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'''Kelly Brook''' (born '''Kelly Anne Parsons''', 23 November 1979) is an English model, actress, and media personality. She began her career modelling for a range of advertising campaigns, which led to her discovery by the editorial team of the ''[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]]'' tabloid, where they began featuring her as a [[Page 3|Page Three girl]]. She was crowned ''[[FHM]]''{{'}}s Sexiest Woman in the World in 2005,<ref>{{cite news |date=30 June 2005 |title=Kelly is world's sexiest |work=Manchester Evening News |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music/kelly-is-worlds-sexiest-1065713}}</ref> and as of 2015 had featured in every ''FHM'' 100 Sexiest countdown since 1998.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 December 2015 |title=Kelly Brook And FHM: A Ridiculously Sexy Retrospective |url=http://www.fhm.com/posts/kelly-brook-and-fhm-a-ridiculously-sexy-retrospective-97006 |work=FHM}}</ref>
'''Kelly Brook''' (born '''Kelly Anne Parsons''', 23 November 1979) is an English model, actress, and media personality. She began her career modelling for a range of advertising campaigns, which led to her discovery by the editorial team of the ''[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]]'' tabloid, where they featured her as a [[Page 3|Page Three girl]]. She was crowned ''[[FHM]]''{{'}}s Sexiest Woman in the World in 2005,<ref>{{cite news |date=30 June 2005 |title=Kelly is world's sexiest |work=Manchester Evening News |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music/kelly-is-worlds-sexiest-1065713}}</ref> and as of 2015 had featured in every ''FHM'' 100 Sexiest countdown since 1998.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 December 2015 |title=Kelly Brook And FHM: A Ridiculously Sexy Retrospective |url=http://www.fhm.com/posts/kelly-brook-and-fhm-a-ridiculously-sexy-retrospective-97006 |work=FHM}}</ref>


As an actress, Brook has appeared in the films ''[[Ripper (film)|''Ripper'']]'' (2001), ''[[The Italian Job (2003 film)|The Italian Job]]'' (2003), ''[[School for Seduction]]'' (2004), ''[[House of 9]]'' (2004), ''[[Survival Island]]'' (2005), ''[[Fishtales]]'' (2007), ''[[Piranha 3D]]'' (2010), and ''[[Taking Stock]]'' (2015). She has appeared on numerous British television shows, including ''[[The Big Breakfast]]'' (1999), ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' (2007), ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'' (2009), ''[[Celebrity Juice]]'' (2012–2015), ''[[One Big Happy (TV series)|One Big Happy]]'' (2015), ''[[It's Not Me, It's You (game show)|''It's Not Me, It's You'']]'' (2016), ''[[Loose Women]]'' (2018), and ''[[The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off]]'' (2020). Since 2019, Brook has co-presented [[Heart London]]'s ''Drivetime Radio Show'' with [[Jason King (presenter)|Jason King]].<ref name="heart.co.uk">{{Cite web |title=Heart |url=https://www.heart.co.uk/radio/shows-presenters/jk-and-kelly/ |access-date=9 March 2020 |website=Heart}}</ref>
As an actress, Brook has appeared in the films ''[[Ripper (film)|''Ripper'']]'' (2001), ''[[The Italian Job (2003 film)|The Italian Job]]'' (2003), ''[[House of 9]]'' (2004), ''[[Survival Island]]'' (2005), ''[[Fishtales]]'' (2007), ''[[Piranha 3D]]'' (2010), and ''[[Taking Stock]]'' (2015). She has appeared on numerous reality television shows, including ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' (2007), ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'' (2009), ''[[Celebrity Juice]]'' (2012–2015), ''[[The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off]]'' (2020), ''[[The Masked Dancer (British TV series)|The Masked Dancer]]'' (2021), ''[[Celebrity Race Across the World]]'' (2024), and ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]'' (2025). Since 2019, Brook has co-presented [[Heart London]]'s ''Drivetime Radio Show'' with [[Jason King (presenter)|Jason King]].<ref name="heart.co.uk">{{Cite web |title=Heart |url=https://www.heart.co.uk/radio/shows-presenters/jk-and-kelly/ |access-date=9 March 2020 |website=Heart}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Brook was born Kelly Anne Parsons in [[Rochester, Kent]], the daughter of Sandra Kelly, a cook, and Kenneth Parsons, a scaffolder.<ref>{{cite news |title=Grieving Kelly Brook vows to dance on after father dies of cancer |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/grieving-kelly-brook-vows-to-dance-on-after-father-dies-of-cancer-6664801.html |access-date=2 June 2020 |work=London Evening Standard}}</ref> She has a younger brother, Damian, and an older half-sister, Sasha.