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"The Bill star Lisa Maxwell has admitted that she suffered two miscarriages last year. Speaking on The Paul O&amp;#039;Grady Show, the actress confirmed that the ordeal contributed to her decision to quit playing DI Sam Nixon after seven years on the ITV1 police drama. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ll be absolutely honest with you, I had two miscarriages - one in January and one in July,&amp;quot; Maxwell, 45, explained.  &amp;quot;It was a really sad time for me and now I don&amp;#039;t mind talking about it. It&amp;#039;s not like a secret. In some ways I feel the more I talk about it, the better it is - because I kept it a secret at the time.&amp;quot; Confirming that she returned to work shortly after the first baby loss, the star continued: &amp;quot;In some ways I think it was easier to be Sam than be Lisa. [I was] facing up to a lot of stuff and I just ignored the first one. I thought it was my last chance to [have] a child again - and I was quite kinda down about it but I soldiered on.  &amp;quot;[I] ignored it, like I do everything, and then I was lucky enough to fall pregnant again four months later - and then the same thing happened.&amp;quot; Maxwell, who already has a nine-year-old daughter named Beau, eventually took time off from the show on the advice of her co-star Roberta Taylor (Gina Gold). She then announced her decision to leave the programme in January this year. She revealed: &amp;quot;This is the first Easter holiday [that I&amp;#039;ve been off]. For the whole holiday I&amp;#039;ve been with my kid.&amp;quot; The star&amp;#039;s character is expected to be part of an &amp;quot;explosive storyline&amp;quot; before her on-screen departure in September. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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