Amanda Holden Actress - Born 16 Feb 1971 - Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, England UK

First television appearance was as an unsuccessful contestant on the game show Blind Date in 1991.

Has been a judge on ITV's Britain's Got Talent since 2007.

Appeared in several stage musicals including Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2004 (for which she was nominated a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical) and Shrek in 2011 (for which she won the WhatsOnStage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical)

Became a gossip columnist for the News of the World in 2009.

Has been very involved in charity work including fronting Everton's breast cancer awareness campaign in 2007, running the London Marathon for the Born Free Foundation in 2008,

Involved in a campaign to bake a cake for every child in the Great Ormond Street Hospital in 2011.

Became a celebrity ambassador for Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.

Published her autobiography No Holding Back in 2013, which became a Sunday Times bestseller.

Hosted an episode of the Channel 4 programme Dispatches about the treatment for stillbirths and miscarriages (both of which she has suffered) in 2014.

Became the face of the Alpen Brighter Morning Challenge in 2015.

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