Coleen Nolan

Coleen Patricia Nolan (born 12 March 1965) is an English singer, television personality, and author.

She was a member of the pop group The Nolans, in which she sang with her sisters.

With over 30 million records sold worldwide, The Nolan’s are one of the world's biggest selling girl groups.

Coleen Patricia Nolan was born 12 March 1965 in Blackpool, England, to Irish parents.

She is the youngest of eight children and the only one born in England.

On 5 February 1974, Nolan made her first television appearance with her sisters when she was almost nine years old, as The Nolans appeared on the It's Cliff Richard! television series.

With the line-up featuring all six sisters and billed as The Nolan Sisters, they performed "Stuck on You".

That same year they released their debut single, "But I Do", with Nolan singing lead vocals.

Owing to her age, Nolan would not become a full-time member of the group until 1980, when she was fifteen, although she does appear in the music video to their 1979 hit "I'm In the Mood for Dancing", which reached number three in the UK singles chart.

The group had further UK top twenty hits with "Don't Make Waves" (1980), "Gotta Pull Myself Together" (1980), "Who's Gonna Rock You" (1981), "Attention to Me" (1981), "Chemistry" (1981) and "Don't Love Me Too Hard" (1982).

In 1981, they won the Tokyo Music Festival with the song "Sexy Music".

On 14 January 1987, Nolan appeared alongside her sisters Anne, Bernie and Maureen in the BBC sitcom Filthy Rich & Catflap.

In 1991, the group won a 33rd Japan Record Awards Kikaku-shō (Prize for Planning) for Cover version of Japanese pops.

Nolan left the group in 1994 to concentrate on raising a family, although she did return briefly in 1995 to promote a re-recorded version of "I'm in the Mood for Dancing".

Since 2000, Nolan has been a regular panellist on the ITV talk show Loose Women.

In 2000, Nolan became a regular panellist on ITV's Loose Women.

She has been with the series on and off for the last 20 years.

In 2000, Nolan played the part of Janelle Cooper in the short comedy film, Rattler.

From 2001 to 2002, Nolan co-presented the ITV daytime show This Morning, and later returned to the show from 2010 to 2012 as a presenter of the interactive hub segments.

In 2009, she competed on the fourth series of the ITV show Dancing on Ice, in which she finished in fourth place.

Nolan presented the programme, The Truth About... Eternal Youth about plastic surgery on ITV in 2009, and presented The Secret Guide To Women's Health in 2010 on Sky Real Lives.

Beginning on 11 January 2009 Nolan took part in the fourth series of Dancing on Ice on ITV.

Of her appearance on the show Nolan said, "I've never really skated. When I was 14 I used to go to Disco Beat in Blackpool with my friend. We'd skate round once, hanging on to each other, and spend the rest of the night posing, like 14-year-old girls do. I could only go forwards, I couldn't stop!"

She was eliminated in week 10, finishing in fourth place.

She went on to co-host the spin-off show Dancing on Ice Friday with Ben Shephard in 2010.

She left Loose Women on 28 July 2011 only to return again on 7 October 2013 as a regular panellist.

and on 27 February 2011, she hosted Dancing on Ice, in place of Holly Willoughby who fell ill.

In 2012, Nolan appeared on the tenth series of the Channel 5 reality series Celebrity Big Brother, finishing as runner-up.

On 15 August 2012, Nolan was announced as the eleventh celebrity to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house on Channel 5.

In 2013, Nolan was a resident agony aunt on the ITV chat show The Alan Titchmarsh Show, appearing on the show every Friday.

Since July 2014 Nolan has also been a relief anchor of the show.

In 2015 she took part in ITV's Give a Pet a Home series which worked alongside the RSPCA in Birmingham.

The show began airing in April 2015, with Amanda Holden as host.

She returned to Celebrity Big Brother in 2017, winning the nineteenth series.

In 2017, Nolan participated in Celebrity Big Brother again, where she was voted ‘least trustworthy’ in the first week.

In the house she struck up a friendship with Game of Thrones actor James Cosmo.

On day 18 she was put up for eviction by Jamie O'Hara during a nominations twist in the superheroes shopping task.

On day 19 it was revealed that Nolan received the most votes out of her, Chloe Ferry, Kim Woodburn and Jedward in a live flash vote.

Also on day 19, she voted for Cosmo to gain eternal immunity which he eventually won after the most housemates voted for him.

On Day 32 (3 February), she was announced as the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 19.