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Amanda Holden

Amanda Louise Holden (born 16 February 1971)[2] is an English media personality, actress and singer. Since 2007, she has been a judge on the television talent show competition Britain's Got Talent on ITV. She also co-hosts the national Heart Breakfast radio show with Jamie Theakston on weekday mornings.

Amanda Holden
Holden at Collars & Coats 2014
Born
Amanda Louise Holden

(1971-02-16) 16 February 1971 (age 52)
Education
Occupations
  • Media personality
  • actress
  • singer
Years active1991–present
Employers
Spouses
  • (m. 1995; div. 2003)
  • Chris Hughes
    (m. 2008)
Children2[1]
Websiteofficialamandaholden.com

Holden played the title role in the musical stage show Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2004, for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. Her acting credits on television include The Grimleys (1998–2001), Kiss Me Kate (1999–2001), Cutting It (2002–2004), Wild at Heart (2006–2008), and Big Top (2009). Holden has also presented various television shows for ITV, including The Sun Military Awards (2009–2014), Superstar (2012), This Morning (2014–2015, 2017), Text Santa (2015), and Give a Pet a Home (2015).

In 2013, Holden released her autobiography book, No Holding Back, which became a Sunday Times bestseller.[3] In 2020, she released her debut studio album, Songs from My Heart, which reached the top 5 on the UK Albums Chart.[4]

Early life

Holden was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire[5] and spent much of her childhood in Bishop's Waltham, and aged nine she joined Bishop's Waltham Little Theatre Company.

She attended the secondary community school Swanmore College. At age 16, she relocated to Bournemouth,[6][7] before moving to South London to attend Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.[8]

Career

Television

Holden's first television appearance was as a contestant on the game show Blind Date in 1991. From 2006 to 2008, Holden appeared as Sarah Trevanian in three series of ITV's Wild at Heart co-starring Stephen Tompkinson.[9]

In 1997 she was a cast member of pioneering Channel 5 sketch show, "We Know Where You Live" alongside Simon Pegg, Sanjeev Baskar, Ella Kenion, Fiona Allen and Jeremy Fowlds.

Holden's other TV credits include three series of the comedy Kiss Me Kate with Caroline Quentin and Chris Langham, three series of ITV's The Grimleys, Celeb with Harry Enfield, BBC series Hearts and Bones with Damian Lewis, the Jonathan Creek episode "The Problem at Gallowes Gate", and a Boxing Day special Agatha Christie's Marple episode "4.50 From Paddington" opposite Geraldine McEwan and John Hannah. She co-starred with Bill Nighy and Tom Courtenay in Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill, a comedy drama by Jack Rosenthal. Holden is a judge on Britain's Got Talent along with Simon Cowell, Bruno Tonioli, and Alesha Dixon. She joined the show in 2007.

She has appeared on British series such as Smack the Pony, EastEnders, Hearts and Bones, and Cutting It.[10]

In 2009, Holden appeared as Lizzie, the Ring Mistress, in the BBC circus sitcom Big Top. In April 2009 it was reported the US network CBS had offered Holden a job as one-time guest presenter on The Early Show, a daytime talk show. On 1 June 2009 she appeared with regular presenters Harry Smith and Maggie Rodriguez. Holden has since signed with CBS as a British correspondent for The Early Show.

From 2009 until 2014 Holden co-presented A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards annually on ITV with Phillip Schofield. In January 2010 she presented her own three-part series, Amanda Holden's Fantasy Lives, in which she tried out three of her dream jobs.[11]

In 2010, Holden co-presented The Door with Chris Tarrant. In 2011, Holden narrated the documentary The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song on ITV. On 6 July 2012 Holden guest presented an episode of Lorraine, standing in for Lorraine Kelly. She returned to guest present six further episodes of the show from 4 to 8 April and on 4 July 2016.

In 2012, Holden presented talent show Superstar on ITV. On 24 March 2014 she hosted an episode of the Channel 4 show Dispatches about the treatment for stillbirths and miscarriages.

 
Holden in 2012

From 22 September to 18 December 2014, Holden filled in as a co-host on This Morning with Phillip Schofield during Holly Willoughby's maternity leave. She took a short break in January and February 2015 to record the Britain's Got Talent auditions. Christine Lampard stood in for Holden during this time, before the latter returned to the show from 2 March until 17 July 2015.[12] She returned to This Morning in 2017, to co-present numerous episodes with Ben Shephard.

