Denise van Outen
Van Outen filming on Waterloo Bridge for Morrisons advert
Born	May 27, 1974 (1974-05-27) (age 33) Basildon, Essex
Other name(s)	Denise Douglas
Years active	1986 - present

Denise van Outen (born May 27, 1974, Basildon, Essex, England, UK) is a British television hostess and stage actress. Her most notable roles to date were as a hostess on The Big Breakfast, and as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago on both the West End and on Broadway. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 296 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1012 × 2048 pixel, file size: 319 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... View of the old Waterloo Bridge from Whitehall stairs, John Constable, 18 June 1817 Waterloo Bridge granite stone in Canberra, Australia. ... For other uses, see Morrison. ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Basildon (IPA, ) is a New Town located in south Essex, England at . It was designated as a New Town after World War II in 1948 to accommodate the London population overspill. ... For other meanings of Essex, see Essex (disambiguation). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Basildon (IPA, ) is a New Town located in south Essex, England at . It was designated as a New Town after World War II in 1948 to accommodate the London population overspill. ... For other meanings of Essex, see Essex (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Lockkeepers Cottages, in Old Ford Lock, used as the studio for The Big Breakfast The Big Breakfast was a British light entertainment television show shown on Channel 4 each weekday morning from 28 September 1992 until 29 March 2002. ... Chicago is a Kander and Ebb musical set in prohibition era Chicago. ... 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... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ...

Biography

Born as Denise Outen in Basildon, Essex, her father is a security guard and her mother a child carer. Denise is the youngest of three siblings; her sister is a Physician's Assistant, and her brother is a hairdresser.^[1] Basildon (IPA, ) is a New Town located in south Essex, England at . It was designated as a New Town after World War II in 1948 to accommodate the London population overspill. ... For other meanings of Essex, see Essex (disambiguation). ...

At the age of seven (7) she began modeling for knitting patterns (?),^[1] and showed an early flair for performing. This resulted in her attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School. As a student, she appeared in the chorus of Les Misérables with fellow Sylvia Young student Melanie Blatt,^[2] and then as Eponine - the role paid her school fees;^[3] the Anthony Newley directed production of Stop the World - I Want to Get Off, and A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Royal Shakespeare Company.^[1] The Sylvia Young Theatre School on Rossmore Road in Marylebone Sylvia Young Theatre School is a stage school, in Marylebone, London. ... Les Misérables (pronunciation ), colloquially known as Les Mis, is a musical composed in 1980 by French composer Claude-Michel Schönberg on a libretto by Alain Boublil. ... Melanie Ruth Blatt is an English female singer and very occasional Actress, born 25 March 1975 at University College Hospital in the London Borough of Camden and is named after Melanie Safka. ... 19th Century Illustration of Éponine. ... Anthony George Newley (born on September 24, 1931 in the London Borough of Hackney; died on April 14, 1999) was an English actor, singer and songwriter. ... Stop the World - I want to get off Stop the World - I want to get off was a musical which opened at the Queens Theatre, London on 20th July 1961, and ran for 555 performances. ... For other uses, see A Midsummer Nights Dream (disambiguation). ... Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a British theatre company. ...

Early career

As a teenager she had brief roles on a number of television dramas including Kappatoo, when her stage name was Denise Douglas.^[4] She also sang in a "girl group", by which time she had become Denise van Outen, with the van added reputedly to give her name an interesting twist and to acknowledge her Dutch roots. She also did backing vocals with Melanie Blatt for the band Dreadzone.^[2] Kappatoo was a CITV show based on a book by Ben Steed. ... Melanie Ruth Blatt is an English female singer and very occasional Actress, born 25 March 1975 at University College Hospital in the London Borough of Camden and is named after Melanie Safka. ... Dreadzone are a British electronic music group whose lyrics are heavily influenced by reggae. ...

Success was not forthcoming, and she turned to being a glamour model (which included one topless shoot for a lads mag).^[5] Van Outen has retained her distinct looks, being voted both Rear of the Year in 1999, and top of a poll to find the most desired "bikini body" in a 2007 poll of readers of Gracia magazine.^[6] Glamour photography is the photographing of a model (usually female), in a way that is intended to be erotic, yet not pornographic. ... Nudity is a common subject both in fine arts and popular culture. ... This is a list of magazines primarily marketed to men. ... Rear of the Year is a British award for people with a notable posterior. ...

