Patsy Palmer's huge net worth after swapping EastEnders for life in sunny LA
Patsy Palmer has come a long way since her days as loud-mouthed Bianca Jackson in EastEnders.
Viewers will remember her for shouting her now infamous catchphrase ‘Rickyyyy!’ at her onscreen-husband, played by Sid Owen.
The BBC soap propelled her to stardom at the tender age of 21, with 22 million viewers tuning in to watch her marry Ricky in 1997.
After Bianca left Walford, the public loved the couple so much the pair landed their own spin-off show ‘EastEnders: Ricky and Bianca’, which aired in 2002.
Patsy went on to reprise her role as Bianca in 2007, before leaving again in 2014.
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But the now 50-year-old – who is currently appearing on the UK version of Dancing on Ice - has swapped a life in the East End for sunny LA.
Here we look at how she made her fortune and what she is doing now.
Patsy in her most famous acting role as Bianca in EastEnders (BBC/Jack Barnes)Where does Patsy Palmer live now and who is she married to?
For the past nine years, Patsy has been living in a lavish mansion in Malibu with her husband Richard Merkell and their three kids.
The couple were reportedly friends for 14 years before getting together.
They married in 2000 and lived in Brighton before relocating to LA in 2014.
Cab driver Richard is Patsy's second husband. She was previously married to Football Factory film director Nick Love for five months in 1998.
These days Patsy has reinvented herself as a wellness guru (Instagram)
Patsy and husband Richard, who she has been with since 2000 (Getty Images)How many children does Patsy Palmer have?
Patsy and Richard share children Fenton, 22, Emilia, 21, and 11-year-old Bertie. Both Fenton and Emilia work as models and Fenton was recently accepted into prestigious American university, UCLA.
Patsy also has a 31-year-old son Charley, whose father is boxer Alfie Rothwell. He is also an actor and has appeared in films Dunkirk, Darkest Hour and Legend about the Kray twins, alongside Tom Hardy.
Patsy's kids Fenton and Emilia are both signed as models (Instagram)
Her eldest son Charley is an actor who has appeared in films like Dunkirk and Darkest Hour (Getty Images Europe)Her life now is a far cry from her drug-addled twenties in which she admitted regularly turning up to the EastEnders set high on Class A’s.
She told Piers Morgan’s Life Stories she first tried drugs at the age of 12 and was soon taking ecstasy, cocaine and dropping acid as “that was just what kids did where I grew up”.
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Things got so bad she said social services would have taken Charley away had it not been for her mum Pat looking after him.
“My mum looked after my son, thank God,” she shared. “I’d say, ‘I’m just popping out’ and not come home for two days, sometimes longer. Just partying and drinking. I just didn’t know when to stop.”
She now lives in a lavish mansion in LA (Instagram)
Her characterful loo has a picture of the Queen in it (Instagram)What is Patsy Palmer doing now?
After years of being clean – something she credits husband Richard for – Patsy rebranded herself as a wellness guru and launched Good and Proper in 2020.
The website sells plant-based essential oils and beauty products and encourages people to adopt a wellness-centric beauty routine, an everyday mantra practice called Manetra “that enlightens the whole person”.
According to Idol Networth, Patsy now has an estimated fortune of around £9.3 million from her work as an actress, lifestyle guru and DJ.
The pool at Patsy's lavish home in LA (Instagram)These days Patsy is more likely to be spotted practising yoga, going for beach walks or taking a dip in the swimming pool at her Californian home.
The family even have a telescope in their garden so they can look at the stars when they want to.
At the moment Patsy, who has previously taken part in Strictly Come Dancing, is appearing on ITV ’s Dancing on Ice, which she decided to do because she turned 50 last year.
Speaking on This Morning, she said: "I thought I wasn’t going to do this because it’s going to be too hard! I was also thinking about my age and that I might hurt myself and I’m in LA, I didn’t know how it would work.
"But then I thought it could work out quite well. It’s definitely going to be a brilliant challenge. I always want my kids to see it’s good to be doing fun things, challenging yourself and getting out there. And to get nice and fit!"
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