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Kéllé Bryan (born 12 March 1975) is an English singer and actress, known as a member of girl group Eternal. In 2018, she began portraying the role of Martine Deveraux in the
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'', a role she played until 2022. She is also part of the '' Loose Women'' panel.


Early and personal life

Bryan was born on 12 March 1975 in Plaistow, Greater London. Aged 11, Bryan joined the
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stage school, where she completed eight years of performing arts and qualified as a dance teacher. While at the school, she met Louise Nurding – the pair met record producer Denis Ingoldsby, who was forming a girl group. Bryan was diagnosed with lupus in 1998 and is a patron of St Thomas' Lupus Trust. In 2010, she married Jay Gudgeon. The pair have two children together. In 2014, Bryan began to suffer heavy symptoms of her lupus. She lost a lot of hair, her sight, hearing and movement deteriorated, and she was unable to speak. She then had a seizure, and the doctors confirmed that her lupus was affecting her brain. After the seizure, Bryan had to relearn how to read and write, and continues to struggle with short term memory loss.


Career

Bryan appeared in ITV's ''
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'', and on 31 March 1992 she appeared as Debbie in
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's '' EastEnders'' who was a college friend of Lloyd Tavernier ( Garey Bridges). In 1993, Bryan and Nurding, together with sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett formed the 1990s British R&B girl group Eternal. Eternal sold millions of albums, including 16 consecutive top 15 UK chart singles such as "Stay", "Just a Step from Heaven", "Oh Baby I", "Power of a Woman", " I Am Blessed", "Someday", "Don't You Love Me", " I Wanna Be the Only One" and "Angel of Mine". Following her departure from Eternal, Bryan signed a record deal with
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and began work on her debut solo album, ''Breakfast in Bed'', which was never released. In 2006, Bryan was a contestant on '' Love Island 2'', finishing as the female runner-up. In 2008, she contributed backing vocals to "I Found Love", the debut single by Lankai. Bryan also had starring roles in the musical comedy, ''The X-Tra Factor'' and a film called ''The Naked Poet'', playing the part of Michelle. In 2012, she played the part of Fran in the BBC comedy '' Me and Mrs Jones''. Bryan joined the cast of the
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soap opera ''
Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera '' Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on sister channel E4 a ...
'' in September 2018, portraying the role of Martine Deveraux. From May 2019, she has been appearing regularly on ITV's show '' Loose Women''. After four years of appearing on ''Hollyoaks'', Bryan announced her exit from the show on 3 June 2022 with her final scenes airing that same day.


Discography


Studio albums


Singles


Filmography


Stage


Awards and nominations


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