Where are The Queen's Nose stars now from Emmerdale to teaching

Paula Wilcox in The Queen's Nose
-Credit: (Image: BBC)


If you watched CBBC in the late 90s to early 00s, there's a high chance you caught an episode of The Queen's Nose.

The show was based on the novel of the same name written by Dick King-Smith, featuring a young girl Harmony Parker and her magic coin. This coin could grant any wishes, which typically led to all sorts of strange adventures.

After being rebooted in 2000 the show continued without Harmony, who was played by Victoria Chalet. In the end, the show finished in 2003.

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Many of the cast have, however, gone on to do all sorts of things. This is what the cast of The Queen's Nose is up to today.

Victoria Chalet

Playing Harmony Parker in the show, Victoria appeared in three seasons of the TV show.

She's now had a number of roles across British TV and in voice acting. This includes roles in Doctors, where she played PC Vickie Hilton and in Midsomer Murders.

Victoria Shalet as PC Vicky Hilton in BBC Doctors in 2009
Victoria Shalet as PC Vicky Hilton in BBC Doctors in 2009 -Credit:BBC

Victoria also had roles performing voice acting in the English version of Japanese videogame Dragon Quest VIII. Now, she has left the world of acting and instead works as a psychotherapist.

Heather-Jay Jones

Playing Harmony's older sister Melody, Heather-Jay had appeared in shows like The Bill and London's Burning before appearing on The Queen's Nose.

However, she left acting after her role on the show and is now a teacher.

Paula Wilcox

Paula Wilcox attends the annual National Youth Theatre Fundraising evening at Cafe Royal on November 26, 2018 in London
Paula Wilcox attends the annual National Youth Theatre Fundraising evening at Cafe Royal on November 26, 2018 in London -Credit:John Phillips/Getty Images

Paula Wilcox played the role of Harmony and Melody's mum, Mrs Parker.

Already a well established actress, starting her career in the late 1960s, Paula appeared in shows like Casualty and Man About the House. Since The Queen's Nose, this career has continued in shows like Emmerdale and Coronation Street.

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Stephen Moore

Another established actor, Stephen Moore played Mr Parker in the show.

He had worked in a number of roles before the show, in programmes like Sharpe and Middlemarch.

Stephen sadly died on October 4, 2019.

Donald Sumpter

Donald Sumpter played Uncle Ginger on The Queen's Nose.

Working since the 1960s, Donald Sumpter appeared in shows like Bombay Blue and Between the Lies. Since his role on The Queen's Nose, he has appeared on Doctor Who and Game of Thrones.

He also appeared in Peaky Blinders and Chernobyl. The 81-year-old last appeared in Greg Davies' The Cleaner in 2021 as Sir James.

Ella Jones

Ella played the new owner of the coin after Harmony, Sam.

She continued to work in acting, appearing in Doctors, Silent Witness and more. However, she has now moved into directing and script ending, working on shows like Pandemonium.

Paul Danan

Essex boy Paul played Melody's agent Max Mitford.

His profile grew markedly between 1997 and 2001 when he played Sol Patrick in the Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks.

Since then he has become best known for wild antics in reality shows such as Celebrity Love Island and Celebrity Big Brother.

In January 2022, he appeared on series seven of E4's Celebrity Coach Trip with co-stars Matt Richardson, Honey G, Ginny Lemon, Honeyz, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph.

Jordan Metcalfe

In the final season, Jordan Metcalfe played the new owner of the coin, Jake.

His latest acting credit was 2019, when he appeared in Father Brown, Over the years, he also appeared in Pride, Misfits, Doctors and Hearbeat.

Lucinda Dryzek

Actor Lucinda Dryzek
Donald Sumpter in the film Bypass (2015)

The same year in which Lucinda played Jake's cousin Gemma, she played a young Bella Swan in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

She has continued to appear in numerous TV shows and films since, including playing Katy in the BBC sitcom Life of Riley, Doctor Who, Outnumbered, Midsomer Murders, Unforgotten and The Twilight Zone.