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/nov/01/kelly-brook-interview-elizabeth-day|title=Kelly Brook profile|work=The Guardian|location=[[UK]]|access-date=7 September 2010|date=1 November 2009|author=Elizabeth Day}}</ref> Kenneth Parsons died, aged 57, in Rochester from [[lung cancer]],<ref>[https://archive.today/20130114020857/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article/article-23426096-grieving-strictly-star-kelly-brook-attends-fathers-funeral.do Grieving Strictly star Kelly Brook attends father's funeral], thisislondon.co.uk; accessed 31 January 2016.</ref> on 26 November 2007, during Brook's time on ''[[Strictly Come Dancing (Series 5)#Additional information|Strictly Come Dancing]]''.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7118453.stm|publisher=BBC News|title=Grieving Brook to keep on dancing|date=29 November 2007|access-date=8 April 2008}}</ref> Brook attended the [[The Thomas Aveling School|Thomas Aveling School]] in Warren Wood, Rochester. In 1996, at the age of seventeen, she appeared in the second series of ''[[Fist of Fun]]'', the BBC comedy show from [[Stewart Lee]] and [[Richard Herring]] as a schoolgirl in a series of sketches entitled 'Teachers' (one of her co-stars was the young [[Daniel Mays]]). She studied at the [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]]<ref name="conti">{{cite web |url=https://italiacontiplymouth.co.uk/about/alumni/ |title=Italia Conti Plymouth Alumni |work=italiacontiplymouth.co.uk |date=January 2013 |access-date=October 28, 2023 |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028012209/https://italiacontiplymouth.co.uk/about/alumni/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> for three years, before becoming a professional model at the age of 16.<ref name="officialkellybrook.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialkellybrook.com|title=Official Kelly Brook site biography page|publisher=Officialkellybrook.com|access-date=12 January 2011|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101161201/http://www.officialkellybrook.com/|archive-date=1 January 2011}}</ref>
Brook was born Kelly Anne Parsons in [[Rochester, Kent]], the daughter of Sandra Kelly, a cook, and Kenneth Parsons, a scaffolder.<ref>{{cite news |title=Grieving Kelly Brook vows to dance on after father dies of cancer |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/grieving-kelly-brook-vows-to-dance-on-after-father-dies-of-cancer-6664801.html |access-date=2 June 2020 |work=London Evening Standard}}</ref> She has a younger brother, Damian, and an older half-sister, Sasha.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/nov/01/kelly-brook-interview-elizabeth-day|title=Kelly Brook profile|work=The Guardian|location=[[UK]]|access-date=7 September 2010|date=1 November 2009|author=Elizabeth Day}}</ref> Kenneth Parsons died, aged 57, in Rochester from [[lung cancer]],<ref>[https://archive.today/20130114020857/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article/article-23426096-grieving-strictly-star-kelly-brook-attends-fathers-funeral.do Grieving Strictly star Kelly Brook attends father's funeral], thisislondon.co.uk; accessed 31 January 2016.</ref> on 26 November 2007, during Brook's time on ''[[Strictly Come Dancing (Series 5)#Additional information|Strictly Come Dancing]]''.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7118453.stm|publisher=BBC News|title=Grieving Brook to keep on dancing|date=29 November 2007|access-date=8 April 2008}}</ref> Brook attended the [[The Thomas Aveling School|Thomas Aveling School]] in Warren Wood, Rochester. In 1996, at the age of seventeen, she appeared in the second series of ''[[Fist of Fun]]'', the BBC comedy show from [[Stewart Lee]] and [[Richard Herring]] as a schoolgirl in a series of sketches entitled 'Teachers' (one of her co-stars was the young [[Daniel Mays]]). She studied at the [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]]<ref name="conti">{{cite web |url=https://www.italiaconti.com/alumnx/kelly-brook|title=Kelly Brook |work=italiaconti.com  |access-date=22 April 2025}}</ref> for three years, before becoming a professional model at the age of 16.<ref name="officialkellybrook.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialkellybrook.com|title=Official Kelly Brook site biography page|publisher=Officialkellybrook.com|access-date=12 January 2011|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101161201/http://www.officialkellybrook.com/|archive-date=1 January 2011}}</ref>


