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Michelle Elizabeth Keegan (born 3 June 1987) is an English actress, known for her roles as
Tina McIntyre Tina McIntyre is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Portrayed by Michelle Keegan, the character first appeared on-screen during the episode that was shown 7 January 2008. The character was central to ma ...
in the
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soap opera ''
Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...
'' and Sergeant Georgie Lane in the
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drama series ''
Our Girl ''Our Girl'' is a British television military drama series, written and created by Tony Grounds, first broadcast on BBC One on 24 March 2013. The series initially starred Lacey Turner as Molly Dawes, a young working-class woman, who joins the B ...
''. Keegan also starred as Tracy Shawcross in
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drama ''
Ordinary Lies ''Ordinary Lies'' is a British television drama series that was first broadcast on BBC One on 17 March 2015. The six-part first series, written by Danny Brocklehurst, is set in a car showroom. The second, also in six-parts, is set in the warehouse ...
'',
Tina Moore Tina Moore (born October 17, 1970, in Racine, Wisconsin) is an American R&B musician. She scored two Top 20 hit singles in the UK in 1997 with " Never Gonna Let You Go" (#7) and " Nobody Better" (#20). Both singles were UK garage remix A rem ...
in the biopic ''
Tina and Bobby ''Tina and Bobby'' is a British television series based on the relationship between footballer Bobby Moore and Tina Moore. The three-part series was first broadcast on 13 January 2017 on ITV (TV network), ITV. Premise The series follows the lif ...
'', and Erin Croft in
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comedy '' Brassic''.


Early life

Keegan was born in
Stockport Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is within ...
to Michael Keegan and Jackie Turner. Her maternal great-grandmother was a
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who married a British soldier stationed in Gibraltar, and she also has distant Italian ancestry from her 7 times great-grandfather who emigrated to Gibraltar from
Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...
. She has Irish ancestry on her father's side. She attended St Patrick's RC High School in Eccles near
Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
, and later the Manchester School of Acting. She worked at
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in the
Trafford Centre The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and entertainment complex in Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1998 and is third largest in the United Kingdom by retail space. Originally developed by the Peel Group, the Trafford C ...
, and as a check-in agent at
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.


Career

In late 2007, in only her second audition, Keegan was offered the part of
Tina McIntyre Tina McIntyre is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Portrayed by Michelle Keegan, the character first appeared on-screen during the episode that was shown 7 January 2008. The character was central to ma ...
in ''
Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...
'', and accepted the role, beating around 900 other people who auditioned. She decided to leave the show after six years in 2013 and Tina was killed off, making her last appearance on 2 June 2014. Throughout her time on the show, Keegan's character Tina featured in many high-profile storylines. ''
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'' listed her as one of the 10 best ''Coronation Street'' characters of all time in 2010. In 2008, the actress flew out to South Africa to film the
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film '' Coronation Street: Out of Africa'', a ''Coronation Street'' spinoff, in which she appeared as Tina. In June 2009, Keegan made her radio debut co-hosting the
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programme ''The Official Chart''. She was featured on the cover of ''
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'' magazine in January 2011 and placed at number30 and number26 in their 100 Sexiest Women poll for 2010 and 2011, respectively. She appeared on their cover again in March 2013 and was placed at number four in the 2013 poll, eventually winning in 2015. Keegan made a guest appearance as herself in the 2009 Easter special, '' Red Dwarf: Back to Earth''. In June 2014, she embarked on a European tour to perform as
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in ''
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''. In 2015, she was cast as Tracy Shawcross in the
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television drama series ''
Ordinary Lies ''Ordinary Lies'' is a British television drama series that was first broadcast on BBC One on 17 March 2015. The six-part first series, written by Danny Brocklehurst, is set in a car showroom. The second, also in six-parts, is set in the warehouse ...
''. In June 2015, it was announced that she would play the starring role of Corporal Georgie Lane in series 2 of the BBC drama series ''
Our Girl ''Our Girl'' is a British television military drama series, written and created by Tony Grounds, first broadcast on BBC One on 24 March 2013. The series initially starred Lacey Turner as Molly Dawes, a young working-class woman, who joins the B ...
'', which aired throughout September 2016; third season consisting of 12 episodes began airing in October 2017. She returned for her final series as Georgie in 2020. Also in 2016, Keegan landed a guest role on the
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comedy series ''
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''. In June 2016, she began filming the
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drama series ''
Tina and Bobby ''Tina and Bobby'' is a British television series based on the relationship between footballer Bobby Moore and Tina Moore. The three-part series was first broadcast on 13 January 2017 on ITV (TV network), ITV. Premise The series follows the lif ...
'', based on Tina Dean's and Bobby Moore's relationship in which she played Tina; it was a three part series which aired in January 2017. In 2017, Michelle Keegan partnered with the clothing brand Lipsy with her own collection. Keegan currently portrays the main role of Erin Croft in
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's comedy drama series, '' Brassic'', which started in 2019. On 22 February 2022, Keegan was a guest judge on the
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episode of '' RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World''. In May 2022, the
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and STAN commissioned a new series starring Keegan,''
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'', a drama about the British citizens who migrated to Australia after the
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, with filming commencing in Australia shortly after.


Personal life

Keegan was in a relationship with
The Wanted The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band consisting of group members Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness and Nathan Sykes and, until his death in 2022, Tom Parker (singer), Tom Parker. The group was formed in 2009 and signed a worldw ...
singer
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from December 2010. The couple became engaged in June 2011, but ended their relationship the following year. In September 2013, after a nine-month courtship, the actress announced her engagement to Mark Wright. They married on 24 May 2015.


Filmography


Stage


Awards and nominations


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Keegan, Michelle 21st-century English actresses 1987 births Actresses from Greater Manchester English people of Spanish descent British people of Gibraltarian descent English people of Irish descent English people of Italian descent English soap opera actresses English television actresses Living people People from Stockport