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{{Infobox character
| name = Gina Gold
| image = [[Image:GinaGold.jpg|300px|Gina]]
| caption = [[Roberta Taylor]] as '''Inspector Gina Gold'''
| first = Episode #021 (27/06/2002)
| last = ''Behind Closed Doors'' (12/7/07)
| cause = Suspended due to bullying allegation made by PC [[Emma Keane]]
| occupation = Police Officer
| title = Inspector
| callsign = Sierra Oscar 1
| spouse = [[Adam Okaro]], [[Johnathan Fox]] and Peter Harris
| portrayer = [[Roberta Taylor]]
}}
'''Inspector Gina Gold''' is a character in the popular ITV drama ''[[The Bill]]'' and is portrayed by [[Roberta Taylor]]. She arrived in the Summer of 2002. Her callsign is 'Sierra Oscar 1'.
==Character Profile==
Inspector Gina Gold is originally from South London. An all-drinking, all-smoking workaholic, Gina's ballsy, funny and has the capacity to terrify every rank of officer when the mood takes her. She joined the Met slightly later in life at 28. The daughter of a bookmaker, she left school and worked as a till girl in one of her dad's South London shops. His clients although pretty low level, had fingers in many pies. Gina grew to resent the sort of men who used to frequent the premises and with that developed a razor sharp sense of wit as well as an impressive left hook. Even by the age of 17, Gina was not a woman to be messed with.
Gina's heritage and knowledge of the underworld makes her an instinctive copper. It wasn't ambition that got her up the ladder, but her talent. She made it to DS pretty quickly and earned a reputation for being funny, hardnosed, loyal but unpredictable. She raised a few eyebrows when she decided to go for the post of uniform Inspector at Sun Hill, instead of following the rest of the herd with their sights set on DI. Her reasoning was simple: if the young hotshot uniforms can transfer into CID overnight, why not the other way around?
Having had a foot in both camps, uniform and CID, Gina is a natural bridge between the two departments and each earns her respect this way. She refuses to bow to political correctness and won't be dictated to by the thought police. But whilst she's happy to live by her old school copper reputation, Gina isn't averse to using every trick in the book to swing things her way. She certainly has a sharp-tongue, to which her colleagues constantly fall prey. She rules the relief with an iron rod and her manner can often be seen as brusque and sarcastic. Gina will let anyone have their say, whatever rank, without fear of being disciplined - as long as she's afforded the same respect in return. She's also fiercely protective of her team - she's the first one to leap to their defence. But behind her super-confident exterior, she hides a secret sadness - her brother Richard committed suicide in jail after being wrongly convicted of murder. She has mellowed slightly following a recent fight with cervical cancer.
First in and last to leave, dedicated Gina is always at her post. If not, she's probably in the ladies' lighting up yet another cigarette
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{{succession box | before = [[Andrew Monroe]]| title = [[Sun Hill]] [[Inspector]] | years = 2002-present| after = ''Acting Inspector[[Dale Smith (The Bill)|Smithy]]''}}
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[[Category:The Bill characters|Gold, Gina]]
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