==Modelling career==
==Modelling career==
[[File:Kelly Brook in 2010.jpg|500x300px|thumbnail|right|Brook in a campaign for the [[LG Optimus One]] mobile phone in 2010]]
[[File:Kelly Brook in 2010.jpg|thumbnail|right|Brook in a campaign for the [[LG Optimus One]] mobile phone in 2010]]


Brook's modelling career began at 16 after she won a beauty competition, into which her mother had entered her.<ref name=Guardian/> She later worked on a range of advertising campaigns, including [[Foster's Lager]], [[Renault Mégane]], [[Walkers (snack foods)|Walker's crisps]], [[Piz Buin]] and [[Bravissimo (company)|Bravissimo]], a company that specialises in bras and lingerie for large-breasted women. Soon after, she caught the eye of the editorial team of the ''[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]]'' tabloid,<ref name="officialkellybrook.com"/> which began featuring her as a [[Page 3|Page Three girl]]. Brook's picture soon began appearing in other [[List of men's magazines|lads' mags]] such as ''[[GQ]]'', ''[[Loaded (magazine)|Loaded]]'' and ''[[FHM]]''. A poll of over 5,000 women for ''[[Grazia]]'' magazine considered her to have the best British female body. She also topped the "[[FHM's 100 Sexiest Women (UK)|FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World]]" list in 2005, which was said to have polled 15 million people. Appearing in this list every year since 1998, she ranked No. 34 in 2008, No. 67 in 2009, and No. 7 in 2010.<ref name="FHMs">[http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/kelly-brook "Kelly Brook — Kent's finest bra model"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213183006/http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/kelly-brook |date=13 February 2011 }} Kelly Brook at FHM.com</ref> She was the cover star of ''FHM''{{'s}} World Cup 2010 special issue,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fhm.com/girls/kelly-brook-is-on-the-beach-in-south-africa-20100528|title=Kelly Brook in South Africa! FHM article|publisher=Fhm.com|access-date=12 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605040746/http://www.fhm.com/girls/kelly-brook-is-on-the-beach-in-south-africa-20100528|archive-date=5 June 2010}}</ref> and was on the cover of the magazine in April 2011.<ref name="FHMs" />
Brook's modelling career began at 16 after she won a beauty competition, into which her mother had entered her.<ref name=Guardian/> She later worked on a range of advertising campaigns, including [[Foster's Lager]], [[Renault Mégane]], [[Walkers (snack foods)|Walker's crisps]], [[Piz Buin]] and [[Bravissimo (company)|Bravissimo]], a company that specialises in bras and lingerie for large-breasted women. Soon after, she caught the eye of the editorial team of the ''[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]]'' tabloid,<ref name="officialkellybrook.com"/> which began featuring her as a [[Page 3|Page Three girl]]. Brook's picture soon began appearing in other [[List of men's magazines|lads' mags]] such as ''[[GQ]]'', ''[[Loaded (magazine)|Loaded]]'' and ''[[FHM]]''. A poll of over 5,000 women for ''[[Grazia]]'' magazine considered her to have the best British female body. She also topped the "[[FHM's 100 Sexiest Women (UK)|FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World]]" list in 2005, which was said to have polled 15 million people. Appearing in this list every year since 1998, she ranked No. 34 in 2008, No. 67 in 2009, and No. 7 in 2010.<ref name="FHMs">[http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/kelly-brook "Kelly Brook — Kent's finest bra model"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213183006/http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/kelly-brook |date=13 February 2011 }} Kelly Brook at FHM.com</ref> She was the cover star of ''FHM''{{'s}} World Cup 2010 special issue,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fhm.com/girls/kelly-brook-is-on-the-beach-in-south-africa-20100528|title=Kelly Brook in South Africa! FHM article|publisher=Fhm.com|access-date=12 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605040746/http://www.fhm.com/girls/kelly-brook-is-on-the-beach-in-south-africa-20100528|archive-date=5 June 2010}}</ref> and was on the cover of the magazine in April 2011.<ref name="FHMs" />
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In 2000, Brook made her full-screen debut with a minor role in the film ''[[Sorted (film)|Sorted]]''. Shortly after that, she appeared in the film ''[[Ripper (film)|Ripper]]''. She played the girlfriend of [[Clark Kent]]/[[Superman]]'s nemesis [[Lex Luthor]] in four episodes of the American science fiction drama ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'' during the show's first season (2001–02). She has also completed assignments as a film actress in [[Canada]] and made a short appearance as Lyle's girlfriend in the 2003 film ''[[The Italian Job (2003 film)|The Italian Job]]''. Her first starring role was in the 2004 film ''[[School for Seduction]]'', for which she received positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|title=School for Seduction review|url=http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/84dbbfa4d710144986256c290016f76e/09c71e8fbe017ec30825721600777f2d?OpenDocument|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120731201738/http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/84dbbfa4d710144986256c290016f76e/09c71e8fbe017ec30825721600777f2d?OpenDocument|archive-date=31 July 2012|access-date=12 January 2011|publisher=Filmcritic.com}}</ref> In 2004, she played character Nikki Morris in the video game ''[[Need for Speed Underground 2]]'', alongside [[Brooke Burke]]. In 2005, she appeared in the Philippe Vidal thriller ''[[House of 9]]'', and starred opposite [[Billy Zane]] in the survival thriller ''[[Survival Island]]'', also known as ''Three''.<ref name="Three">{{cite news|title=Three|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/survival_island |work=rottentomatoes.com|access-date=11 February 2022 }}</ref>
In 2000, Brook made her full-screen debut with a minor role in the film ''[[Sorted (film)|Sorted]]''. Shortly after that, she appeared in the film ''[[Ripper (film)|Ripper]]''. She played the girlfriend of [[Clark Kent]]/[[Superman]]'s nemesis [[Lex Luthor]] in four episodes of the American science fiction drama ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'' during the show's first season (2001–02). She has also completed assignments as a film actress in [[Canada]] and made a short appearance as Lyle's girlfriend in the 2003 film ''[[The Italian Job (2003 film)|The Italian Job]]''. Her first starring role was in the 2004 film ''[[School for Seduction]]'', for which she received positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|title=School for Seduction review|url=http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/84dbbfa4d710144986256c290016f76e/09c71e8fbe017ec30825721600777f2d?OpenDocument|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120731201738/http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/84dbbfa4d710144986256c290016f76e/09c71e8fbe017ec30825721600777f2d?OpenDocument|archive-date=31 July 2012|access-date=12 January 2011|publisher=Filmcritic.com}}</ref> In 2004, she played character Nikki Morris in the video game ''[[Need for Speed Underground 2]]'', alongside [[Brooke Burke]]. In 2005, she appeared in the Philippe Vidal thriller ''[[House of 9]]'', and starred opposite [[Billy Zane]] in the survival thriller ''[[Survival Island]]'', also known as ''Three''.<ref name="Three">{{cite news|title=Three|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/survival_island |work=rottentomatoes.com|access-date=11 February 2022 }}</ref>


