Jake Peter Roche (born 16 September 1992) is an English singer and actor. He is known as the lead vocalist of the band

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, charting at number 1 on the

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with " Me and My Broken Heart". In 2010, he appeared in the

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soap opera ''

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'', portraying the role of

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Early life

Born in Reigate, England in 1992, Roche is the son of actor

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and his then wife, singer and television personality

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. His parents

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d when he was nine years old. He has said about the divorce: "I remember seeing on the front pages about my dad cheating, but, as horrible as that was, we didn't fully understand because we were so young – so it’s not had this massive, damaging impact on us or anything." He attended St Mary's Catholic College in Blackpool, prior to moving to London.

Career

Acting

Roche trained at The Sylvia Young Theatre School for two years and appeared in the film '' Finding Neverland''. In 2010, he auditioned for the part of

in ''

''. Of the auditions he has said that he did not tell anyone who his parents were, Roche has said "I'd never go off mum and dad’s back because I wanted to know I could hold my own in a job like this." He was subsequently cast in the part and appeared on screens from August to October 2010. He also appeared as Matt in the

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musical film ''Rules of Love'' in 2010, and appeared briefly in drama ''

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'' in 2012. In 2014, along with his band, he appeared on the

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series ''

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'' as themselves.

Music

Roche is the frontman for the band

Push Baby Push Baby (stylised in all lowercase) are a British pop duo from Manchester, England consisting of singer Jake Roche and multi-instrumentalist Charley Bagnall. They are signed to their own indie label, Wow, Big Legend. In 2012, the band started ...

, formerly Rixton, a pop and R&B group signed by

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's SB Projects. The members of Push Baby are Roche on vocals and rhythm guitar and

Charley Bagnall Push Baby (stylised in all lowercase) are a British pop duo from Manchester, England consisting of singer Jake Roche and multi-instrumentalist Charley Bagnall. They are signed to their own indie label, Wow, Big Legend. In 2012, the band started ...

. Rixton's first music video was released in October 2013 entitled "Make Out", an upbeat song that lampoons on famous music videos from

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and

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, but it was never released as a single. Their first official single, " Me and My Broken Heart" is taken from their EP of the same name.

Personal life

Jake has an older brother. In 2014, Roche began dating

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from the girl group

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. They became engaged in July 2015 but subsequently called off the engagement and ended their relationship in 2016.

Filmography

Discography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roche, Jake 1992 births British male soap opera actors British people of Irish descent Living people 21st-century British singers 21st-century British male singers Alumni of the Sylvia Young Theatre School