Television

Van Outen joined The Big Breakfast on Channel4 as a weather and travel reporter in 1996^[7] and landed the main co-presenting role in 1997. It proved to be her big breakthrough, with her cheeky "Essex Girl" personality and sexy clothing playing off well against the quick wit of Johnny Vaughan, and together they recovered audience figures to record levels. Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... Modern weather predictions aid in timely evacuations and potentially save lives and property damage Human beings have attempted to predict the weather since time immemorial. ... Ace lace: a mini in broderie anglaise. ... Johnny Vaughan (born July 16, 1967) is an English writer and broadcaster. ...

She took a break from presenting the show towards the end of 1998 but returned in 2000 for a further year-long stint in an attempt to boost the ratings, which had tailed off following her departure.^[8] When the show closed down,^[9] Van Outen gave Vaughan a present of a set of AMG wheels for his Mercedes Benz CLK - commented on as "very Essex Girl" by Jeremy Clarkson when the pair appeared on the BBC's Top Gear program.^[10] Mercedes-AMG is the tuning arm of the Mercedes-Benz car company. ... For other uses of the name Mercedes, see Mercedes. ... The Mercedes-Benz R170 is an automobile platform for sports cars produced since 1997. ... Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster and writer who specialises in motoring. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Top Gear is a BAFTA[1], Multi-NTA and Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, mainly cars. ...

Van Outen then returned to television. The revival of her on screen relationship with Vaughan failed in 2004 in the BBC's Saturday night family revival show "Passport to Paradise,"^[11] but she returned again in mid-2005 to co-presented ITV1's This Morning with Richard Bacon. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... This Morning logo (ITV1) This Morning is a British, ITV1 daytime television programme that started on 3 October 1988 and includes celebrity guests, entertainment, advice, competitions and features. ... Richard Bacon (born 30 November 1975) is an English television and radio presenter, currently hosting the drive-time show on Xfm London between 4-7pm Monday to Thursday and 3-6pm on Fridays. ...

Van Outen had been set to present How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? in 2006 for the BBC, a programme searching for a girl to play the role of Maria in The Sound of Music,^[12] but pulled out in favour of seeking fame in America and was replaced by Irish comedian Graham Norton.^[13]. She subsequently presented NBC's Grease: You're the One that I Want! How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? was a British talent show, shown on Saturday evenings on BBC One, first broadcast on 29 July 2006 until the series finale on 16 September 2006. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Maria Augusta von Trapp (née Kutschera; January 26, 1905 – March 28, 1987) was the matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. ... For other uses, see The Sound of Music (disambiguation). ... Graham Norton, born Graham William Walker on 4 April 1963 in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, is an Irish actor, comedian and television presenter. ... This article is about the television network. ...

After her commitments ended on the show she began re-establishing her television career in the UK. In November 2006, she hosted Sky One's "The Race" - set at Silverstone Circuit - in which a celebrity Girls Team headed by David Coulthard raced against a celebrity Boys Team headed by Eddie Irvine. In December 2006, she hosted the National Lottery Christmas special, and in January 2007 hosted one show of The Friday Night Project. She also guested on The Charlotte Church Show, and was one of the judges at the Miss World pageant in Warsaw, Poland. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Silverstone Circuit is a racing circuit at Silverstone, England. ... David Marshall Coulthard, often called DC, (born March 27, 1971 in Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire {Dumfries and Galloway since 1975}), is a Scottish Formula One racing driver. ... Edmund Eddie Irvine, Jr. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A play here! sign outside a newsagent, incorporating the National Lotterys logo of a stylised hand with crossed fingers which emulates a smiling face. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The Friday Night Project is a British comedy-variety show by Princess Productions that first aired in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in February 2005. ... The Charlotte Church Show is an entertainment television show presented by Welsh singer Charlotte Church broadcast each Friday on Channel 4 from September 1, 2006. ... This article is about the pageant. ... Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa, see also other names, in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ...

