Amanda Holden
Amanda Holden
Born	Amanda Louise Holden 16 February 1971 (1971-02-16) (age 37) Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991-present
Spouse(s)	Les Dennis (1995-2003)

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Early life

Her father, Frank Vallely Holden, was a Petty officer in the Merchant Navy, from Liverpool. Her mother, Judith Mary Harrison, was a secretary from Gloucestershire.[1] Her father left her mother when Amanda was four. Her mother married Leslie, whom Amanda regards as her real father, shortly afterwards.[2] Her parents bought a guesthouse in Alum Chine in Bournemouth. She studied Drama at the Jellicoe Theatre, now part of Bournemouth and Poole College. She gained two A levels, and went to the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in Wood Green. A Petty Officer is a noncommissioned officer or equivalent in many navies. ... For the steam locomotives, see SR Merchant Navy Class. ... , Bournemouth ( ) is a large town and tourist resort, situated on the south coast of England. ... The Bournemouth and Poole College is a further education establishment based in Bournemouth and Poole on the south coast of England. ... Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts is a prestigious drama school situated in the Wood Green area of North London. ... , Wood Green is a district in the London Borough of Haringey in North London, England. ...

TV career

She is best known for her role as the main character, Geraldine Titley in the British TV comedy The Grimleys. She is also known for starring in Wild at Heart, Kiss Me Kate and Hearts and Bones. A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... CD cover from The Grimleys soundtrack The Grimleys was a nostalgic comedy-drama set on a council estate in Dudley, West Midlands, England in the mid-1970s. ... Wild at Heart was an ITV television drama series about a Bristol-based vet and his family relocating to start a game park in South Africa. ... Kiss Me, Kate for the Cole Porter musical comedy. ... Hearts and Bones is a rock and roll album released in 1983 by Paul Simon. ...

She made her television debut as an unsuccessful contestant on the long-running ITV series Blind Date.^[1] Her first television role was in a TV drama with Edward Woodward. She also appeared in BBC soap opera EastEnders in 1994^[2], but she is perhaps best known for playing Mia Bevan in the BAFTA Award-nominated drama series Cutting It from 2002-4. For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... A blind date is a date where the people involved have not met each other previously. ... Edward Albert Arthur Woodward (born June 1, 1930 Croydon, Surrey) is an English stage, film and television actor and singer. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Albert Square in the 1980s. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Cutting It was a popular BBC television programme set in Manchester, England which ran for four series between 2002 and 2005. ...

She is a judge on the ITV show Britain's Got Talent alongside Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan. For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is a British artist and repertoire (A&R) executive for Sony BMG in the United Kingdom and a television producer, more commonly known as a judge on television programmes such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, American Idol and Britains Got Talent. ... Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born 30 March 1965 in Newick, East Sussex) is a former editor of British tabloid newspapers the News of the World (1994–1995) and the Daily Mirror (1995–2004). ...

Acting career

Amanda Holden has appeared in several stage musicals and in 2004 was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in the West End production of Thoroughly Modern Millie^[3]. On November 19, 2004 she appeared on the BBC's Children in Need charity appeal singing Carol King's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman". On that night also, she announced her engagement to record boss Chris Hughes. The Laurence Olivier Awards, previously known as The Society of West End Theatre Awards, were renamed in honour of British actor Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier in 1984, having first been established in 1976. ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, England, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre... This article is about the 1967 film. ... is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... New BBC Children in Need Pudsey and logo from 2007 BBC Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised £470million. ... Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American singer and songwriter, most active as a singer during the early to mid 1970s, and active as a successful songwriter considerably longer both before and after her period as a popular singer. ...

Her most recent TV appearance was in the ITV1 drama Wild at Heart, alongside Stephen Tompkinson. The first series aired in 2006 and a second series followed in early 2007. Series 3 ran from 20th January 2008 to 9th March 2008 and her character, Sarah, died at the beginning of the final episode. ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... Wild at Heart was an ITV television drama series about a Bristol-based vet and his family relocating to start a game park in South Africa. ... British actor, born 15th October 1965 in Stockton-on-Tees. ...

Amanda's other TV credits include three series of the hit comedy Kiss Me Kate alongside Caroline Quentin, three series of the ITV comedy series The Grimleys, Celeb with Harry Enfield, the critically acclaimed BBC series Hearts and Bones alongside Damien Lewis, the comedy series Mad About Alice with Jamie Theakston, and a Boxing Day special Marple alongside Geraldine McEwan and John Hannah. She also co-starred with Bill Nighy and Sir Tom Courtenay in Ready When You Are, Mr McGill, Jack Rosenthal's classic comedy drama. Kiss Me, Kate for the Cole Porter musical comedy. ... CD cover from The Grimleys soundtrack The Grimleys was a nostalgic comedy-drama set on a council estate in Dudley, West Midlands, England in the mid-1970s. ... A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a society. ... Harry Enfield (born 30 May 1961 in Sussex, England) is an English comedian. ... Hearts and Bones is television drama series starring Damian Lewis, Dervla Kirwan and Sarah Parish which aired on BBC One in 2000. ... Damian Lewis (born February 11, 1971) is a British actor, born in St Johns Wood, London. ... Mad About Alice was a British sitcom that ran during 2004 for six episodes. ... James Jamie Theakston (born 21 December 1970 in Ditchling, East Sussex) is a popular British television and radio presenter and producer. ... Boxing Day is a public holiday observed in many Commonwealth countries on 26 December. ... Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple Marple is a British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. ... Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple Geraldine McEwan (born Geraldine McKeown on May 9, 1932, in Old Windsor, Berkshire, England), is a British actress (of Irish extraction) with a diverse and successful history in film, theatre and television spanning 55 years. ... John David Hannah (born April 23, 1962) is a Scottish film and television actor. ... Bill Nighy (IPA: ; born December 12, 1949) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA-award winning English actor. ... Tom Courtenay (pronounced Courtney) (born February 25, 1937) is a British actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of critically-acclaimed films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963) and Dr. Zhivago (1965). ... Jack Rosenthal, CBE (8 September 1931 - 29 May 2004) , was a playwright, who wrote several early episodes of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and a number of successful plays and films. ...