In 2006, she starred in an ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]'' drama on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] and appeared as herself throughout the second series of ''[[Moving Wallpaper]]'', also for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], in 2009. She acted in the science fiction thriller ''Shadow Play'', directed by Nick Simon.<ref>{{cite web|title=AFM: Twilight Dad Engages in Some Shadow Play|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34427/twilight-dad-engages-some-shadow-play|access-date=12 January 2011|publisher=Dreadcentral.com}}</ref> Brook had a leading role in the horror comedy remake ''[[Piranha 3D]]''. The film received a worldwide theatrical release on 20 August 2010. ''Piranha 3D'' opened to generally positive reviews<ref>{{cite web|title=Piranha 3-D|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/piranha_3d/|access-date=20 February 2015|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> and commercial success, grossing $83.2 million on a budget of $24 million.<ref>{{cite web|date=18 November 2010|title=Piranha 3D (2010)|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=piranha3d.htm|access-date=12 January 2011|publisher=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> [[File:Keith Lemon (Leigh Francis) and Kelly Brook at Cannes 19.05.2012.jpg|thumb|250px|Kelly Brook with Keith Lemon ([[Leigh Francis]]) at the [[2012 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
In 2006, she starred in an ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]'' drama on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] and appeared as herself throughout the second series of ''[[Moving Wallpaper]]'', also for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], in 2009. She acted in the science fiction thriller ''Shadow Play'', directed by Nick Simon.<ref>{{cite web|title=AFM: Twilight Dad Engages in Some Shadow Play|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34427/twilight-dad-engages-some-shadow-play|access-date=12 January 2011|publisher=Dreadcentral.com}}</ref> Brook had a leading role in the horror comedy remake ''[[Piranha 3D]]''. The film received a worldwide theatrical release on 20 August 2010. ''Piranha 3D'' opened to generally positive reviews<ref>{{cite web|title=Piranha 3-D|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/piranha_3d/|access-date=20 February 2015|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> and commercial success, grossing $83.2 million on a budget of $24 million.<ref>{{cite web|date=18 November 2010|title=Piranha 3D (2010)|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=piranha3d.htm|access-date=12 January 2011|publisher=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> [[File:Keith Lemon (Leigh Francis) and Kelly Brook at Cannes 19.05.2012.jpg|thumb|Kelly Brook with Keith Lemon ([[Leigh Francis]]) at the [[2012 Cannes Film Festival]]]]


Kelly played herself alongside [[Leigh Francis]] in the British comedy film ''[[Keith Lemon: The Film]]'' (2012).  
Kelly played herself alongside [[Leigh Francis]] in the British comedy film ''[[Keith Lemon: The Film]]'' (2012), which won 'Funniest Film' at the 2013 [[Loaded Lafta Awards]].<ref name="lafta">{{Cite web|url= https://www.comedy.co.uk/news/1078/loaded_laftas_2013_winners/ |date= 7 March 2013 |title= Loaded LAFTAS 2013 award winners announced |work=comedy.co.uk}}</ref> In 2013, Brook appeared in the video to [[Lawson (band)|Lawson]]'s song "[[Juliet (Lawson song)|Juliet]]". In 2014 she was cast as Prudence in an NBC sitcom pilot called ''[[One Big Happy (TV series)|One Big Happy]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=28 March 2014|title=Kelly Brook To Star In NBC comedy pilot 'One Big Happy'|url=https://deadline.com/2014/03/kelly-brook-star-nbc-pilot-one-big-happy-705904/|access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref> which was subsequently picked up on 9 May.<ref>{{cite web|last= Goldberg|first=Lesley|date=9 May 2014|title=NBC Orders Ellen DeGeneres' 'One Big Happy,' Will Ferrell Comedies 'Mission Control,' 'Bad Judge' to Series|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbc-orders-ellen-degeneres-one-702834|access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=9 May 2014|title=NBC Picks Up Comedies 'Bad Judge', 'Mission Control' and 'One Big Happy'|url=https://deadline.com/2014/05/nbc-picks-up-comedy-one-big-happy-for-midseason-727852/|access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref>
In 2013, Brook appeared in the video to [[Lawson (band)|Lawson]]'s song "[[Juliet (Lawson song)|Juliet]]". In 2014 she was cast as Prudence in an NBC sitcom pilot called ''[[One Big Happy (TV series)|One Big Happy]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=28 March 2014|title=Kelly Brook To Star In NBC comedy pilot 'One Big Happy'|url=https://deadline.com/2014/03/kelly-brook-star-nbc-pilot-one-big-happy-705904/|access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref> which was subsequently picked up on 9 May.<ref>{{cite web|last= Goldberg|first=Lesley|date=9 May 2014|title=NBC Orders Ellen DeGeneres' 'One Big Happy,' Will Ferrell Comedies 'Mission Control,' 'Bad Judge' to Series|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbc-orders-ellen-degeneres-one-702834|access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=9 May 2014|title=NBC Picks Up Comedies 'Bad Judge', 'Mission Control' and 'One Big Happy'|url=https://deadline.com/2014/05/nbc-picks-up-comedy-one-big-happy-for-midseason-727852/|access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref>


===Theatre===
===Theatre===
In December 2000, she played exotic dancer Anya in the play ''Eye Contact'' at the [[Riverside Studios]] in [[Hammersmith]].<ref name="BBCWestEnd">{{cite news|date=6 October 2009|title=Kelly Brook to bare all on stage|work=[[BBC News]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8293236.stm|access-date=7 September 2010}}</ref><ref name="Playbill">{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Shenton|title=Kelly Brook to Make West End Stage Debut|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120945-Kelly-Brook-to-Make-West-End-Stage-Debut|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517175106/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120945-Kelly-Brook-to-Make-West-End-Stage-Debut|archive-date=17 May 2011|access-date=7 September 2010|magazine=[[Playbill]]}}</ref> In October 2008, she returned to the [[West End theatre|West End]] as Jeannie, in [[Neil LaBute]]'s ''[[Fat Pig]]'' at London's [[Comedy Theatre]].<ref name=BBCWestEnd/><ref name=Playbill/> In November 2009, she began playing Celia in ''[[Calendar Girls (play)|Calendar Girls]]'' at the [[Noël Coward Theatre]].{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} Brook made a cameo appearance in the cabaret show "Forever Crazy" by Crazy Horse London end of 2012.<ref>{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Trueman|title=Kelly Brook strips off for Crazy Horse cabaret &#124; Culture|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/oct/17/kelly-brook-strip-crazy-horse-cabaret|access-date=20 February 2015|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=17 October 2012}}</ref>
In December 2000, she played exotic dancer Anya in the play ''Eye Contact'' at the [[Riverside Studios]] in [[Hammersmith]].<ref name="BBCWestEnd">{{cite news|date=6 October 2009|title=Kelly Brook to bare all on stage|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8293236.stm|access-date=7 September 2010}}</ref><ref name="Playbill">{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Shenton|title=Kelly Brook to Make West End Stage Debut|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120945-Kelly-Brook-to-Make-West-End-Stage-Debut|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517175106/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120945-Kelly-Brook-to-Make-West-End-Stage-Debut|archive-date=17 May 2011|access-date=7 September 2010|magazine=[[Playbill]]}}</ref> In October 2008, she returned to the [[West End theatre|West End]] as Jeannie, in [[Neil LaBute]]'s ''[[Fat Pig]]'' at London's [[Comedy Theatre]].<ref name=BBCWestEnd/><ref name=Playbill/> In November 2009, she began playing Celia in ''[[Calendar Girls (play)|Calendar Girls]]'' at the [[Noël Coward Theatre]].{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} Brook made a cameo appearance in the cabaret show "Forever Crazy" by Crazy Horse London end of 2012.<ref>{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Trueman|title=Kelly Brook strips off for Crazy Horse cabaret &#124; Culture|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/oct/17/kelly-brook-strip-crazy-horse-cabaret|access-date=20 February 2015|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=17 October 2012}}</ref>


