Sheree Victoria Murphy (born 22 August 1975) is an English actress and television presenter, best known for her roles as Dawn in Only Fools and Horses and

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in the ITV soap opera ''

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'',

Eva Strong Eva Strong is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Sheree Murphy. She made her first on-screen appearance on 23 April 2010. Character creation and casting In February 2010, former ''Emmerdale'' act ...

in the

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soap opera ''

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'' and Dakota Davies in the Australian soap opera ''

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''. In 2005, Murphy came second place in the fifth series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' and competed in the 2015 series of ''

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''. In September 2016, she became the presenter of a

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programme on

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called ''Yes Chef!''

Early life

Born in

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, Murphy was the middle child and only girl in a family of five children. The family lived in a council house, and she was educated from aged nine at the

Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts The Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts is a performing arts conservatoire based in Woking, England. It was founded in 1911 by Italia Conti, an actress. The first production at Italia Conti Academy was the play ''Where the Rainbow Ends''. For ...

. She then attended the

Sylvia Young Theatre School Sylvia Young Theatre School is an independent school in Marble Arch, London, England. It is a specialist performing arts school named after its founder and principal, Sylvia Young OBE. Outline The Sylvia Young Theatre School was founded in ...

. Murphy's first part was in the musical ''The Rink'' at the

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, aged 12. She did not work professionally again until ''Emmerdale'', working her way through school from aged 14 as a hairdresser's assistant. She also worked front of house in various north London theatres.

Career

Her first TV appearance was a small but notable role as a female mugger in ''

Only Fools and Horses ''Only Fools and Horses....'' is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until t ...

'' 1996 Christmas episode "

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". She soon landed what may be her best-known role as

on ''

'', which she played from 1998 to 2004. It was announced in late 2003 that Murphy would leave ''Emmerdale'' in December 2003, so that she could spend more time with her family and two young children, and her character was duly killed off. Following a six-year career break to bring up her family, Murphy appeared in ''The Royal'' before winning the part of

in ''

''. In November and December 2005, Murphy appeared on the ITV reality show '' I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'', finishing second to

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. She was noted for being "scared of everything", and for her sweet persona; as well as embarrassing her husband

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with comments such as "he's got a peachy bum". Murphy presented the ITV spin-off series for series 6 with

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. In November 2007, she presented '' This Morning'''s coverage of the seventh series every weekday morning. In 2005 and 2006, Murphy presented

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's coverage of the

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. Murphy hosted ''Footballers' Cribs'' for

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and

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, and was a regular on ITV's ''

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'' (2006–2007), returning in 2012 for a single episode to celebrate 40 years of ''Emmerdale'' and a further single episode in July 2015. In January 2007, Murphy co-hosted

's ''

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: Bonus Tracks'' with

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and also starred as the 'hidden' celebrity in a 2007 episode of the

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show ''

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''. Murphy joined the presenting team for Channel 5's ''Cowboy Builders''. During the

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, Murphy fronted a 'World Cup Fever' campaign for

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. On 16 June 2014, it was announced that Murphy had joined the cast of the Australian soap opera ''

'' playing an old acquaintance of Paul Robinson called Dakota Davies. In 2015, she participated in ''

'' on

. Since 2016, she has presented the daytime

series ''Yes Chef!''

Filmography

Personal life

Murphy is married to

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. They met at the Majestyk nightclub, Leeds in 2000 and were married on 25 May 2002 in

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. They have four children together: son, Taylor (born 2001); and daughters, Ruby (born 17 June 2003), Matilda (born 19 March 2008) and Dolly (born 14 January 2012).

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Wes & Sheree on Hits Radio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Sheree 1975 births Living people English television actresses English soap opera actresses English television presenters English expatriates in Australia English people of Irish descent People from Islington (district) Alumni of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts Alumni of the Sylvia Young Theatre School I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) participants