14 Facts About Sheree Murphy

Sheree Victoria Murphy was born on 22 August 1975 and is an English actress and television presenter, best known for her roles as Dawn in Only Fools and Horses and Tricia Dingle in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, Eva Strong in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks and Dakota Davies in the Australian soap opera Neighbours.

In 2005, Murphy came second place in the fifth series of I'm a Celebrity.

Sheree Murphy did not work professionally again until Emmerdale, working her way through school from aged 14 as a hairdresser's assistant.

Sheree Murphy worked front of house in various north London theatres.

Sheree Murphy's first TV appearance was a small but notable role as a female mugger in Only Fools and Horses 1996 Christmas episode "Heroes and Villains".

Sheree Murphy soon landed what may be her best-known role as Tricia Dingle on Emmerdale, which she played from 1998 to 2004.

In November and December 2005, Sheree Murphy appeared on the ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity.

Sheree Murphy was noted for being "scared of everything", and for her sweet persona; as well as embarrassing her husband Harry Kewell with comments such as "he's got a peachy bum".

Sheree Murphy presented the ITV spin-off series for series 6 with Phillip Schofield.

In 2005 and 2006, Sheree Murphy presented ITV2's coverage of the British Soap Awards.

Sheree Murphy hosted Footballers' Cribs for MTV UK and VH1 UK, and was a regular on ITV's Loose Women, returning in 2012 for a single episode to celebrate 40 years of Emmerdale and a further single episode in July 2015.

In January 2007, Sheree Murphy co-hosted ITV2's Soapstar Superstar: Bonus Tracks with Mark Durden-Smith and starred as the 'hidden' celebrity in a 2007 episode of the CBBC show Hider in the House.

Sheree Murphy joined the presenting team for Channel 5's Cowboy Builders.

On 16 June 2014, it was announced that Sheree Murphy had joined the cast of the Australian soap opera Neighbours playing an old acquaintance of Paul Robinson called Dakota Davies.