Amanda Holden's Biography
Amanda Holden was born on 16 February 1971 in Bishops Waltham, Hampshire.
According to this BBC press release for Mad About Alice, Amanda Holden "would treat her mum, sister and stepdad to regular shows – making her diva-style entrances wrapped in a pink blanket emblazoned with the words 'Dancing Queen'.
At 17, Amanda Holden left home to study at London's Mountview Drama School.
According to IMDB's entry for Amanda Holden, in 1990 she appeared as an unsuccessful contestant on dating game show "Blind Date".
Holden had roles in EastEnders, The Bill, Goodness Gracious Me and Jonathan Creek.
More significant parts followed as Mel in Kiss Me Kate and as Miss Titley in The Grimleys, as well as Mia Bevan in Cutting It and in the comedies Celeb and the aforementioned Mad About Alice.
Amanda Holden also starred in The Hunt, Hearts And Bones and Happy Birthday Shakespeare, where she had a brief affair with co-star Neil Morrissey.
Holden had married TV personality, Les Dennis, in 1995 but they announced their separation at Christmas 2002, soon after Les Dennis had appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, declaring he wanted their marriage to work.
Although much of Amanda Holden's work has been on television she acted in the 1995 film Intimate Relations and won an Olivier Award nomination for her lead role in the stage show Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Amanda Holden along with the likes of Julian Clary and Pamela Anderson has supported People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) in their campaign for a bearskin ban.
In November 2004 Amanda Holden announced her engagement to music producer Chris Hughes and in January 2006 Amanda gave birth to a girl - Lexie.
In 2007, along with Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden became a judge on ITV's Britain's Got Talent presented by Ant and Dec.
In 2009, the judges were to be joined by Kelly Brook, but she was later dropped.
In 2010, it was announced that Amanda Holden would play Princess Fiona in Shrek the Musical in London's West End in 2011.
In January 2012, Amanda Holden gave birth to Hollie Rose. It was a difficult birth because of a haemorrhage due to a pre-existing condition of placenta previa.
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