Leroy Golding

Leroy Golding is a Jamaican actor who portrayed Celestine Tavernier in EastEnders from 1990 to 1992 as a regular character and returned for a guest stint in 1993.

Leroy Golding came to London from Jamaica at the age of eight and says he was a bit of a tearaway as a kid. He became a social worker, then joined a photographic agency, appeared in advertisements, did stunt work and played a policeman extra in EastEnders. His acting career took off after he read for a small part in a Channel 4 play, A Sight Better Off, and was given the lead role. When Leroy played the respectable Celestine Tavernier it meant that Leroy had to wear a straight face and straight clothes six days a week - something new to him at the time.