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14 Facts About Vicky Entwistle

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Victoria Entwistle was born on 15 September 1968 and is an English actress.

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Vicky Entwistle is known for portraying the role of Janice Battersby in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.

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Vicky Entwistle grew up in Accrington; her father owned a newsagent's in Clayton-le-Moors.

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Vicky Entwistle attended Rhyddings High School in Oswaldtwistle, and at the age of sixteen, she commuted to Blackpool to study drama, whilst working nights at a local supermarket.

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Vicky Entwistle returned to the stage as Hanna in Merlin before gaining the role of Amy in BBC's Our Tune.

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Vicky Entwistle then played Maxine Graham in Like A Virgin, and was spotted by Granada Television casting director Judy Hayfield.

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Vicky Entwistle was offered the role of machinist Janice Lee in Coronation Street and made her on-screen debut on 6 January 1997.

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8.

Vicky Entwistle starred in an episode of The Bill in 1997.

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Since leaving Coronation Street, Vicky Entwistle has worked on the stage.

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Vicky Entwistle starred as the Wicked Queen in Blackpool's 2011 production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and in 2012 toured in Funny Peculiar, an award-winning play by Mike Stott, with Suzanne Shaw, Craig Gazey, Dominic Cazenove and Gemma Bissix.

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On 22 August 2013, Vicky Entwistle entered the Celebrity Big Brother house along with former on-screen husband, Bruce Jones to compete in the twelfth series.

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From 13 December 2017 until 7 January 2018, Vicky Entwistle appeared in the Christmas pantomime Sleeping Beauty at the Pavilion Theatre in Rhyl, North Wales.

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Vicky Entwistle played the character Carrabosse which she has played in Llandudno Pantomime in 2013.

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In January 2001, Vicky Entwistle was arrested after allegedly head-butting a fan of Coronation Street.