==Other work==
==Other work==
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===Television presenting===
===Television presenting===
In 1997, aged 18, Brook started presenting youth television programmes on MTV UK & Ireland,<ref name="futon">{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a602/donna-air-leaves-mtv/|title=Donna Air leaves MTV|website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=17 April 2000}}</ref> [[Granada Television]] and the [[Trouble (channel)|Trouble TV]] channel.<ref name="officialkellybrook.com" /> Brook had a breakthrough into mainstream presenting in January 1999, when she was chosen to replace [[Denise van Outen]] as the female half of ''[[The Big Breakfast]]'' hosting team, alongside [[Johnny Vaughan]]. She left the show in July 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/408073.stm|title=Entertainment Kelly quits Big Breakfast|date=30 July 1999}}</ref> In 2005, she hosted the reality television programme ''[[Celebrity Love Island]]'' for ITV.
In 1997, aged 18, Brook started presenting youth television programmes on MTV UK & Ireland,<ref name="futon">{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a602/donna-air-leaves-mtv/|title=Donna Air leaves MTV|website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=17 April 2000}}</ref> [[Granada Television]] and the [[Trouble (channel)|Trouble TV]] channel.<ref name="officialkellybrook.com" /> Brook had a breakthrough into mainstream presenting in January 1999, when she was chosen to replace [[Denise van Outen]] as the female half of ''[[The Big Breakfast]]'' hosting team, alongside [[Johnny Vaughan]]. She left the show in July 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/408073.stm|title=Entertainment Kelly quits Big Breakfast|date=30 July 1999}}</ref> In 2005, she hosted the reality television programme ''[[Celebrity Love Island]]'' for ITV.


===Reality television===
===Reality television===
[[File:KellyBrookJan09.jpg|thumb|Brook at the 2009 [[London Boat Show]]]]
[[File:KellyBrookJan09.jpg|thumb|Brook at the 2009 [[London Boat Show]]]]
In 2007, Brook participated in the celebrity dancing competition ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' on [[BBC1]] with a dance partner [[Brendan Cole]]. During the TV series, her father, Kenneth Parsons, died of cancer.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk" /> Although initially decided to continue dancing in his memory, she withdrew from the competition in week nine.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7121185.stm|title=Brook quits Strictly Come Dancing|publisher=BBC News |date=30 November 2007|access-date=8 April 2008}}</ref> She also competed in the ''[[Strictly Come Dancing|Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2008]]'', dancing the [[Jive (dance)|Jive]] with [[Brian Fortuna]], Brendan Cole having to compete with his later partner [[Lisa Snowdon]]. Brook and Fortuna were put into fourth place, but with the studio audience's vote, they came second to [[Jill Halfpenny]] and [[Darren Bennett (dancer)|Darren Bennett]]. In 2008, Brook took [[Jennifer Ellison]]'s place as one of the three judges on the second series of the reality TV programme ''[[Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life]]'',<ref>[http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/news/entertainment/2008/05/14/dancing_judge_kelly Kelly Brook searches for Baby] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918042447/http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/news/entertainment/2008/05/14/dancing_judge_kelly |date=18 September 2008 }}, [[Virgin Media]], 15 May 2008</ref> broadcast between September and November 2008.
In 2007, Brook participated in the celebrity dancing competition ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' on [[BBC1]] with a dance partner [[Brendan Cole]]. During the TV series, her father, Kenneth Parsons, died of cancer.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk" /> Although initially decided to continue dancing in his memory, she withdrew from the competition in week nine.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7121185.stm|title=Brook quits Strictly Come Dancing|publisher=BBC News |date=30 November 2007|access-date=8 April 2008}}</ref> She also competed in the ''[[Strictly Come Dancing|Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2008]]'', dancing the [[Jive (dance)|Jive]] with [[Brian Fortuna]], Brendan Cole having to compete with his later partner [[Lisa Snowdon]]. Brook and Fortuna were put into fourth place, but with the studio audience's vote, they came second to [[Jill Halfpenny]] and [[Darren Bennett (dancer)|Darren Bennett]]. In 2008, Brook took [[Jennifer Ellison]]'s place as one of the three judges on the second series of the reality TV programme ''[[Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life]]'',<ref>[http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/news/entertainment/2008/05/14/dancing_judge_kelly Kelly Brook searches for Baby] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918042447/http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/news/entertainment/2008/05/14/dancing_judge_kelly |date=18 September 2008 }}, [[Virgin Media]], 15 May 2008</ref> broadcast between September and November 2008.


