Casey-Lee Jolleys (born 1974) is a British actress, dancer and performer.
Originally from
Billinge in
Wigan
Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the north-east and Warrington t ...
,
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tam ...
, Jolleys began performing at an early age and by the age of nine, had become a three-time world champion in ballet, tap and modern dance styles, making television appearances in the process.
By the late 1980s, she was a co-presenter of the BBC Saturday morning children's programme ''It's Wicked!'' (produced by
BBC North West
BBC North West is the BBC English Region serving Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, North Yorkshire (western Craven), West Yorkshire (western Calderdale), Derbyshire (western High Peak), Cumbria (Barrow-in-Furness ...
) and was appearing as Annie Mappin in the BBC comedy-drama series ''
Gruey'' and the sequel, ''Gruey Twoey''.
Jolleys returned to presenting around 1999 as a continuity presenter for
Channel 5's children's programming strand ''
Milkshake!
''Milkshake!'' (stylised as milkshake!) is a British children's television programming block on Channel 5 and is currently aimed at children aged 3–7.
History
The block debuted on Channel 5's first full day on air, at 7.30am on 31 March 1 ...
'' and also appeared as Jenny in the pre-school series ''Beachcomber Bay''.
In 2004 and 2006, Jolleys appeared in the guest role of Stacey Hilton (Orchid) in the long running
ITV soap ''
Coronation Street''. For this, she won a Heritage Award for best comedy performance in a soap opera. Jolleys began a dance, drama, singing and comedy academy in her home town of Bolton, alongside comedian
Bobby Ball
Robert Harper (28 January 1944 – 28 October 2020), known professionally as Bobby Ball, was a British comic, actor, singer and television host. He was best known as a member of the comic double act Cannon and Ball, with Tommy Cannon (Thomas ...
who subsequently left the school.
In 2013, Jolleys starred in the
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Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
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