Holden presented a six-part factual series for ITV called Give a Pet a Home, which worked alongside the RSPCA finding homes for animals. The series aired in April and May 2015.[13]

On 18 December 2015 Holden was part of the presenting team for ITV's Christmas telethon Text Santa. In 2016 she presented I've Got Something To Tell You, a factual series for the W television channel.[14][15] She appeared as Miss Pentangle in CBBC's The Worst Witch in 2017. Holden made a guest appearance in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Harriet Wallace in 2022. She began filming for the show in London during October 2021.[16]

In 2021, she started appearing in a new comedy mockumentary series from Bo' Selecta! creator Leigh Francis. The programme was called The Holden Girls: Mandy & Myrtle and featured Francis in drag with heavy make-up as Amanda's nan Myrtle. The show launched on the E4 channel with 601,938 viewers and was repeated on Channel 4, gaining enough viewers to be recommissioned for a second series for 2022.[17]

Theatre

Holden has appeared in several stage musicals, and in 2004 was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in the West End production of Thoroughly Modern Millie,[10] which closed earlier than expected in June 2004.[18][19]

Holden finished playing the role Princess Fiona in the original West End production of Shrek The Musical, which began on 6 May 2011. The show opened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 14 June 2011.[20] She starred with Nigel Lindsay, Richard Blackwood, and Nigel Harman. Holden departed the show on 3 October 2011, ten weeks earlier than planned, to focus on her unborn child and was replaced by Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh. For this role, Holden won the WhatsOnStage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical.[21] In 2016 Holden starred in a West End revival of Stepping Out[22] and reprised her role when it opened at the Vaudeville Theatre in March 2017.[23]

Film

In 1996, Holden played Pamela in Intimate Relations. In 1999 she appeared as a shoe-shop assistant in Virtual Sexuality. She was uncredited in the 2013 film One Chance.

Radio

In April 2019, it was announced Holden would replace Emma Bunton as co-host of Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston, at the same time as it went national on 3 June.[24]

Music

In 2019, Holden signed a recording contract with Virgin EMI Records.[25] In 2020 she released her debut studio album, Songs from My Heart, through Universal Music.[26] It reached number four on the UK Albums Chart.

Other work

In July 2009, Holden became a gossip columnist for the News of the World.[27]

From 2010 until 2012 Holden appeared in television commercial adverts for supermarket chain Tesco. Since 2012 she has appeared in television commercials for Danone Oykos low-fat yoghurt.

In October 2013, Amanda released her autobiography, No Holding Back,[28] which became a Sunday Times best-seller.[29]

In 2015, she was the new face of the Alpen Brighter Morning Challenge.[30]

Charity work

Holden fronted Everton's breast-cancer-awareness campaign.[31] She is a patron of the football club's charity, Everton In the Community.[32] In September 2011, Holden was sponsored to bake a cake for every child in the Great Ormond Street Hospital.[33]

On 13 April 2008 Holden ran the London Marathon in 4 hours and 13 minutes, in the name of the Born Free Foundation,[34] having collected public and celebrity sponsors online. Since 2013, she has presented the RSPCA's Animal Hero Awards. Holden has raised money for Jeans for Genes and SSAFA via The Big Brew Up.[35][36]

In 2013, she became a celebrity ambassador for Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, following her work with Pedigree's 'Buy One, Feed One' campaign that she and fellow ambassador Paul O'Grady have been supporting together.[37]

In June 2018, Holden was photographed underwater by Zena Holloway.[38] She posed as a mermaid in an awareness campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to highlight the "disgusting treatment" of orcas at SeaWorld. Holden has also posed nude for PETA in a campaign to promote vegetarianism.[39]

In 2020, Holden raised money for the National Health Service (NHS) during the COVID-19 pandemic.[40]

Personal life

In 1992, while they were both appearing in The Sound of Music, Holden dated George Asprey.[41] She married the comedian Les Dennis in June 1995. The couple separated temporarily in 2000 after Holden's affair with actor Neil Morrissey,[42] the subject of press interest, before separating permanently in December 2002 and divorcing in 2003. Around this time, she alleged she was sexually assaulted by an "unnamed famous comedian" at a public event.[43]

In 2006, Holden gave birth to her first child, a daughter, conceived with her fiancé, record producer Chris Hughes.[44] She married Hughes at Babington House,[45] Somerset, on 10 December 2008 with former Formula One racing driver David Coulthard acting as best man. After a miscarriage in 2010, she suffered their son being stillborn at seven months in 2011.[46] In 2012, despite medical complications, she gave birth to their second daughter.[47] As of 2018, Holden and Hughes resided in Surrey.[48] Holden also owns a cottage in the Cotswolds which she has been renovating since 2017.[49][50]

In December 2016, Holden's ancestry was the subject of a BBC programme in the Who Do You Think You Are? series.[51] The investigation discovered that her Cornish 5x great-grandfather, Collin Thomas, served a year's imprisonment after breaking his apprenticeship as a cordwainer by enlisting in the Royal Navy and leaving the United Kingdom aged 15. Ten years later, while serving in the British Army after the Peninsular War, he met and married a French woman and began a family near Bordeaux, France, then moved his wife and eldest children back to Great Britain.[52] Holden also learned that her grandfather, Frank Holden, a psychiatric nurse, was aboard the RMS Lancastria when it was bombed by the German Luftwaffe in June 1940 outside the port of Saint-Nazaire and sank with the loss of thousands of lives.[53] Frank Holden died by suicide in his 70s.[54]

Holden is a fan of English Premier League football club Everton, attending home and away games when her schedule allows.[55] She has been vegetarian since she was thirteen.[56]

