through to the shortlist. In 2014, she was longlisted for "Best Actress" again at The British Soap Awards 2014, but did not progress to the shortlist and the award was won by rival soap Coronation Street's Julie Hesmondhalgh, who plays Hayley Cropper in the serial. In August 2017, Parish was longlisted for Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards. She did not progress to the viewer-voted shortlist. In 2009, Ruth Deller of entertainment website Lowculture—who runs a monthly feature chronicling the most popular and unpopular soap opera characters—profiled Denise, stating: "The Foxes are one of the strongest families on EastEnders at the moment, and that's pretty much all down to Denise, who is a-mazing. We also love her frenemy-ness with Zainab." Jim Shelley of the Daily Mirror questioned the credulity of the storyline which saw Lucas hold Denise hostage having faked her suicide. He quoted Denise's line: "Another thing I don't get. Why am I supposed to have killed myself? What 'reason' did I have?!" observing: "NO REASON of course. The writers hadn't even made one up – although that didn't stop Walford CID quickly deciding Denise had killed Owen and Trina even though they had no evidence and she had a watertight alibi." Nathan Bevan of the Wales on Sunday also deemed the storyline far-fetched, commenting: "she'd been kept prisoner in the basement of the abandoned house next door [...] and no one heard her screaming for help through the walls? What part of the East End is this?" Inside Soap stated in January 2011 that whilst Denise headed up the Fox family, they were "a right bunch of miseries" and opined they would party with lively sister Kim and only let Denise come if she "promises to crack a smile". The magazine published a feature about Denise in April 2013, naming the scene where Lucas told Denise she had 'died', her "classic scene". Mark James Lowe called Denise "fiery" and when reviewing Denise's time on the show said, "Denise has never had it easy both blokes. Getting knocked up as a teen by a drug addict – who later became a serial killer – was just the start of her traumas with men. No wonder she considers Ian Beale a catch..." See also List of fictional postal employees References External links EastEnders characters Television characters introduced in 2006 Fictional British postal workers Fictional Black British people Fictional taxi