Brake began working on EastEnders in 1985 as a writer and script editor, being partly responsible for the introduction of the soap's first Asian characters Saeed and Naima Jeffery.
Naima was originally intended to be named Najma; named after one of Tony Holland's Bengali friends, the wife of Saeed (who was also the character name of Naima's on-screen husband).
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Naima Jeffery was one of the original twenty-three characters invented by the creators of EastEnders, Tony Holland and Julia Smith.
Michael Jeffery | Jeffery Taylor | Jeffery Deaver | Jeffery D. Long | Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst | Jeffery Amherst | Simon Jeffery | Saeed Jeffery | Naima Jeffery | Jeffery Straker | Jeffery Ekins | Jeffery Dangl | Thomas Nickleson Jeffery | Thomas B. Jeffery | Peter Jeffery Simpson | Naima | Jeffery W. Kelly | Jeffery Self | Jeffery Matthews | Clara Jeffery | Aaron Jeffery |