In 2010, Holden campaigned to keep a Sainsbury's supermarket out of Bishop's Waltham. Residents of her hometown then accused her of a double standard in November 2010 when she signed a deal to appear in advertisements for Tesco, another UK supermarket chain.[57]

Filmography

As an actress

Year Title Role Notes
1993 In Suspicious Circumstances Alice Meadows 1 episode
1994 EastEnders Carmen 4 episodes
1996 Intimate Relations Pamela Supporting role
1997 We Know Where You Live Various 12 episodes
The Bill Jane 1 episode
Thief Takers Camilla Barker
1998 Goodness Gracious Me Various 5 episodes
Jonathan Creek Petra 1 episode: "The Problem at Gallows Gate"
Hale and Pace Girl 2 1 episode
1998–2001 Kiss Me Kate Mel 22 episodes
1999–2001 The Grimleys Geraldine Titley
1999 Don't Go Breaking My Heart Nurse Supporting role
Smack the Pony Various 5 episodes
Virtual Sexuality Shoe Shop Assistant Minor role
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything Geordie’s Girlfriend TV movie
2000 Happy Birthday Shakespeare Alice
2000–2001 Hearts and Bones Louise Stanley 13 episodes
2001 The Hunt Sarah Campbell TV movie
Now You See Her Jessica
2002 Celebs Debs Bloke 6 episodes
2002–2004 Cutting It Mia Bevan 13 episodes
2003 Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill Police Officer TV movie
2004 Mad About Alice Alice 6 episodes
French and Saunders Cordelia Lear 1 episode
Marple Lucy Eyelesbarrow 1 episode: "4.50 From Paddington"
2006–2008 Wild at Heart Sarah Trevanion 23 episodes
2009 Big Top Lizzie 6 episodes
2013 One Chance Amanda Holden Uncredited
2014 Pudsey the Dog: The Movie Sally the Dog (voice)
2017–2018 The Worst Witch Miss Pentangle 2 episodes
2018 The Keith and Paddy Picture Show Shop Assistant 1 episode
2019 Plebs Rufina
2021 The Holden Girls: Mandy and Myrtle Amanda Holden 1 series
2022 Neighbours Harriet Wallace 3 episodes

As herself

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Blind Date Contestant 1 episode
2000 It's Only TV...but I Like It Guest
2000–2020 Loose Women 5 episodes
2001 SMTV Guest Presenter 1 episode
2001–2007 Richard & Judy Guest 4 episodes
2002 Celebrity Big Brother 1 episode
This Is Your Life
2002–2003 Top of the Pops Guest Presenter 5 episodes
2003 The Kumars at No. 42 Guest 1 episode
Greasemania Presenter TV special
2003, 2007 Parkinson Guest 2 episodes
2004–2008 GMTV 5 episodes
2005, 2009 The Paul O'Grady Show 2 episodes
2007 The Dame Edna Treatment 1 episode
2007–present Britain’s Got Talent Judge
2008 TV Burp Guest 1 episode
Celebrity Ding Dong
Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live! Sous Chef TV special
2009 Hell’s Kitchen Guest 2 episodes
Angela and Friends 1 episode
Bookaboo 1 episode: "That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown"
2009–2010 The Early Show Guest Presenter 3 episodes
2009–2014 The Sun Military Awards Presenter TV special
2009–2016 Alan Carr: Chatty Man Guest 5 episodes
2009–2020 The One Show Guest Presenter
2010 Amanda Holden's Fantasy Lives Presenter
The Door Co-presenter With Chris Tarrant
2010–2015 The Graham Norton Show Guest 4 episodes
2010–2019 A League of their Own Presenter
2011 The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song TV special
2012 Superstar 1 series
The Talent Show Story Guest 4 episodes
2012–2020 Lorraine Guest Presenter 9 episodes
2013–2017 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Guest Announcer 7 episodes
2014 Deal or No Deal Contestant Celebrity edition; 1 episode
Dispatches: Exposing Hospital Heartache Presenter TV documentray
2014–2015, 2017-2018 This Morning Co-presenter With Phillip Schofield, Ben Shephard and Rylan Clark
2015 Give a Pet a Home Presenter 1 series
Text Santa TV special
The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies Guest 1 episode
Jamie & Jimmy's Friday Night Feast
2016 Who Do You Think You Are? TV documentary
I've Got Something To Tell You Presenter 1 series
2018 Child of Mine Narrator TV documentray
2019 Britain's Got Talent: The Champions Judge 1 series
Shopping with Keith Lemon Guest 1 episode
Blockbusters Contestant
Celebrity Juice Panellist 3 episodes
2021 DNA Journey Guest TV documentary
Musicals: The Greatest Show TV special
Eurovision Song Contest 2021 UK Spokesperson Annual programme
2021–2022 I Can See Your Voice Judge 2 series
2022 Britain's Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician TV special
2023 Amanda and Alan's Italian Job Co-presenter Co-star with Alan Carr

