Zandra Plackett - Janine Nebeski

Janine Nebeski

Janine Nebeski was portrayed by Nicola Stapleton. Janine received five years for credit card fraud. She arrived at Larkhall with her friend Arun Parmer, and blamed her for them being in prison. She immediately got on the wrong side of 'topdog' Natalie Buxton who stabbed her in the eye with a pin, she tried to win over Natalie by squealing on Arun, who told her to report Natalie, Janine took Arun to the prison library only for Natalie to grab her and tell Janine to hit her in the ribs with bricks inside a pair of tights. Janine, along with Darlene Cake became Natalie's cronies, after discovering Arun was a male-to-female transsexual they began bullying her worse and demanded that she be sent to a men's prison. Pat Kerrigan stuck up for Arun, and later outed Natalie as a nonce, Janine and Darlene immediately turned against Natalie. When her father visited her in prison he told her mother had died and that she had broken her mother's heart by being in prison, as she was given release from prison to attend her mothers funeral, Natalie forced her to bring drugs back to the prison, but Janine was caught. She began a relationship with prison officer Donny Kimble (played by Stapletons EastEnders co-star Sid Owen), when she received day release from the prison, she told Donny she couldn't go back and ran away, but he chased after her and handcuffed her for her own good. Janine became pregnant by Donny, which saw his career in jeopardy, however when Darlene threatened to set herself on fire after she had been wrongfully accused of murder, she took Janine hostage, but after Donny calmed her down she eventually let her go, as a result Donny was allowed to keep his job and Janine eventually gave birth to their daughter Beverly Janine.