Kelly Brook
Kelly Brook was born Kelly Ann Parsons on 23 November 1979 in Kent, England.
Her mother Sandra was a cook and her father Ken was a scaffolder.
Kelly Brook won a scholarship to the prestigious Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, where she studied dance, drama and singing.
Brook had various modelling contracts but her big TV breakthrough came when she took over from Denise Van Outen as co-presenter of The Big Breakfast with Johnny Vaughan.
However, in 1999 Kelly Brook left the Big Breakfast and since then her presenting and acting career has been intermittent.
On the personal front, Kelly Brook went out with actor Jason Statham for seven years but they broke up in 2004 and she later started going out with Billy Zane, with whom she starred in the shipwreck film Three.
Kelly Brook photo courtesy of MTV
Billy Zane and Kelly Brook got engaged in 2004.
In April 2008, there were reports that Kelly Brook and Billy Zane were splitting up.
Kelly Brook's acting credits include Ripper, School for Seduction, Absolon.
In discussing School for Seduction, Kelly Brook told the BBC:
"Regardless of what hair colour you have, what you look like, what accent you have, what you do for a living even, it's all about how you feel, and about being comfortable in your own skin. The women in School For Seduction are not doing it for men, they're doing it for themselves."
Apart from The Big Breakfast, Kelly Brook also co-presented with Patrick Kielty a season of the reality TV show Celebrity Love Island.
In Strictly Come Dancing in 2007, Kelly Brook partnered Brendan Cole.
Kelly Brook was doing well in Strictly Come Dancing but on 30 November 2007 it was announced that she had pulled out following her father's death earlier in the week.