Television advertisements

Year Advert Role Notes
2001 PETA Herself
2010 News of the World
2010–2012 Tesco [58]
2012–2014 Danone Oykos
2015–2016 Alpen [59]
2021–present J D Williams

Theatre

Year Title Role Theatre/company
1994 Arsenic and Old Lace Elaine Harper Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
1996-1997 Aladdin Princess Jasmine Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
1998 The Importance of Being Earnest Cecily Cardew Various locations
1999 The Sound of Music Liesl Von Trapp Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth
2003-2004 Thoroughly Modern Millie Millie Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
2011 Shrek the Musical Princess Fiona
2016 Stepping Out Vera UK tour
Cinderella Fairy Godmother London Palladium

Radio

Year Programme Channel Notes
2019–present Heart UK Breakfast with Jamie and Amanda Heart Weekday mornings

Discography

Albums

Singles

Bibliography

  • No Holding Back (autobiography)
  • The Curious Tale of Fi-Rex (novel) (co-writer)

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External links

  • Official website
  • Amanda Holden at IMDb

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For the writer see Amanda Holden writer Amanda Louise Holden born 16 February 1971 2 is an English media personality actress and singer Since 2007 she has been a judge on the television talent show competition Britain s Got Talent on ITV She also co hosts the national Heart Breakfast radio show with Jamie Theakston on weekday mornings Amanda HoldenHolden at Collars amp Coats 2014BornAmanda Louise Holden 1971 02 16 16 February 1971 age 52 Portsmouth Hampshire EnglandEducationSwanmore College Mountview Academy of Theatre ArtsOccupationsMedia personalityactresssingerYears active1991 presentEmployersITVHeartSpousesLes Dennis m 1995 div 2003 wbr Chris Hughes m 2008 wbr Children2 1 Websiteofficialamandaholden wbr comHolden played the title role in the musical stage show Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2004 for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award Her acting credits on television include The Grimleys 1998 2001 Kiss Me Kate 1999 2001 Cutting It 2002 2004 Wild at Heart 2006 2008 and Big Top 2009 Holden has also presented various television shows for ITV including The Sun Military Awards 2009 2014 Superstar 2012 This Morning 2014 2015 2017 Text Santa 2015 and Give a Pet a Home 2015 In 2013 Holden released her autobiography book No Holding Back which became a Sunday Times bestseller 3 In 2020 she released her debut studio album Songs from My Heart which reached the top 5 on the UK Albums Chart 4 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Television 2 2 Theatre 2 3 Film 2 4 Radio 2 5 Music 2 6 Other work 3 Charity work 4 Personal life 5 Filmography 5 1 As an actress 5 2 As herself 5 3 Television advertisements 6 Theatre 7 Radio 8 Discography 8 1 Albums 8 2 Singles 9 Bibliography 10 References 11 External linksEarly life EditHolden was born in Portsmouth Hampshire 5 and spent much of her childhood in Bishop s Waltham and aged nine she joined Bishop s Waltham Little Theatre Company She attended the secondary community school Swanmore College At age 16 she relocated to Bournemouth 6 7 before moving to South London to attend Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts 8 Career EditTelevision Edit Holden s first television appearance was as a contestant on the game show Blind Date in 1991 From 2006 to 2008 Holden appeared as Sarah Trevanian in three series of ITV s Wild at Heart co starring Stephen Tompkinson 9 In 1997 she was a cast member of pioneering Channel 5 sketch show We Know Where You Live alongside Simon Pegg Sanjeev Baskar Ella Kenion Fiona Allen and Jeremy Fowlds Holden s other TV credits include three series of the comedy Kiss Me Kate with Caroline Quentin and Chris Langham three series of ITV s The Grimleys Celeb with Harry Enfield BBC series Hearts and Bones with Damian Lewis the Jonathan Creek episode The Problem at Gallowes Gate and a Boxing Day special Agatha Christie s Marple episode 4 50 From Paddington opposite Geraldine McEwan and John Hannah She co starred with Bill Nighy and Tom Courtenay in Ready When You Are Mr McGill a comedy drama by Jack Rosenthal Holden is a judge on Britain s Got Talent along with Simon Cowell Bruno Tonioli and Alesha Dixon She joined the show in 2007 She has appeared on British series such as Smack the Pony EastEnders Hearts and Bones and Cutting It 10 In 2009 Holden appeared as Lizzie the Ring Mistress in the BBC circus sitcom Big Top In April 2009 it was reported the US network CBS had offered Holden a job as one time guest presenter on The Early Show a daytime talk show On 1 June 2009 she appeared with regular presenters Harry Smith and Maggie Rodriguez Holden has since signed with CBS as a British correspondent for The Early Show From 2009 until 2014 Holden co presented A Night of Heroes The Sun Military Awards annually on ITV with Phillip Schofield In January 