Jane How

Carolyn Jane Onslow How (born 21 December 1950) is an English actress with a range of television, film, and stage credits. She is best known for her role as Jan Hammond, the mistress of Den Watts in EastEnders. She appeared in the programme regularly from 1986 to 1987 and also made brief return appearances in 2002 and 2003, the latter leading up to Den's return to the show. Career After training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, where she won the Rodney Millington Award, she spent several years in provincial theatre. Other roles include two series of "The Spoils of War ", War and Remembrance, A.D., "Anglo Saxon Attitudes", "The Cazalet Chronicles", "Zoya", "Love in a Cold Climate", another famous mistress, Camilla Parker Bowles, in the TV movie Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992). She has also appeared in The Citadel, Midsomer Murders, Judge John Deed, "Byron", Bad Girls, "Love Soup", "Armadillo", Agatha Christie's Poirot, "Daniel Deronda", as well as in four series of the sitcom Don't Wait Up as Helen with Nigel Havers. Her first television credit was in the 1973 Doctor Who story Planet of the Daleks. Her films include AKA (2002), A Good Woman (2004), The Best Man (2005), Miss Potter (2006) and 1st Night (2010).