelyn, Bad Girls and Casualty, as well as playing Mistress Lloyd in two episodes of Doctor Who, "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances".
Fergison also starred in a Keane promotional video for Atlantic, which is on the Under The Iron Sea Digital Video Disc. In November 2007, Fergison participated in the Children in Need charity appeal with her EastEnders co-stars which was broadcast on British Broadcasting Corporation One. Since appearing on EastEnders,Fergison has made a variety of television appearances on shows such as GMTV, The Paul O"Grady Show, This Morning and Loose Women.
Fergison starred in Lets Dance Foreign Sport Relief dancing to Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice and appeared in an episode of British Broadcasting Corporation Two"s Shooting Stars in August 2010.
On 17 September 2011, Fergison was axed from EastEnders and would leave at the end of her current contract, departing the show on 21 March 2012. Heather was killed off after being hit with a photoframe by Ben Mitchell (Joshua Pascoe). In March 2012, Fergison appeared on The Saturday Night Show.
In April and June 2012, Fergison made two guest panellist appearances on Independent Television"s Loose Women.
On 15 August 2012, Fergison entered the Celebrity Big Brother 10 house. On 24 August 2012, she became the second housemate to be evicted.
Fergison was one of the celebritiy contestants on Your Face Sounds Familiar. During the series, she sang as Dusty Springfield, Anastacia, Meatloaf, Lulu, Madonna, Cher and Adele.
She played the role of Jo in the 2014 series of Big School on British Broadcasting Corporation One.