2010 she presented her own three part series Amanda Holden s Fantasy Lives in which she tried out three of her dream jobs 11 In 2010 Holden co presented The Door with Chris Tarrant In 2011 Holden narrated the documentary The Nation s Favourite Bee Gees Song on ITV On 6 July 2012 Holden guest presented an episode of Lorraine standing in for Lorraine Kelly She returned to guest present six further episodes of the show from 4 to 8 April and on 4 July 2016 In 2012 Holden presented talent show Superstar on ITV On 24 March 2014 she hosted an episode of the Channel 4 show Dispatches about the treatment for stillbirths and miscarriages Holden in 2012 From 22 September to 18 December 2014 Holden filled in as a co host on This Morning with Phillip Schofield during Holly Willoughby s maternity leave She took a short break in January and February 2015 to record the Britain s Got Talent auditions Christine Lampard stood in for Holden during this time before the latter returned to the show from 2 March until 17 July 2015 12 She returned to This Morning in 2017 to co present numerous episodes with Ben Shephard Holden presented a six part factual series for ITV called Give a Pet a Home which worked alongside the RSPCA finding homes for animals The series aired in April and May 2015 13 On 18 December 2015 Holden was part of the presenting team for ITV s Christmas telethon Text Santa In 2016 she presented I ve Got Something To Tell You a factual series for the W television channel 14 15 She appeared as Miss Pentangle in CBBC s The Worst Witch in 2017 Holden made a guest appearance in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Harriet Wallace in 2022 She began filming for the show in London during October 2021 16 In 2021 she started appearing in a new comedy mockumentary series from Bo Selecta creator Leigh Francis The programme was called The Holden Girls Mandy amp Myrtle and featured Francis in drag with heavy make up as Amanda s nan Myrtle The show launched on the E4 channel with 601 938 viewers and was repeated on Channel 4 gaining enough viewers to be recommissioned for a second series for 2022 17 Theatre Edit Holden has appeared in several stage musicals and in 2004 was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in the West End production of Thoroughly Modern Millie 10 which closed earlier than expected in June 2004 18 19 Holden finished playing the role Princess Fiona in the original West End production of Shrek The Musical which began on 6 May 2011 The show opened at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 14 June 2011 20 She starred with Nigel Lindsay Richard Blackwood and Nigel Harman Holden departed the show on 3 October 2011 ten weeks earlier than planned to focus on her unborn child and was replaced by Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh For this role Holden won the WhatsOnStage com Theatregoers Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical 21 In 2016 Holden starred in a West End revival of Stepping Out 22 and reprised her role when it opened at the Vaudeville Theatre in March 2017 23 Film Edit In 1996 Holden played Pamela in Intimate Relations In 1999 she appeared as a shoe shop assistant in Virtual Sexuality She was uncredited in the 2013 film One Chance Radio Edit In April 2019 it was announced Holden would replace Emma Bunton as co host of Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston at the same time as it went national on 3 June 24 Music Edit In 2019 Holden signed a recording contract with Virgin EMI Records 25 In 2020 she released her debut studio album Songs from My Heart through Universal Music 26 It reached number four on the UK Albums Chart Other work Edit In July 2009 Holden became a gossip columnist for the News of the World 27 From 2010 until 2012 Holden appeared in television commercial adverts for supermarket chain Tesco Since 2012 she has appeared in television commercials for Danone Oykos low fat yoghurt In October 2013 Amanda released her autobiography No Holding Back 28 which became a Sunday Times best seller 29 In 2015 she was the new face of the Alpen Brighter Morning Challenge 30 Charity work EditHolden fronted Everton s breast cancer awareness campaign 31 She is a patron of the football club s charity Everton In the Community 32 In September 2011 Holden was sponsored to bake a cake for every child in the Great Ormond Street Hospital 33 On 13 April 2008 Holden ran the London Marathon in 4 hours and 13 minutes in the name of the Born Free Foundation 34 having collected public and celebrity sponsors online Since 2013 she has presented the RSPCA s Animal Hero Awards Holden has raised money for Jeans for Genes and SSAFA via The Big Brew Up 35 36 In 2013 she became a celebrity ambassador for Battersea Dogs amp Cats Home following her work with Pedigree s Buy One Feed One campaign that she and fellow ambassador Paul O Grady have been supporting together 37 In June 2018 Holden was photographed underwater by Zena Holloway 38 She posed as a mermaid in an