1. Michelle Keegan was born on 3 June 1987 and is an English actress.
18 Facts About Michelle Keegan
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Michelle Keegan is known for her roles as Tina McIntyre in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and Georgie Lane in the BBC military drama Our Girl.
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Michelle Keegan was born in Stockport to Michael Michelle Keegan and Jackie Turner.
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Michelle Keegan's maternal grandmother was a Gibraltarian who married a British soldier stationed in Gibraltar, and she has distant Italian ancestry from her seven-times great-grandfather who emigrated to Gibraltar from Genoa.
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Michelle Keegan attended St Patrick's RC High School in Eccles near Manchester, Pendleton College in Salford and later the Manchester School of Acting.
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Michelle Keegan worked at Selfridges in the Trafford Centre, and as a check-in agent at Manchester Airport.
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In late 2007, in only her second audition, Michelle Keegan was offered the part of Tina McIntyre in Coronation Street, and accepted the role, beating around 900 other people who auditioned.
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Michelle Keegan decided to leave the show after six years in 2013 and Tina was killed off, making her last appearance on 2 June 2014.
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In June 2009, Michelle Keegan made her radio debut co-hosting the BBC Radio 1 programme The Official Chart.
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Michelle Keegan appeared on their cover again in March 2013 and was placed at number four in the 2013 poll, eventually winning in 2015.
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Michelle Keegan made a guest appearance as herself in the 2009 Easter special Red Dwarf: Back to Earth.
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Michelle Keegan returned for her final series as Georgie in 2020.
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Also in 2016, Michelle Keegan landed a guest role on the ITV2 comedy series Plebs.
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In 2017, Michelle Keegan partnered with the clothing brand Lipsy with her own collection.
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Michelle Keegan portrayed the main character, Erin Croft, in Sky One's comedy-drama series, Brassic, which started in 2019.
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On 22 February 2022, Michelle Keegan was a guest judge on the Snatch Game episode of the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World.
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Michelle Keegan starred as the main character, Maya Stern, in the 2024 eight-part television series Fool Me Once, adapted from the 2016 Harlan Coben novel of the same name by Danny Brocklehurst and made for Netflix by Quay Street Production.
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Michelle Keegan was in a relationship with The Wanted singer Max George from December 2010.