In January 2009, she joined the [[Britain's Got Talent (series 3)|third series]] of ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'' as a fourth judge but was subsequently axed from the programme after less than a week on the panel, the producers having decided the four-judge format was "too complicated".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/kelly-brook-axed-from-britains-got-talent-1451591.html |title=Kelly Brook axed from Britain's Got Talent |work=The Independent |location=UK |date=20 January 2009 |access-date=12 January 2011 |first=Matt |last=Dickinson}}</ref> Brook was billed as a guest judge in the episode in which she appeared, taped in [[Manchester]] and aired on 16 May. In 2013, Brook became a temporary team captain on ''[[Celebrity Juice]]'' aired on [[ITV2]]. She appeared in Season 9, replacing [[Fearne Cotton]] while she was on maternity leave. In 2016, Brook served as a team captain on the [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] panel show ''[[It's Not Me, It's You (game show)|It's Not Me, It's You]]''. In 2021, Brook appeared on ''[[The Masked Dancer (British TV series)|The Masked Dancer]]'', masked as a Frog. She was the eighth celebrity to be unmasked in the semi-final.
In January 2009, she joined the [[Britain's Got Talent (series 3)|third series]] of ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'' as a fourth judge but was subsequently axed from the programme after less than a week on the panel, the producers having decided the four-judge format was "too complicated".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/kelly-brook-axed-from-britains-got-talent-1451591.html |title=Kelly Brook axed from Britain's Got Talent |work=The Independent |location=UK |date=20 January 2009 |access-date=12 January 2011 |first=Matt |last=Dickinson}}</ref> Brook was billed as a guest judge in the episode in which she appeared, taped in [[Manchester]] and aired on 16 May. In 2013, Brook became a temporary team captain on ''[[Celebrity Juice]]'' aired on [[ITV2]]. She appeared in Season 9, replacing [[Fearne Cotton]] while she was on maternity leave. In 2016, Brook served as a team captain on the [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] panel show ''[[It's Not Me, It's You (game show)|It's Not Me, It's You]]''. In 2021, Brook appeared on ''[[The Masked Dancer (British TV series)|The Masked Dancer]]'', masked as a Frog. She was the eighth celebrity to be unmasked in the semi-final.
In 2024, Brook competed alongside her husband Jeremy Parisi on the [[Celebrity Race Across the World series 2|second series]] of ''[[Celebrity Race Across the World]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mensah |first1=Katelyn |title=Who are Kelly Brook and Jeremy Parisi? Meet Celebrity Race Across the World 2024 contestants {{!}} Radio Times |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/celebrity-race-across-the-world-kelly-brook-jeremy-parisi/ |website=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=11 November 2025}}</ref> They ultimately finished fourth. In November 2025, it was announced that Brook would appear as a contestant on the [[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) series 25|twenty-fifth series]] of ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! 2025 cast in full from Jack Osbourne to Kelly Brook |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgk4x3ne1wo |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=11 November 2025 |date=11 November 2025}}</ref> She finished the show in 9th place.


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=== Books ===
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| 2001 || ''The (Mis)Adventures of Fiona Plum''  || Fiona Plum || Unaired pilot<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1666819.stm |title=Kelly Brook Meets Superman |work=BBC News |date=November 21, 2001}}</ref>
| 2001 || ''The (Mis)Adventures of Fiona Plum''  || Fiona Plum || Unaired pilot<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1666819.stm |title=Kelly Brook Meets Superman |work=BBC News |date=November 21, 2001}}</ref>
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| 2002 || ''[[Smallville]]'' || [[Characters of Smallville#Other characters|Victoria Hardwick]] ||  4 episodes
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| 2018, 2024- Present || ''[[Loose Women]]'' || Panellist || Herself
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| 2021 || ''[[The Masked Dancer (British TV series)|The Masked Dancer]]'' || Frog / Contestant || Fifth place
| 2021 || ''[[The Masked Dancer (British TV series)|The Masked Dancer]]'' || Frog / Contestant || Fifth place
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| 2024 || ''[[Celebrity Race Across the World series 2|Celebrity Race Across the World]]'' || Contestant ||
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| 2025 || ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]'' || [[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) series 25|Series 25]]
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Kelly Brook (born Kelly Anne Parsons, 23 November 1979) is an English model, actress, and media personality. She began her career modelling for a range of advertising campaigns, which led to her discovery by the editorial team of the Daily Star tabloid, where they featured her as a Page Three girl. She was crowned FHMTemplate:'s Sexiest Woman in the World in 2005,[1] and as of 2015 had featured in every FHM 100 Sexiest countdown since 1998.[2]

As an actress, Brook has appeared in the films Ripper (2001), The Italian Job (2003), House of 9 (2004), Survival Island (2005), Fishtales (2007), Piranha 3D (2010), and Taking Stock (2015). She has appeared on numerous reality television shows, including Strictly Come Dancing (2007), Britain's Got Talent (2009), Celebrity Juice (2012–2015), The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off (2020), The Masked Dancer (2021), Celebrity Race Across the World (2024), and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2025). Since 2019, Brook has co-presented Heart London's Drivetime Radio Show with Jason King.[3]