awareness campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA to highlight the disgusting treatment of orcas at SeaWorld Holden has also posed nude for PETA in a campaign to promote vegetarianism 39 In 2020 Holden raised money for the National Health Service NHS during the COVID 19 pandemic 40 Personal life EditIn 1992 while they were both appearing in The Sound of Music Holden dated George Asprey 41 She married the comedian Les Dennis in June 1995 The couple separated temporarily in 2000 after Holden s affair with actor Neil Morrissey 42 the subject of press interest before separating permanently in December 2002 and divorcing in 2003 Around this time she alleged she was sexually assaulted by an unnamed famous comedian at a public event 43 In 2006 Holden gave birth to her first child a daughter conceived with her fiance record producer Chris Hughes 44 She married Hughes at Babington House 45 Somerset on 10 December 2008 with former Formula One racing driver David Coulthard acting as best man After a miscarriage in 2010 she suffered their son being stillborn at seven months in 2011 46 In 2012 despite medical complications she gave birth to their second daughter 47 As of 2018 Holden and Hughes resided in Surrey 48 Holden also owns a cottage in the Cotswolds which she has been renovating since 2017 49 50 In December 2016 Holden s ancestry was the subject of a BBC programme in the Who Do You Think You Are series 51 The investigation discovered that her Cornish 5x great grandfather Collin Thomas served a year s imprisonment after breaking his apprenticeship as a cordwainer by enlisting in the Royal Navy and leaving the United Kingdom aged 15 Ten years later while serving in the British Army after the Peninsular War he met and married a French woman and began a family near Bordeaux France then moved his wife and eldest children back to Great Britain 52 Holden also learned that her grandfather Frank Holden a psychiatric nurse was aboard the RMS Lancastria when it was bombed by the German Luftwaffe in June 1940 outside the port of Saint Nazaire and sank with the loss of thousands of lives 53 Frank Holden died by suicide in his 70s 54 Holden is a fan of English Premier League football club Everton attending home and away games when her schedule allows 55 She has been vegetarian since she was thirteen 56 In 2010 Holden campaigned to keep a Sainsbury s supermarket out of Bishop s Waltham Residents of her hometown then accused her of a double standard in November 2010 when she signed a deal to appear in advertisements for Tesco another UK supermarket chain 57 Filmography EditAs an actress Edit Year Title Role Notes1993 In Suspicious Circumstances Alice Meadows 1 episode1994 EastEnders Carmen 4 episodes1996 Intimate Relations Pamela Supporting role1997 We Know Where You Live Various 12 episodesThe Bill Jane 1 episodeThief Takers Camilla Barker1998 Goodness Gracious Me Various 5 episodesJonathan Creek Petra 1 episode The Problem at Gallows Gate Hale and Pace Girl 2 1 episode1998 2001 Kiss Me Kate Mel 22 episodes1999 2001 The Grimleys Geraldine Titley1999 Don t Go Breaking My Heart Nurse Supporting roleSmack the Pony Various 5 episodesVirtual Sexuality Shoe Shop Assistant Minor roleThe Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything Geordie s Girlfriend TV movie2000 Happy Birthday Shakespeare Alice2000 2001 Hearts and Bones Louise Stanley 13 episodes2001 The Hunt Sarah Campbell TV movieNow You See Her Jessica2002 Celebs Debs Bloke 6 episodes2002 2004 Cutting It Mia Bevan 13 episodes2003 Ready When You Are Mr McGill Police Officer TV movie2004 Mad About Alice Alice 6 episodesFrench and Saunders Cordelia Lear 1 episodeMarple Lucy Eyelesbarrow 1 episode 4 50 From Paddington 2006 2008 Wild at Heart Sarah Trevanion 23 episodes2009 Big Top Lizzie 6 episodes2013 One Chance Amanda Holden Uncredited2014 Pudsey the Dog The Movie Sally the Dog voice 2017 2018 The Worst Witch Miss Pentangle 2 episodes2018 The Keith and Paddy Picture Show Shop Assistant 1 episode2019 Plebs Rufina2021 The Holden Girls Mandy and Myrtle Amanda Holden 1 series2022 Neighbours Harriet Wallace 3 episodesAs herself Edit Year Title Role Notes1991 Blind Date Contestant 1 episode2000 It s Only TV but I Like It Guest2000 2020 Loose Women 5 episodes2001 SMTV Guest Presenter 1 episode2001 2007 Richard amp Judy Guest 4 episodes2002 Celebrity Big Brother 1 episodeThis Is Your Life2002 2003 Top of the Pops Guest Presenter 5 episodes2003 The Kumars at No 42 Guest 1 episodeGreasemania Presenter TV special2003 2007 Parkinson Guest 2 episodes2004 2008 GMTV 5 episodes2005 2009 The Paul O Grady Show 2 episodes2007 The Dame Edna Treatment 1 episode2007 present Britain s Got Talent Judge2008 TV Burp Guest 1 episodeCelebrity Ding DongGordon Ramsay Cookalong Live Sous Chef TV special2009 Hell s Kitchen Guest 2 episodesAngela and Friends 1 episodeBookaboo 1 episode That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown 2009 2010 The Early Show Guest Presenter 3 episodes2009 