Rachel Adedeji became the fourth contestant eliminated on sixth series of The X Factor in 2009, having previously appeared on the fifth series.
11 Facts About Rachel Adedeji
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Rachel Adedeji was referenced as one of the greatest "UK Queens of Pop" on Rupaul's Drag Race UK Series 6, Episode 7 Rusical "Pop of the Tops".
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In 2008, Rachel Adedeji entered the fifth series of The X Factor, where she made it to bootcamp.
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Rachel Adedeji later returned to the programme for the sixth series, where she became the fourth contestant eliminated.
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On 21 March 2016, it was announced that Rachel Adedeji had joined the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Lisa Loveday, the long-lost daughter of Simone Loveday and Louis Loveday.
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On 30 August 2017, it was announced that Rachel Adedeji was expecting her first child and would take maternity leave.
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In June 2020, it was announced that Rachel Adedeji had quit the programme, with her final scenes airing later in the year.
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In October 2021, Rachel Adedeji portrayed the role of April Lewin in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors.
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In 2015, Rachel Adedeji married Jason Finnegan; she announced she was pregnant with the pair's first child in 2017, taking maternity leave from Hollyoaks.
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In 2020, Rachel Adedeji took to social media to open up about racism she has encountered while working on Hollyoaks.
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Rachel Adedeji stated she was told "You're all the same" by a make-up artist, and said that black actresses on Hollyoaks were "forced to drastically change their hair" after being told viewers wouldn't be able to tell them apart, and that in her four years on the soap, she had only worked with one black director.