Cleo Rocos's father was Greek and worked in shipping, and her mother was English.
12 Facts About Cleo Rocos
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Cleo Rocos came to England as a child to attend school, and took acting classes.
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Cleo Rocos went on to remark in 2013 that the show would not be made in modern times on account of "professional campaigning women with thick ankles and shrill ovaries who have nothing better to do than to police people's opinions".
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Cleo Rocos appeared, playing a white-coated lab assistant, alongside Everett in BBC1 science quiz series Brainstorm, which ran for one series in 1988.
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Cleo Rocos made a few appearances in the Ugly Bloke slot, as an incongruously glamorous escort to physically unattractive males, on Chris Evans' Channel 4 series TFI Friday in about 1996.
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Cleo Rocos starred in Leigh Francis' TV series Whatever I Want as herself, as did Big Brother host Davina McCall.
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In 2007, Cleo Rocos entered the Celebrity Big Brother house and remained in the house until the final week.
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Cleo Rocos was voted off the show on 26 January 2007 as part of a surprise joint eviction along with singer Jo O'Meara, a former member of pop group S Club 7.
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On 30 December 2007, Cleo Rocos was interviewed on Sky News as a "friend of Benazir Bhutto", the recently assassinated Pakistan politician.
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Cleo Rocos is not named on the latter's sleeve, beyond a small co-writing credit.
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Cleo Rocos co-produced a revival of The Seven-Year Itch for the London stage, starring Daryl Hannah, in 2000.
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Cleo Rocos has contributed travel articles to publications such as The Daily Telegraph.