Lucy Pargeter

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Lucy Pargeter
Born (1977-03-01) 1 March 1977 (age 47)
Nottingham, England
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present
Known forCrossroads
Emmerdale
Children3

Lucy Kate Pargeter (born 1 March 1977) is an English actress, known for her roles as Helen Raven in

ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2013. For her role in Emmerdale, she won the 2019 British Soap Award for Best Actress
.

Early life

Pargeter was born in

New College, Nottingham. She was a member of the band Paperdolls, which toured with Boyzone in the 1990s and had a number 65 chart single with "Gonna Make You Blush".[1][2] She also took part in Stars in Their Eyes as Emma Bunton
.

Career

Her first acting role was in the TV Movie "The Bare Necessities" in 1996 where she appeared with future

TV3 hosted the TV Now magazine awards, in which Pargeter and fellow Emmerdale actor Tom Lister won Best Couple for their portrayal of Chas and Carl. In 2011, she appeared on a celebrity edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, with her Emmerdale co-star Danny Miller
.

In November 2013, Pargeter entered the

thirteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, where she finished in third place.[4] In December 2017, she appeared in a celebrity edition of The Chase
, and won £5,000, out of the £15,000, for her selected charity, “Safe at Last”.

In June 2019, Pargeter won the

Best Actress award at The British Soap Awards; she was also nominated for Best Female Dramatic Performance and Best On-Screen Partnership, alongside Dominic Brunt.[5]

Personal life

Pargeter has three daughters with her former partner, Rudi Coleano. She took maternity leave from Emmerdale in 2005 to have her first child, and another in 2017 to have twins.[6] Coleano and Pargeter's relationship ended in 2019.[7] She owns three English bulldogs: Bert, Lenny, and Pearl.[8]

Pargeter was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her Emmerdale co-stars Charley Webb and Matthew Wolfenden.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Emmerdale's Lucy Pargeter on her popstar past with Boyzone". 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Gonna make you blush | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  3. ^ "The Bare Necessities". IMDb.
  4. Hearst Magazines UK
    . Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Emmerdale's Lucy Pargeter wins Best Actress at British Soap Awards 2019". Radio Times. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Emmerdale star Lucy Pargeter welcomes twins after long struggle with IVF". Metro. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. ^ Earp, Catherine (7 June 2019). "Emmerdale star Lucy Pargeter announces split from her long-term partner". Digital Spy. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Lovely time at the bulldog meet up! Pablo and Diego loved meeting Bert, Lenny & Pearl". Instagram. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  9. ^ Bourne, Dianne (19 February 2018). "Surprise wedding for Emmerdale's Charley Webb and Matthew Wolfenden". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 18 July 2023.

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