In 2007, she joined the panel for BBC One's follow up to How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, Any Dream Will Do! which was casting Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.^[7] After viewers on 9 June 2007 voted Lee Mead as the winner of Any Dream Will Do! - to play the role of Joseph in a revival at London's Adelphi Theatre of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat van Outen said: "From the very beginning right through to the very end, Lee has been the most consistent out of all the contestants. He has the ability to make even really popular songs his own and he has his own unique style of performing. The next time he lands a role as a leading man, can he put me forward to be the leading lady?"^[14] Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 1. ... Any Dream Will Do, often known as Joseph, was a 2007 talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom. ... Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the second musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, and their first performed. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Lee Stephen Mead (born 14 July 1981, Southend-on-Sea) is a British musical theatre actor, best known for winning the lead role in the 2007 London revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by competing in the BBC reality talent show Any Dream Will Do!. Aged eight, he... Any Dream Will Do, often known as Joseph, was a 2007 talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Adam brothers Adelphi Buildings in an 18th-century print; the terrace stood upon riverfront warehousing. ... Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the second musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, and their first performed. ...

In July 2007, she appeared in a commercial advertising the rebranding of Morrisons supermarket, with a backing track from revived boy band Take That.^[15] For other uses, see Morrison. ... Shine is a song by Take That, taken from their comeback album Beautiful World. ... Take That are a British pop boy band formed by Nigel Martin Smith in Manchester in 1990. ...

Acting and stage

During her first stint on the Big Breakfast show, she appeared as "Dorothy" in a more adult version of The Wizard of Oz (1995) and then as "Jill" in a racy TV version of the children's pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk.^[16] However, she wanted to further develop her acting career, so she left The Big Breakfast at the end of 1998. In 1999 she appeared on several episodes of The Bill and The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rockstar, the BBC's Murder in Mind short series of crime dramas,^[17] and on Babes in the Wood with Karl Howman and Samantha Janus.^[16] The Wizard of Oz was a 1995 TV film made for British channel Five. ... Illustration by Arthur Rackham from a 1918 English Fairy Tales, by Flora Annie Steel Jack and the Beanstalk is an English fairy tale, closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant Killer. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the British TV series. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Babes in the Wood was a British sitcom starring Karl Howman and Denise van Outen. ... Karl Howman (born 13 December 1952) is an English actor. ... Samantha Janus (born 2 November 1974 in Brighton) is an English actress. ...

Van Outen has also appeared in film, initially as "Maureen" in the crime comedy Love, Honour and Obey. She also had a cameo tease as red head Alex in the low-key Tube Tales in one of the four separate short plays, based on the London Underground. Other directors included Ewan McGregor, Jude Law and Jarvis Cocker; while her part in "Horny" was directed by "Lost In Space" director Stephen Hopkins.^[18] Most recently, Van Outen has played a small role in the Romantic Comedy Are You Ready For Love? Love, Honour and Obey is a 2000 mock gangster film starring several members of the Primrose Hill set. ... Tube Tales is a 1999 collection of short films with the common setting of the London Underground. ... The London Underground is an underground railway system - also known as a rapid transit system - that serves a large part of Greater London, United Kingdom and some neighbouring areas. ... Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 31, 1971; pronounced [1]) is a Scottish actor who has had significant success in mainstream, indie and art house films. ... David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an Academy Award-nominated English actor. ... Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963, in Sheffield, England) is an English musician, best known for fronting the band Pulp. ... For other uses, see Lost in Space (disambiguation). ... This article is about the 18th century American politician; Stephen Hopkins is also the name of a film and television director. ... A romantic comedy may be a film or novel, presenting a story about romance in a comedic style. ... Are You Ready For Love? is a British romantic comedy feature film, directed by Helen M Grace, produced by Carnaby Films, 2006. ...

She first played Roxie Hart on the stage in the hit musical Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre on the West End in April 2001.^[19] The show proved a hit with theatre-goers, selling out for the entire 20 week run. Unknown in the United States, she reprised her role on Broadway for five weeks in the spring of 2002, before returning to the show's London version in late April 2002.^[20] Late the same year, Van Outen appeared as one of many special guest stars in a performance of The Play What I Wrote once again in London's West end. The Adam brothers Adelphi Buildings in an 18th-century print; the terrace stood upon riverfront warehousing. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The Play What I Wrote is a musical farce written by Hamish McColl, Sean Foley and Eddie Braben, and directed by Kenneth Branagh. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

