Gavin & Stacey to Sullivan as her housemate; a member of the band she initially lives with. Nessa had also claimed to have had an affair with Prescott. The initial series begins with the lives of the title characters, Gavin Shipman (Mathew Horne) and Stacey West (Joanna Page). Gavin is 28 and lives at home in Billericay, Essex, with his parents, Mick (Larry Lamb) and Pam (Alison Steadman). He and Stacey, along with their respective best friends Neil "Smithy" Smith (James Corden) and Nessa Jenkins (Ruth Jones), go out on a double date. The night ends with Gavin and Stacey returning to a
Stacey Dooley Stacey Dooley Stacey Jaclyn Dooley (born 9 March 1987) is a British television presenter, journalist, documentary filmmaker, media personality and author. Since 2009, she has made social-issue-themed television documentaries for BBC Three concerning child labour and women in developing countries. She also won the sixteenth series of "Strictly Come Dancing". Stacey Dooley grew up in Luton, Bedfordshire, and studied at Stopsley High School. She left school at 16 and worked as a shop assistant at Luton Airport. She also worked in a hairdressers in Bramingham. At the age of 21, Dooley first appeared on television as one of the participants