2014 The Sun Military Awards Presenter TV special2009 2016 Alan Carr Chatty Man Guest 5 episodes2009 2020 The One Show Guest Presenter2010 Amanda Holden s Fantasy Lives PresenterThe Door Co presenter With Chris Tarrant2010 2015 The Graham Norton Show Guest 4 episodes2010 2019 A League of their Own Presenter2011 The Nation s Favourite Bee Gees Song TV special2012 Superstar 1 seriesThe Talent Show Story Guest 4 episodes2012 2020 Lorraine Guest Presenter 9 episodes2013 2017 Ant amp Dec s Saturday Night Takeaway Guest Announcer 7 episodes2014 Deal or No Deal Contestant Celebrity edition 1 episodeDispatches Exposing Hospital Heartache Presenter TV documentray2014 2015 2017 2018 This Morning Co presenter With Phillip Schofield Ben Shephard and Rylan Clark2015 Give a Pet a Home Presenter 1 seriesText Santa TV specialThe Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies Guest 1 episodeJamie amp Jimmy s Friday Night Feast2016 Who Do You Think You Are TV documentaryI ve Got Something To Tell You Presenter 1 series2018 Child of Mine Narrator TV documentray2019 Britain s Got Talent The Champions Judge 1 seriesShopping with Keith Lemon Guest 1 episodeBlockbusters ContestantCelebrity Juice Panellist 3 episodes2021 DNA Journey Guest TV documentaryMusicals The Greatest Show TV specialEurovision Song Contest 2021 UK Spokesperson Annual programme2021 2022 I Can See Your Voice Judge 2 series2022 Britain s Got Talent The Ultimate Magician TV special2023 Amanda and Alan s Italian Job Co presenter Co star with Alan CarrTelevision advertisements Edit Year Advert Role Notes2001 PETA Herself2010 News of the World2010 2012 Tesco 58 2012 2014 Danone Oykos2015 2016 Alpen 59 2021 present J D WilliamsTheatre EditYear Title Role Theatre company1994 Arsenic and Old Lace Elaine Harper Yvonne Arnaud Theatre1996 1997 Aladdin Princess Jasmine Lyceum Theatre Sheffield1998 The Importance of Being Earnest Cecily Cardew Various locations1999 The Sound of Music Liesl Von Trapp Pavilion Theatre Bournemouth2003 2004 Thoroughly Modern Millie Millie Theatre Royal Drury Lane2011 Shrek the Musical Princess Fiona2016 Stepping Out Vera UK tourCinderella Fairy Godmother London PalladiumRadio EditYear Programme Channel Notes2019 present Heart UK Breakfast with Jamie and Amanda Heart Weekday morningsDiscography EditAlbums Edit Songs from My Heart 2020 Singles Edit Over the Rainbow single in aid of NHS Charities Together 2020 Virgin EMI With You 2020 Virgin EMI Home For Christmas 2020 Universal Music Group citation needed Bibliography EditNo Holding Back autobiography The Curious Tale of Fi Rex novel co writer References Edit Macleod Melanie 6 April 2023 Amanda Holden twins with lookalike daughters in sporty crop top College Days The Guardian 1 May 2001 Archived from the original on 28 January 2020 Retrieved 5 July 2018 Born February 16 1971 Brands Amanda s Autobiography No Holding Back Official Amanda Holden Website www officialamandaholden com Retrieved 30 August 2022 Amanda Holden releases debut album Songs From My Heart Heart Retrieved 30 August 2022 Amanda Holden on growing up in Bishop s Waltham her charity work and her weakness for latte and cake 10 September 2018 Retrieved 12 September 2021 Britain s Got Talent star Amanda Holden comes home Daily Echo Southampton UK 7 November 2013 Archived from the original on 2 September 2020 Retrieved 5 February 2015 Phillips Bethan 20 December 2011 Plaque Honour for Amanda Holden s Old Home Daily Echo Southampton UK Retrieved 26 May 2016 Amanda Holden awarded Honorary Doctorate at Mountview Graduation 2019 Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Retrieved 1 August 2021 Biography Official Amanda Holden Website www officialamandaholden com Retrieved 18 August 2020 a b Biography Amanda Holden official website Retrieved 10 May 2010 ITV1 series to test Amanda Holden s talent in fantasy jobs theguardian com 1 October 2009 Retrieved 5 August 2022 Christine Bleakley and Amanda Holden return to ITV s This Morning to co host with Phillip Schofield in 2015 ITV com 10 December 2014 Archived from the original on 28 December 2014 Retrieved 5 February 2015 ITV joins forces with the RSPCA for a brand new show Give A Pet A Home hosted by Amanda Holden ITV com 5 March 2015 Archived from the original on 9 March 2015 Bullimore Emma 30 September 2016 Amanda Holden has something to tell you about her new show I love eavesdropping What to Watch Retrieved 1 August 2021 Fletcher Harry 1 March 2016 Amanda Holden to host I ve Got Something to Tell You Digital Spy Lee Jess 7 October 2021 Neighbours casts Britain s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden for special London storyline Digital Spy Retrieved 8 October 2021 The Holden Girls Set to Return for Second Series on E4 3 December 2021 Paddock Terri 3 June 2004 Thoroughly Modern Millie Posts Closing Notices Whatsonstage com Archived from the original on 15 June 2011 Retrieved 10 May 2010 Modern Millie Cast Defends Holden Whatsonstage com 10 June 2004 Archived from the original