Early life

Brook was born Kelly Anne Parsons in Rochester, Kent, the daughter of Sandra Kelly, a cook, and Kenneth Parsons, a scaffolder.[4] She has a younger brother, Damian, and an older half-sister, Sasha.[5] Kenneth Parsons died, aged 57, in Rochester from lung cancer,[6] on 26 November 2007, during Brook's time on Strictly Come Dancing.[7] Brook attended the Thomas Aveling School in Warren Wood, Rochester. In 1996, at the age of seventeen, she appeared in the second series of Fist of Fun, the BBC comedy show from Stewart Lee and Richard Herring as a schoolgirl in a series of sketches entitled 'Teachers' (one of her co-stars was the young Daniel Mays). She studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts[8] for three years, before becoming a professional model at the age of 16.[9]

Modelling career

File:Kelly Brook in 2010.jpg
Brook in a campaign for the LG Optimus One mobile phone in 2010

Brook's modelling career began at 16 after she won a beauty competition, into which her mother had entered her.[5] She later worked on a range of advertising campaigns, including Foster's Lager, Renault Mégane, Walker's crisps, Piz Buin and Bravissimo, a company that specialises in bras and lingerie for large-breasted women. Soon after, she caught the eye of the editorial team of the Daily Star tabloid,[9] which began featuring her as a Page Three girl. Brook's picture soon began appearing in other lads' mags such as GQ, Loaded and FHM. A poll of over 5,000 women for Grazia magazine considered her to have the best British female body. She also topped the "FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World" list in 2005, which was said to have polled 15 million people. Appearing in this list every year since 1998, she ranked No. 34 in 2008, No. 67 in 2009, and No. 7 in 2010.[10] She was the cover star of FHMTemplate:'s World Cup 2010 special issue,[11] and was on the cover of the magazine in April 2011.[10]

In February 2007, it was announced that Brook had signed a contract, reported to be worth around £1m, to represent Unilever's Lynx body spray, known as "Axe" in the US and in continental Europe.[12] She has appeared on billboards, in newspapers and on-line as part of their advertising campaign.[13] She also appeared in commercials for Sky+ and T-Mobile and modelled for Reebok. In 2010, she was chosen as the "new face and body" of lingerie maker Ultimo's advertising campaign.[14] In September 2010, Brook appeared in the American edition of Playboy magazine.[15] In October 2010, Brook appeared live at Clapham Picture House to surprise cinemagoers as part of a promotion for Carlsberg and Sky 3D.[16] In November 2010, Brook presented an award at MTV's EMA's in Madrid.[17] Brook produced a line of swimwear with New Look, for which she has modelled.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In September 2014, Brook launched a clothing line for Simply Be.[18] The following year, she became a brand ambassador for Skechers.[19]

Acting career

In 2000, Brook made her full-screen debut with a minor role in the film Sorted. Shortly after that, she appeared in the film Ripper. She played the girlfriend of Clark Kent/Superman's nemesis Lex Luthor in four episodes of the American science fiction drama Smallville during the show's first season (2001–02). She has also completed assignments as a film actress in Canada and made a short appearance as Lyle's girlfriend in the 2003 film The Italian Job. Her first starring role was in the 2004 film School for Seduction, for which she received positive reviews.[20] In 2004, she played character Nikki Morris in the video game Need for Speed Underground 2, alongside Brooke Burke. In 2005, she appeared in the Philippe Vidal thriller House of 9, and starred opposite Billy Zane in the survival thriller Survival Island, also known as Three.[21]

In 2006, she starred in an Agatha Christie's Marple drama on ITV and appeared as herself throughout the second series of Moving Wallpaper, also for ITV, in 2009. She acted in the science fiction thriller Shadow Play, directed by Nick Simon.[22] Brook had a leading role in the horror comedy remake Piranha 3D. The film received a worldwide theatrical release on 20 August 2010. Piranha 3D opened to generally positive reviews[23] and commercial success, grossing $83.2 million on a budget of $24 million.[24]

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Kelly Brook with Keith Lemon (Leigh Francis) at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival

Kelly played herself alongside Leigh Francis in the British comedy film Keith Lemon: The Film (2012), which won 'Funniest Film' at the 2013 Loaded Lafta Awards.[25] In 2013, Brook appeared in the video to Lawson's song "Juliet". In 2014 she was cast as Prudence in an NBC sitcom pilot called One Big Happy,[26] which was subsequently picked up on 9 May.[27][28]

Theatre

In December 2000, she played exotic dancer Anya in the play Eye Contact at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith.[29][30] In October 2008, she returned to the West End as Jeannie, in Neil LaBute's Fat Pig at London's Comedy Theatre.[29][30] In November 2009, she began playing Celia in Calendar Girls at the Noël Coward Theatre.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Brook made a cameo appearance in the cabaret show "Forever Crazy" by Crazy Horse London end of 2012.[31]

Other work

Music videos

In 1997, at age 17, Brook appeared as a nurse in the music video for the KMFDM song "Megalomaniac".[32] That same year, Brook appeared in the video for Pulp's "Help the Aged" with Huck Whitney of the band the Flaming Stars, in a slow dance sequence.[33] In 2013, Brook appeared in the Lawson music video for their song "Juliet", in the role of Juliet.[34]

Television presenting

In 1997, aged 18, Brook started presenting youth television programmes on MTV UK & Ireland,[35] Granada Television and the Trouble TV channel.[9] Brook had a breakthrough into mainstream presenting in January 1999, when she was chosen to replace Denise van Outen as the female half of The Big Breakfast hosting team, alongside Johnny Vaughan. She left the show in July 1999.[36] In 2005, she hosted the reality television programme Celebrity Love Island for ITV.

