Tina Louise Germaine (born 1971) is an English actress and model best known for her appearance as usherette Sylvia Berry in the 1993 Dennis Potter serial Lipstick on Your Collar.

Early life

Germaine's father, David, left her mother, Yvonne, and two elder brothers, Ian and Mark, before she was born. As Tina Reid, she posed for magazine shoots, when aged fifteen. Her mother ran a guest house on Second Avenue in Cliftonville. Her boyfriend was 19-year-old Lane Abrahams.

Career

She played chambermaid Kate Hargreaves in the six-part 1994 comedy The House of Windsor. Germaine is said to have inspired one of Dennis Potter's final scripts, Karaoke, but her pregnancy prevented being cast in the production.

Personal life

On 14 February 1994, she married hairdresser Lea Carter, in Gretna Green. By 1996 she had moved from Thanet District to Surrey. Louise now resides in south west France.