In 2003, she returned to the London stage at the Gielgud Theatre in Andrew Lloyd Webber's one-woman show Tell Me On A Sunday,^[21][22] which he reworked for her. She was a huge success and the show ran for nearly a year before embarking on a 10-month UK tour in 2004.^[23] She then joined the cast of the established ITV sentimental drama Where the Heart Is as one of the lead characters, playing single mother Kim Blakeney, but stayed for only one series.^[24] Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Schillers Don Carlos starring Derek Jacobi as Philip II of Spain at the Gielgud Theatre, February 2005 The Gielgud Theatre, named after British actor John Gielgud, is a West End theatre in Londons Shaftesbury Avenue at the corner of Rupert Street. ... Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre, and also the elder brother of cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. ... Originally produced in 1978 as a concert for theatre, Tell Me On A Sunday was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and starred Marti Webb. ... Where the Heart Is is a British television drama series set in the fictional town Skelthwaite. ...

Van Outen can currently be seen in the 2007 London revival of RENT in the role of "Maureen".^[25] In 2008, she will appear in the major motion picture Goal! 3 and a comedy-drama called Empress's new clothes for BBC Northern Ireland. Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Rent can refer to: Renting, a system of payment for the temporary use of something owned by someone else. ... Goal! 3 is a forecoming film directed by Michael Apted and written by Mike Jefferies, Adrian Butchart and Terry Loane, It is the third and final installment of the footballing trilogy Goal! that stars Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola and Anna Friel. ... BBC Northern Ireland is the main public service broadcaster in Northern Ireland. ...

Personal life

Van Outen's personal life has been subjected to the sharp glare of the British tabloid media. Later that decade, she dated Jamiroquai lead singer Jay Kay. They were reported to be on the verge of marriage, but split up in 2001 - his album "A Funk Odyssey" is mostly about their break-up, with the song "Little L" expressing his fight against cocaine addiction during their break up. From 2003 she dated lap dance club owner Richard Traviss, but she split up with him in May 2005 after three years due to his adultery, moving out of the Marylebone home they shared and back into her own garden flat in Hampstead, North London.^[3] After appearing on Channel 4's "The Friday Night Project" and describing her first real kiss with fellow "Sylvia Young" student James Lance, he got in touch and they shared a short romance in 2007. Van Outen has lent her support to design limited edition T-shirts or vests for the 'Little Tee Campaign' for Breast Cancer Care which donates money for breast cancer research. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jamiroquai (A portmanteau of Jam and iroquai, loosely based on the native American Indian tribe the Iroquois) is a Grammy Award-winning English funk / soul / disco band. ... Jason Jay Kay (born December 30, 1969, Stretford - Manchester) is a British funk musician. ... Marriage is an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition, usually intimate and sexual, and often created as a contract, or through civil process. ... A Funk Odyssey was released by Jamiroquai in 2001. ... Little L is a song by Jamiroquai, taken from their 2001 album A Funk Odyssey. ... Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ... A lap-dance is a specific type of erotic dance, in which the patron is seated, and the dancer is either in immediate contact with the patron, or within a very short distance. ... Marylebone (sometimes written St. ... For other places with the same name, see Hampstead (disambiguation). ... This article is about the British television station. ... The Friday Night Project is a British comedy-variety show by Princess Productions that first aired in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in February 2005. ... James Lance is a British actor who is best known for his appearances in a string of British comedy series, usually playing young and attractive characters with a mischievous side. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Breast cancer is cancer of breast tissue. ...

Discography

All singles, unless otherwise stated:

• 1995: All I Want - with Those 2 Girls [UK #36]
• 1998: Especially for You - shown as Denise & Johnny (a cover of the Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan song) [UK #3]
• 1999: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - from the ABBAMania compilation album

Especially for You was the fifth international single released from singer Kylie Minogue in time for the christmas 1988 market and is a duet with Jason Donovan. ... Kylie Ann Minogue (pronounced [1]) (born May 28, 1968) is a Brit and Grammy award-winning Australian pop singer-songwriter and actress. ... Jason Sean Donovan (born June 1, 1968, Malvern, Melbourne) is an Australian actor and singer. ... Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) is one of the Swedish pop group ABBAs biggest disco hits. ...

References

External links

• Denise van Outen at the Internet Movie Database
• BBC's Any Dream Will Do! website
• 2007 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat website
• CV at agents PfD

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