1. Jennifer Lesley Ellison is an English actress, former glamour model, television personality, dancer and singer.
29 Facts About Jennifer Ellison
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Jennifer Ellison studied dance from the age of three, first at a dance school in Liverpool, then later at the Elizabeth Hill School of Dance in St Helens.
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Jennifer Ellison has achieved examination passes with the Royal Academy of Dance and appeared on instructional videos for the academy.
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Jennifer Ellison has taken examinations with the International Dance Teachers Association and won Ballet and Modern Dance titles at the IDTA Theatre Dance Championships in 1996 and 1997, and in addition was awarded the Carl Alan Award for ballet in 1998.
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In 2012, Jennifer Ellison was a contestant on Dancing on Ice and made it to the semi-final stages.
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From 1998 to 2002, Jennifer Ellison played Emily Shadwick in the soap opera Brookside.
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Jennifer Ellison's character was 'killed off' when she fell from a window during a robbery.
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In spring 2007, Jennifer Ellison appeared in the BBC reality TV show The Verdict, based on a fictional courtroom, alongside the likes of Jeffrey Archer and Sara Payne.
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Additionally, Jennifer Ellison has acted in episodes of the British television series The Brief, Hotel Babylon, New Street Law and The Commander.
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Jennifer Ellison released two pop rock singles before giving this venture up for acting and glamour modelling.
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In 2004, Jennifer Ellison had a run in the London West End theatre version of the musical Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre playing the leading role of Roxie Hart and reprised the role from 10 July to 9 August 2006, this time at the Cambridge Theatre.
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Jennifer Ellison subsequently toured Britain in Chicago from 25 September 2006 until 5 May 2007.
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On 1 October 2007, Jennifer Ellison joined the cast of a revival of Boeing Boeing at the Comedy Theatre, London, playing the part of Gloria, an American air stewardess working for the airline TWA.
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Jennifer Ellison featured in the Liverpool Empire Theatre's pantomime version of Cinderella for 2008, opposite Cilla Black and Les Dennis.
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Jennifer Ellison played Beth in Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds at major arenas of the UK in June 2009.
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In 2012 Jennifer Ellison appeared in Peter Pan at the Churchill Theatre Bromley alongside Gemma Hunt, Ace Bhatti and Andrew Agnew.
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Jennifer Ellison was cast in the pantomime of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, at the Theatre Royal, Norwich throughout December 2015 to January 2016.
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Jennifer Ellison made her international film debut as Meg Giry in the 2004 film version of the stage musical The Phantom of the Opera, although her lines were dubbed over.
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Jennifer Ellison starred in the English horror film The Cottage, which was released in the UK on 14 March 2008.
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Jennifer Ellison was featured in Maxim magazine's "Girls of Maxim" gallery.
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Jennifer Ellison's photos appeared regularly in British "lads' mags" including Nuts, Zoo Weekly and FHM.
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Jennifer Ellison took over, from Jordan, a contract with lingerie giant Ultimo for its "Young Attitude" line.
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Jennifer Ellison is a winner of the Carl Alan Award in the ballet category for 1998, an industry award voted for by dance professionals.
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Jennifer Ellison took part in the 2012 TV series Dancing on Ice.
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In May 2013 it was announced that Jennifer Ellison would join Liverpool's Radio City 96.7 to co-present a new Sunday morning Breakfast show alongside Drivetime Presenter Dave Kelly, for an initial five-week period until she was due to give birth.
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Jennifer Ellison attended Broughton Hall High School, a Catholic school for girls.
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Jennifer Ellison then attended St Edward's College for Sixth Form.
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Jennifer Ellison is close to her mother and stepfather David.
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In May 2018, Jennifer Ellison was paid an undisclosed sum by Mirror Group Newspapers as settlement for phone-hacking.