Danielle Maria Bux (born 15 June 1979) is a Welsh actress and model. She made her modelling début in 1999 winning a place on the Miss Hawaiian Tropic

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in Las Vegas. She was married to former England footballer

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from 2009 until 2016.

Early life

Bux was born in

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to parents Kim and Roy. They divorced when she was young. She attended

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Career

Modelling

Bux started modelling as a teenager after winning a place in the Miss Hawaiian Tropic contest in Las Vegas. Whilst modelling part-time, she was a flight attendant with

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. Becoming a full-time model, she has since appeared on the cover of various magazines including '' Hello!'', '' OK!'', ''

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'' and ''Fabulous''.

TV appearances

She assisted Sir

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onstage at the 2008

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. She finished in third place in the 2009 series of

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's ''

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''. In June and July 2009, she was a guest panellist on ITV's ''

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''.

Acting

Danielle Bux made her debut on the stage at the

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in ''Calendar Girls'' in 2011. In 2013, she appeared in hit BBC One drama ''

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'', alongside

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. The same year she appeared in the film ''

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'', which was played at Edinburgh International Film Festival. She has also appeared on stage in ''Responsible Other'', a play by Melanie Spencer. In 2015 Bux starred in Matt Wilde's football film ''Kicking Off'', alongside co-stars Warren Brown,

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and

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. Also in 2015, she starred opposite ''

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'' actor

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in true crime TV series ''

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''. In 2019 Danielle had a part alongside Sarah Hyland in the comedy ''The Wedding Year''.

Filmography

Charities

Bux is a patron of wildlife and conservation charity the

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and the Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation.

Personal life

Gary and Danielle Lineker at The Asian Awards

Bux has a daughter, Ella, when she was 22 years old. Bux married

on 2 September 2009, in

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, Italy. They went on to win £30,000 for charity on ITV's gameshow '' Mr and Mrs''. On 13 January 2016, Lineker and Bux announced they were divorcing, after six years of marriage, the reason given being Gary not wanting more children. As of 2022, Lineker still considers Ella his stepdaughter. Bux gave birth to another daughter, Romy Wren Greenwald, with American entertainment lawyer Nate Greenwald on 8 August 2017. Danielle married Greenwald at a private ceremony at his parents house in November 2017 on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.

References

External links

Danielle Bux's official website
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