Jeremy Edwards

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Jeremy Edwards
Born (1971-02-17) 17 February 1971 (age 53)
London, England
Education
OccupationActor
Years active1995–2023
Spouse
Lydia Metz
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(m. 2009)​
Children2

Jeremy Edwards (born 17 February 1971) is an English actor, known for his roles as

ITV series The X Factor: Celebrity, with ballroom dancer Brendan Cole
.

Early life

As a child, Edwards attended Millfield.[1] He has a degree in Politics and Public Administration from Manchester Metropolitan University,[2] and his previous jobs include being a merchant banker.[3]

Career

Edwards played

third series of Celebrity Big Brother, where he finished in fourth place.[6]

In January 2007, Jeremy co-presented Coronation Street/Emmerdale Confidential on

Dancing On Ice, partnered with Darya Nucci. They were the third couple to be eliminated and he received the fewest public votes in both weeks he performed.[8]

In November 2009 to July 2010, he appeared on the daytime talk show Angela and Friends as one of Angela Griffin's friends.[9] Edwards was also a regular panelist on the Channel 5 morning series The Wright Stuff.[10] In 2013, he returned to Hollyoaks via Hollyoaks Later as a guardian angel figure for Tony Hutchinson (Nick Pickard).[11]

He has appeared in several

Dick Whittington at The Harlington, in Fleet, Hampshire in 2013.[13] From 2014 to 2018, he appeared in the CBBC series Millie Inbetween as Mike.[14] He also appeared in the fifth series of Hacker Time.[15] In October 2019, he competed on the ITV series The X Factor: Celebrity as part of a duo with Brendan Cole. They were eliminated in the auditions stage.[16] Edwards returned to Hollyoaks as Kurt during the soap's 25th anniversary celebrations in October 2020.[17] He remained on the soap until December of that year.[18] On being asked to return again, Edwards declined, stating that negative comments made about him on social media influenced his decision, and Edwards had not returned to the show since then. [19]

In 2022, it was announced that Edwards would be starring as the role of Peter George in the UK tour of Hilary Bonner's political thriller Dead Lies. The tour ran from March to June 2022. He recently appeared in ‘Beauty & the Beast’ pantomime in Ramsgate (Dec 2023) He also has an elite business training people in presentation skills working mainly in advertising.

Since January 2024, Edwards joined the team at shopping TV channel Ideal World as a presenter.

Personal life

Edwards became engaged to

IVF.[22] She gave birth to a son on 2 May 2021. He also has a daughter who was also conceived through IVF, Scarlett, born in 2017.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b "Old Millfieldian Society Chronicle 2012". Old Millfieldian Society. p. 13. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "MMU produces new TV star". www.sci-eng.mmu.ac.uk. 2013. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. ^ Newman, Sara (12 January 2007). "The 5-Minute Interview: Jeremy Edwards, Actor". Independent. London. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  4. ^ West, Amy (30 September 2019). "Love Island stars and more sign up for Celebrity X Factor". Digital Spy. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  5. Lily Savage's Blankety Blank. 8 April 2001. ITV
    .
  6. ^ "Remember Hollyoaks' Jeremy Edwards? Find out what happened to him". CelebsNow. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  7. ^ Hemley, Matthew (29 January 2007). "ITV1 to offer sneak previews of Corrie and Emmerdale". www.broadcastnow.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  8. ^ "Reality – Dancing on Ice – Vote breakdown – ITV Entertainment". Archived from the original on 26 March 2009.
  9. ^ Griffin, Angela (6 November 2009). "Angela Griffin: Me And My Friends". blogs.mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  10. ^ "Jeremy Edwards on The Wright Stuff Channel 57". YouTube. 15 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  11. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel; Parker-Williams, Amie (4 October 2013). "'Hollyoaks' Jeremy Edwards on Kurt's shock return: 'I was amazed'". www.digitalspy.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  12. ^ Cole, Angela (9 December 2011). "Aladdin in Maidstone". www.kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  13. ^ Lloyd, Stephen (21 November 2013). "Dick Whittington panto stars get Fleet in the Christmas spirit". www.gethampshire.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  14. Newsround
    . Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  15. ^ Jay Rayner [@jayrayner1] (14 May 2015). "Today I'm working with one of the greats: me and @bbc_hacker It's a real 'pinch me' moment" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. BT TV
    . Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  17. ^ "Who is Kurt Benson in Hollyoaks and how is he not dead?". Metro. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Hollyoaks airs Kurt Benson exit as original star Jeremy Edwards bows out again". Digital Spy. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  19. ^ "Hollyoaks star Jeremy Edwards shares disappointing news over Kurt Benson's future". Digital Spy. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  20. ^ Wenn (24 August 2003). "Rachel Stevens Seeing Ex After Split". www.contactmusic.com. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  21. ^ McCafferty, Nicola (13 May 2009). "Wedding Exclusive Kian and Jodi". www.ok.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  22. ^ "Hollyoaks' Jeremy Edwards announces his wife is pregnant after IVF". Digital Spy. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  23. ^ Speyer, Helen (3 May 2021). "Jeremy Edwards and his wife Lydia introduce baby son Teddy and reveal all the details about the arrival of a newborn baby". London News Time. Retrieved 28 September 2021.

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