Chrissie Jackson

Chrissie is Maria's warm hearted, but flighty mother. Although divorced from Alan and living with her boyfriend Ivan, Chrissie still makes regular visits to see her daughter and it's obvious that she loves her to bits. Maria misses having her mum around, but even she finds her a bit trying at times. Chrissie's ability to speak before she thinks, and usually at a hundred miles an hour, makes her seem just a teeny bit self obsessed and rude to almost everyone she meets, including Sally Jane, Mary Jane or whatever her name is. She never means any harm though, she's just...Chrissie.