on 15 June 2011 Retrieved 10 May 2010 Amanda Holden to star in Shrek musical BBC News 30 July 2010 Full List 2012 Whatsonstage com Award winners Whatsonstage com 19 February 2012 Archived from the original on 23 February 2012 Retrieved 25 February 2012 Cole Emily 11 March 2016 Amanda Holden to lead the cast of Stepping Out Whatsonstage com Retrieved 15 December 2016 Packer Chris 23 September 2016 Amanda Holden and Tamzin Outhwaite in Stepping Out at the Vaudeville Theatre Boxoffice co uk Retrieved 15 December 2016 Join Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden for the All New Heart Breakfast Heart 3 June 2019 Retrieved 28 October 2020 Ingate Kathryn 14 July 2019 Amanda Holden revealed she is thrilled to launch music career with HUGE record deal Sunday Express UK Archived from the original on 3 May 2020 Retrieved 14 July 2019 Amanda Holden releases debut album Songs From My Heart Heart 2 October 2020 Retrieved 2 October 2020 Hyde Marina 7 July 2011 Did the News of the World target Amanda Holden before giving her a job The Guardian Retrieved 12 September 2013 Percival Ash 7 November 2013 Watch Amanda Doesn t Hold Back HuffPost UK Brands Amanda s Autobiography No Holding Back Official Amanda Holden Website www officialamandaholden com Retrieved 21 October 2021 Welcome to Brighter Mornings with Amanda s Challenge Weetabix Ltd Archived from the original on 27 May 2015 Pink Everton 07 08 Umbro charity football shirt Footballshirtculture com 7 October 2007 Archived from the original on 11 March 2012 Retrieved 29 September 2011 Charity Amanda becomes Patron of Everton Charity officialamandaholden com Amanda Holden 20 January 2016 Holden to bake charity cupcakes Belfast Telegraph 6 September 2011 ISSN 0307 1235 Retrieved 17 April 2020 Flora London Marathon Amanda Holden Runs Wild for Born Free Justgiving com Retrieved 29 September 2011 Charity Genes for Jeans Day officialamandaholden com Amanda Holden Retrieved 18 November 2020 Charity The Big Brew Up officialamandaholden com Amanda Holden Retrieved 18 November 2020 Hooper Abi 13 September 2013 Paul O Grady and Amanda Holden team up in aid of rescue dog campaign with pedigree Closer Retrieved 5 February 2015 Amanda Holden Goes Underwater To Protest SeaWorld Femalefirst co uk 1 June 2018 Charity Amanda poses Nude to promote vegetarianism for PETA officialamandaholden com Amanda Holden Retrieved 18 November 2020 Rodger James 1 May 2020 Amanda Holden releasing debut single to raise money for NHS BirminghamLive Retrieved 18 November 2020 Maloney Jim 2011 Amanda Holden Kings Road Publishing p 22 ISBN 9781843587491 Holden and Katharine marriage ends BBC News 27 December 2002 Retrieved 16 July 2010 Logan Brian 15 October 2013 Amanda Holden reveals sexual assault by famous comedian The Guardian Retrieved 5 February 2015 Amanda s Baby Named Already Sky Living Sky United Kingdom 23 January 2006 Archived from the original on 24 January 2009 Retrieved 29 September 2011 Sunday Times 10 January 2010 Conner Megan 24 March 2012 This much I know Amanda Holden The Guardian Lockley Hannah 2 June 2017 Amanda Holden Tricked Husband Into Having Another Baby Following The Tragedy Of Losing Their Son Entertainmentwise com Archived from the original on 15 October 2013 We Were Stunned At Amanda Holden s Stunning Surrey Home 30 May 2018 Retrieved 2 October 2018 Best Chloe 13 June 2018 Take a peek inside Amanda Holden s 2 incredible Surrey and Cotswolds homes HELLO Retrieved 2 October 2018 Best Chloe 20 March 2020 Amanda Holden s homes in Surrey and the Cotswolds See photos HELLO Retrieved 17 April 2020 via hellomagazine com Amanda Holden I d love to find out about the kind of man he was BBC 24 November 2016 Retrieved 1 December 2016 Amanda Holden Who Do You Think You Are Magazine Retrieved 2 December 2021 O Donovan Gerard December 2016 Who Do You Think You Are Amanda Holden s French forebears had talent too review The Telegraph Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 Retrieved 15 December 2016 Earnshaw Jessica 2 December 2016 Who do You Think You Are Amanda Holden fans cry their hearts out over grandad s suicide Express Keegan Simon 26 April 2015 Everton s Got Talent as Amanda Holden proves to be the lucky charm Mirror co uk Retrieved 7 August 2018 Le Galle Ruby 26 May 2016 Amanda Holden The Best Thing You Can Do for Animals Is to Just Leave Them off Your Plate peta org uk People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Retrieved 26 May 2016 Russell Tara 4 November 2010 Amanda Holden accused of double standards over Bishop s Waltham store plans Daily Echo Southampton UK Retrieved 29 September 2011 Creevy Jennifer 1 November 2010 Tesco Christmas TV ad stars Amanda Holden Retail Week Alpen Campaign officialamandaholden com 11 October 2015 External links EditOfficial website Amanda Holden at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Amanda Holden amp oldid 1151591076, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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