Reality television

File:KellyBrookJan09.jpg
Brook at the 2009 London Boat Show

In 2007, Brook participated in the celebrity dancing competition Strictly Come Dancing on BBC1 with a dance partner Brendan Cole. During the TV series, her father, Kenneth Parsons, died of cancer.[7] Although initially decided to continue dancing in his memory, she withdrew from the competition in week nine.[37] She also competed in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2008, dancing the Jive with Brian Fortuna, Brendan Cole having to compete with his later partner Lisa Snowdon. Brook and Fortuna were put into fourth place, but with the studio audience's vote, they came second to Jill Halfpenny and Darren Bennett. In 2008, Brook took Jennifer Ellison's place as one of the three judges on the second series of the reality TV programme Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life,[38] broadcast between September and November 2008.

In January 2009, she joined the third series of Britain's Got Talent as a fourth judge but was subsequently axed from the programme after less than a week on the panel, the producers having decided the four-judge format was "too complicated".[39] Brook was billed as a guest judge in the episode in which she appeared, taped in Manchester and aired on 16 May. In 2013, Brook became a temporary team captain on Celebrity Juice aired on ITV2. She appeared in Season 9, replacing Fearne Cotton while she was on maternity leave. In 2016, Brook served as a team captain on the Channel 5 panel show It's Not Me, It's You. In 2021, Brook appeared on The Masked Dancer, masked as a Frog. She was the eighth celebrity to be unmasked in the semi-final.

In 2024, Brook competed alongside her husband Jeremy Parisi on the second series of Celebrity Race Across the World.[40] They ultimately finished fourth. In November 2025, it was announced that Brook would appear as a contestant on the twenty-fifth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.[41] She finished the show in 9th place.

Books

In September 2014, Brook released her autobiography;[42] it reached the Sunday Times Bestseller list on 21 September.[43] Domestic violence groups criticised her during her promotional tour for laughing about punching ex-boyfriends Jason Statham and Danny Cipriani in the face.[44]

Business

At end of 2013, Brook opened her bar Steam and Rye in London[45] in partnership with Nick House. In June 2014, Steam and Rye won Bar of the Year at the London Club and Bar Awards.[46]

Radio

Since January 2019, Brook has co-presented Heart London Drivetime and Saturday Breakfast with Jason King.[3]

Personal life

In 2014, on an appearance on ITV's This Morning, she admitted to punching previous boyfriends Jason Statham and Danny Cipriani in the face, with Men's Domestic Abuse charity Menkind subsequently issuing a statement saying it was "extremely disappointed" by the segment.[47] In July 2022, Brook married her longtime boyfriend Jeremy Parisi, whom she had dated since 2015.[48]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Sorted Sarah
2001 Ripper Marisa Tavares
2003 Absolon Claire
The Italian Job Lyle's Girlfriend
2004 School for Seduction Sophia Rosselini
2005 House of 9 Lea
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Beautiful Woman in Painting
Survival Island Jennifer Also known as Three[21]
2006 In the Mood Eva Short film
2007 Fishtales Neried
2010 Piranha 3D Danni Arslow
Removal Kirby
2012 Keith Lemon: The Film Herself
2015 Taking Stock Kate Won 4 awards at the Monaco International Film Festival
2018 Santet Laura

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Fist of Fun Suzanne 2 episodes
1999 The Big Breakfast Co-Presenter Alongside Johnny Vaughan
2000 This Is Your Life Herself 1 episode
TFI Friday Guest Presenter
2001 The (Mis)Adventures of Fiona Plum Fiona Plum Unaired pilot[49]
2002 Smallville Victoria Hardwick 4 episodes
2005 Romy and Michele: In the Beginning Linda Fashiobella Television film
Tricky TV Herself 1 episode
Celebrity Love Island Presenter
2006 Agatha Christie's Marple Elsie Holland Episode: "The Moving Finger"
2007 Hotel Babylon Lady Catherine Stanwood 1 episode
Strictly Come Dancing Contestant Sixth place
Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life Presenter
2009 Moving Wallpaper Kelly Brook Fictional version of herself
Renaissance Samantha Episode: "Moving Wallpaper"
The F Word Herself 1 episode
The One Show
Britain's Got Talent Guest Judge Series 3 auditions
2010 Let's Dance For Comic Relief
2011 Skins Jemima 1 episode
Celebrity Naked Ambition Presenter
2011–2017 Celebrity Juice Herself 20 episodes
2012 Métal Hurlant Chronicles Skarr / Jen 2 episodes
Nimrod in Cannes Herself
Lemon la Vida Loca 1 episode
2013 Trollied
' Anna
2015 One Big Happy Prudence 1 series
2016 It's Not Me, It's You Herself Team captain
Through the Keyhole Christmas special
The Keith Lemon Sketch Show Series 2, Episode 6
2018 Wedding Day Winners
Midsomer Murders Laurel Newman Episode "Till Death Do Us Part"
The Million Pound Holiday Club Herself TV special
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 1 episode
2019 Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2020 The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off Contestant
2018, 2024- Present Loose Women Panellist Herself
2021 The Masked Dancer Frog / Contestant Fifth place
2024 Celebrity Race Across the World Contestant
2025 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Series 25

Television advertisements

Year Advert Role Notes
1998 Sure Deodorant Nicky
2001 Kit Kat Herself
2003, 2008, 2011 Sky+
2008 Pepsi
Tefal Alongside Harry Enfield and Carol Vorderman
2009 T-Mobile
2010 Sony Pictures Television
2012 Reebok
2013 Axe Astronaut In Turkey[50]
2017, 2019 Baylis & Harding Herself
2018 Skechers
2021 SlimFast

Music videos

Year Music video Artist Role
1997 "Megalomaniac" KMFDM Nurse
"Help the Aged" Pulp Herself
2013 "Juliet" Lawson Juliet[51]

Bibliography

  • Close Up (2014) (autobiography)

References

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