– 6 ) ▁ ▁Norm a ▁Star key ▁( born ▁ 1 8 ▁July ▁ 1 9 6 9 ) ▁is ▁a ▁l orry ▁driver . ▁It ▁is ▁likely ▁that ▁she ▁is ▁from ▁New castle ▁upon ▁Ty ne . ▁Although ▁it ▁is ▁never ▁explicitly ▁stated ▁on screen , ▁she ▁does ▁possess ▁a ▁strong ▁North ▁East ▁acc ent . ▁Norm a ▁was ▁previously ▁Mon ica ▁Gall ag her ' s ▁( An n abel le ▁A ps ion ) ▁les bian ▁lo ver ▁after ▁her ▁split ▁from ▁Frank ▁Gall ag her ▁( David ▁Th rel fall ). ▁She ▁is ▁introduced ▁in ▁the ▁series ▁when ▁Frank ▁convin ces ▁She ila ▁to ▁ring ▁Mon ica ▁to ▁tell ▁her ▁that ▁she ▁has ▁won ▁a ▁ted dy ▁bear ▁in ▁a ▁contest . ▁Frank ▁does ▁this ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁discover ▁Mon ica ' s ▁where about s ▁so ▁that ▁he ▁can ▁obtain ▁child ▁support ▁pay ments ▁from ▁her . ▁Through out ▁the ▁series , ▁he ▁occasionally ▁calls ▁her ▁" Sh rek ". ▁ ▁Norm a ▁accompan ies ▁Mon ica ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁Gall ag her ▁home ▁in ▁series ▁ 4 , ▁and ▁lives ▁in ▁the ▁D orm obile ▁in ▁the ▁garden . ▁She ▁is ▁inf atu ated ▁with ▁Mon ica ▁and ▁continues ▁to ▁express ▁her ▁strong ▁feelings ▁for ▁her ▁lo ver ▁even ▁when ▁Mon ica ▁ign ores ▁her ▁and ▁endeav ours ▁to ▁capture ▁Frank ' s ▁attention . ▁Having ▁initially ▁been ▁character ised ▁as ▁a ▁strong - w illed ▁and ▁capable ▁woman , ▁Norm a ▁increasing ly ▁port rayed