In June 2007 she appeared as one of the judges, alongside Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan, on the talent show Britain's Got Talent. She will reprise her role as a judge for the second series scheduled to air in 2008. June 2007 is the sixth month of that year. ... Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is a British artist and repertoire (A&R) executive for Sony BMG in the United Kingdom and a television producer, more commonly known as a judge on television programmes such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, American Idol and Britains Got Talent. ... Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born 30 March 1965 in Newick, East Sussex) is a former editor of British tabloid newspapers the News of the World (1994–1995) and the Daily Mirror (1995–2004). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Personal life

Holden met the television presenter Les Dennis (real name Leslie Heseltine) in 1993 when both were performing in neighbouring theatres, and they married in June 1995 in Bournemouth when she was 24 and he was 40, but separated from him following her affair with actor Neil Morrissey.^[4] These events made her a popular target for the British tabloid press. The couple were divorced on November 18, 2003.^[5] Holden's affair was later parodied in the TV series Extras.^[6] Les Dennis (born Leslie Dennis Heseltine on October 12, 1954 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is an English television presenter and actor. ... Neil Morrissey (born in Stafford, July 4, 1962) is a British actor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Not to be confused with Extra (TV series). ...

On 21 January 2006, Holden gave birth to her first child, Alexa Louise Florence Hughes. She got engaged to record producer Chris Hughes (born c.1974) in November 2004 and will be marrying him in December 2008. She lives in Richmond. Her Welsh grandfather died of C Diff in June 2007, in a hospital ward which Holden alleged described to be "dirty".[3] The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is a London borough in South West London and part of Outer London. ... Binomial name Hall & OToole, 1935 Clostridium difficile or CDF/cdf (commonly mistaken  , alternatively and correctly pronounced ) (also referred to as C. diff or C-diff) is a species of bacteria of the genus Clostridium which are gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming rods (bacillus). ...

She is an Everton FC supporter, expressing her dismay in April 2007 on Parkinson to Everton's 4-2 loss to Manchester United after leading 2-0. Everton F.C. is an English football club from the city of Liverpool and was founded in 1878. ... Parkinson is a British television chat show presented by Michael Parkinson. ... Everton F.C. is an English football club from the city of Liverpool and was founded in 1878. ... Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ...

She will shortly be returning to our screens in the second series of Britains Got Talent which starts on the 12th April 2008. Britains Got Talent is a British television show on ITV (also on TV3 in Ireland). ... (Redirected from 12th April) April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ...

She will be running the London Marathon on the 13th April 2008 in of the born free foundation. Amanda set up a web page in which she asked members of the public and celeb friends to sponsor her. the web page includes blogs from Amanda on her training progress. Amanda set a target of £2,500.00 to raise and the amount Amanda has current been sponsored £5,803.40 sponsers include fellow Britians got talent judges Simon Cowell £1,000.00 and Piers Morgan £1,001.00 , wild at heart actress Hayley Mills £50.00. Amanda has also had sponsors from members of her family including fiance Chris and daughter Lexi which include small but loving messages of support "you can do it mama, I love you" "you can do it Mandy, i'll be there at the end with a big hug". There are also lots of sponsors from members of the public with messages of support. There are also from the born free foundation and Amanda's mangement team. Runners surge out of the Blackfriars Bridge underpass onto the Victoria Embankment; two miles to go The London Marathon is a road marathon that has been held each year in London since 1981, usually in April. ...

Filmography

• Harry Hill's TV Burp (TV Show), (2008)
• Britain's Got Talent (TV show) (2007-)
• Wild at Heart (2006-2008) (TV Series)
• Mad About Alice (2004) (TV Series)
• 4:50 From Paddington (2004) (TV Movie)
• Eternal Rectangle (2003) (TV Series)
• Cutting It (2002) (TV Series)
• Celeb (2002) (TV series)
• Now You See Her (2001) (TV Movie)
• Happy Birthday Shakespeare (2000) (TV Movie)
• Hearts and Bones (TV series) (2000) (TV Series)
• The Grimleys (1999) (TV Series)
• Virtual Sexuality (1999)
• Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1998)
• Kiss Me Kate (1998) (TV series)
• Jonathan Creek (1998) (TV Series)
• Intimate Relations (1996)
• EastEnders as Carmen (1994) (TV series)

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References

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External links

• Amanda Holden at the Internet Movie Database