1. Coleen Patricia Nolan was born on 12 March 1965 and is an English singer, television personality and author.
43 Facts About Coleen Nolan
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Coleen Nolan was a member of the pop group The Nolans, in which she sang with her sisters.
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Since 2000, Coleen Nolan has been a regular panellist on the ITV talk show Loose Women.
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In 2012, Coleen Nolan appeared on the tenth series of the Channel 5 reality series Celebrity Big Brother, finishing as runner-up.
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Coleen Nolan returned to Celebrity Big Brother in 2017, winning the nineteenth series.
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Coleen Patricia Nolan was born 12 March 1965 in Blackpool, England, to Irish parents.
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Coleen Nolan is the youngest of eight children and the only one born in England.
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That same year they released their debut single, "But I Do", with Coleen Nolan singing lead vocals.
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Coleen Nolan left the group in 1994 to concentrate on raising a family, although she did return briefly in 1995 to promote a re-recorded version of "I'm in the Mood for Dancing".
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In 2000, Coleen Nolan became a regular panellist on ITV's Loose Women.
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Coleen Nolan left Loose Women on 28 July 2011 only to return again on 7 October 2013 as a regular panellist.
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Since July 2014, Coleen Nolan has been a relief anchor of the show.
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In 2000, Coleen Nolan played the part of Janelle Cooper in the short comedy film, Rattler.
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Coleen Nolan went on to co-host the spin-off show Dancing on Ice Friday with Ben Shephard in 2010.
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On 15 August 2012, Coleen Nolan was announced as the eleventh celebrity to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house on Channel 5.
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In 2013, Coleen Nolan was a resident agony aunt on the ITV chat show The Alan Titchmarsh Show, appearing on the show every Friday.
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In 2017, Coleen Nolan participated in Celebrity Big Brother again, where she was voted "least trustworthy" in the first week.
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On day 19, it was revealed that Coleen Nolan received the most votes out of her, Chloe Ferry, Kim Woodburn and Jedward in a live flash vote.
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Also on day 19, Coleen Nolan voted for Cosmo to gain eternal immunity which he eventually won after the most housemates voted for him.
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On 3 September 2018, Coleen Nolan announced that she would embark on her first solo concert tour, the Never Too Late Tour, in 2019.
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Originally scheduled to begin on 11 January, the tour was postponed indefinitely on 6 September 2018 after Coleen Nolan received criticism for bullying fellow Celebrity Big Brother housemate Kim Woodburn on air on an episode of Loose Women.
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On 4 March 2002, Coleen Nolan was a panellist on BBC panel game show Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
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On 7 January 2003, Coleen Nolan appeared in the documentary We Are Family that chronicled the success stories of various musical acts that were made up of family members.
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Coleen Nolan was said to have been a "nervous 16-year-old debutante".
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In September 2006, Coleen Nolan returned to Celebrity Fit Club as part of the judging panel in the fourth series.
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On 19 September 2008, Coleen Nolan appeared on Al Murray's Happy Hour and on 27 September she appeared with her family on the third series of All Star Family Fortunes competing against Barry McGuigan and his family.
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Coleen Nolan has made guest appearances on Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong and The Paul O'Grady Show, both on Channel 4.
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On 15 February 2013, Coleen Nolan stood in for Matthew Wright as host of The Wright Stuff on Channel 5.
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Coleen Nolan has an agony aunt column in the Daily Mirror titled Dear Coleen.
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In 2007, Coleen Nolan featured in television advertisements for the supermarket chain Iceland, along with her sister Bernie and former Loose Women colleague Kerry Katona.
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Coleen Nolan appeared in further commercials for Iceland during the next couple of years.
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Coleen Nolan was the new face of Park Christmas Savings and appeared in their television advertisements in December 2010.
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Coleen Nolan made her pantomime debut in 2013, playing the fairy godmother at the Manchester Opera House, and reprised the role in 2017 at the Bradford Alhambra.
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Coleen Nolan gave birth to a daughter in 2001 and became engaged to her longtime boyfriend Ray Fensome, a musician from Leeds, when he proposed on her 40th birthday in 2005.
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Coleen Nolan said that she and Fensome have been able to remain friends.
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Coleen Nolan moved to Dilhorne in the Staffordshire Moorlands in 2024.
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In 2006, Coleen Nolan opened the first Alzheimer's Society information centre on the Fylde coast.
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In July 2023, Coleen Nolan announced that she had been diagnosed with basal-cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer.
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In January 2007, during a debate on Loose Women about gay adoption, Coleen Nolan said that gay people should not be allowed to adopt children, followed by her opinion that "there's only so much I want to accept".
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Coleen Nolan's comments were made on Loose Women after a Belfast bakery company was sued for refusing to bake a cake in support of same-sex marriage.
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Woodburn and Coleen Nolan had an onscreen history of a sour relationship due to comments and claims made from both parties in the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2017.
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Some of Woodburn's supporters even set up a campaign to have Coleen Nolan removed from the Loose Women panel completely.
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Coleen Nolan confirmed that she had taken a break from Loose Women, and that she had postponed her Never Too Late solo concert tour.