Call The Midwife Joyce Highland star's life off-screen as she joins BBC series
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The much-loved BBC One drama, Call the Midwife, is set to welcome back new midwife Joyce Highland this Christmas - but you might recognise the actress from somewhere else. The beloved period drama is returning to our screens this festive season with two special episodes, featuring all your favourite characters.
In the previous season, set in 1969, the nuns and nurses of Nonnatus House were joined by two pupil midwives, Joyce Highland and Rosalind Clifford, who are both set to return for the Christmas specials. These festive episodes promise a host of medical challenges, including the Hong Kong flu, as well as an escaped prisoner on the loose.
As the local community gears up for a carol concert, there's growing concern that the escapee could be hiding out nearby following a series of break-ins. London-based actress Renee Bailey portrays midwife Joyce Highland, a Trinidadian pupil midwife characterised as "hardworking, fiercely bright and deeply kind", but who also hides a traumatic past.
During the 13th season earlier this year, Joyce's dark secrets were revealed when her estranged husband Sylvester (played by Benjamin Cawley) turned up at Nonnatus House pretending to be her cousin. It was soon discovered that Sylvester was actually her abusive ex-husband, intent on taking all of Joyce's hard-earned money before she finally managed to rid herself of him.
