Actress · Director
Mona Hammond
January 1, 1931
Clarendon, Jamaica, British West Indies [now Jamaica]
July 4, 2022 at 91 years old
Mavis Chin OBE (born January 1, 1931), known professionally as Mona Hammond is a Jamaican-British actress of Chinese descent and co-founder of the Talawa Theatre Company. Born in Jamaica, Hammond emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1959, where she has lived ever since. Hammond has had a long and distinguished stage career. She is best known for her work on British television, most notably playing Blossom Jackson in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
