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Amanda Holden

Facts of Amanda Holden

Date of Birth: 1971 , February-16
Birth Nation: United Kingdom
Height: 5 Feet 4 Inch
Name Amanda Holden
Birth Name Amanda Louise Holden
Nick Name Manda
Father Frank Holden
Mother Judith Mary Harrison
Nationality British
Birth Place/City Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Profession Actress, presenter, singer
Net Worth $3 million
Eye Color Dark Brown
Hair Color Blonde
Body Measurements 35-24-34 in
Shoe Size 7 (US)
Weight in KG 54 kg
Married Yes
Married to Chris Hughes (m. 2008), Les Dennis (m. 1995–2003)
Children Hollie Rose Hughes, Theo Hughes, Alexa Louise Florence Hughes
Divorce Les Dennis (m. 1995–2003)
Education Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Movies The Worst Witch
Siblings Debbie Holden(Younger Sister) (Model)

Quick Timeline of Amanda Holden

1971 Born in Hampshire, England
1991 Participated in game show Blind Date
1995 Married to comedian Les Dennis
2003 Divorced Les Dennis
2004 Nominated for best theatre actress
2007 Joined Britain's Got Talent
2008 Married to Chris Hughes

Detail Timeline of Amanda Holden

February 16 , 1971

Born in Hampshire, England

The actress was born in Hampshire, England to Frank Holden and Judith Holden. At the very early age of 9 she managed to discover her talent and joined Bishop's Waltham Little theatre and started appearing in the drama.

1991

Participated in game show Blind Date

With an intention to start something new and get experience she decided to participated in the game show Blind Date. The show turned out to be nothing more than a bitter experience for the actress. The show was her first TV appearance.

1995

Married to comedian Les Dennis

She married to a comedian Les Dennis in 1995. The couple was in a relationship for almost 4 years before deciding to tie the knots. The relation looked perfectly going until the news broke out about extra-marital affair of the actress with actor Neil Morressey.

2003

Divorced Les Dennis

Although the actress had temporary split couple of years before the divorce when the speculation about the relationship between Holden and actor Neil Morrissey had peaked an inclination. The relation was exposed in press later. She had also claimed that Neil sexually assaulted her.

2004

Nominated for best theatre actress

The momentous performance of Holden in "Thoroughly modern Millie" at the Shaftesbury Theatre granted her the nomination of best actress in musical in 2013 for 2004 Laurence Olivier theatre award. She has also claimed this performance as one of her best.

2007

Joined Britain's Got Talent

She joined Britain's got talent as a judge and worked alongside Simon Cowell, David Williams and Alexa Dixon. This is the best known role for the actress. She is a great fan of her co-worker Simon Cowell and has his face tattooed on her thigh.

December 10 , 2008

Married to Chris Hughes

She married to her longtime boyfriend Chris Hughes and father of 2 year old Alexa. It had been almost four years before getting married that the couple was engaged. Couple of years after the birth of her first child, the couple decided to wed.

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The talented actress started her career in a television game show called "Blind Date" as a contestant but couldn't succeed as anticipated. She has worked in comedy series like "Kiss me Kate", "The Grimleys" and "Hearts and Bones". She has also worked in comedy-drama "Ready when you are, Mr. McGill" alongside Bill Nighy and Tom Courtenay. She presented the talented show "Superstar" in 2012.

On digging at her personal life, she was married to comedian Les Dennis in the year 1995. But the couple separated unofficially in the year 2000 when Holden's relation with actor Neil Morrissey was public and got divorced in 2003. The actress gave birth to her first child Alexa on January 20, 2006, whose father was producer Chris Hughes. She married the producer after a couple of years. She gave birth to her second child stillborn Theo who was 2 months premature in 2011 and her second daughter Hollie a year later in 2012 despite some medical complications whose father is her second husband. 

The actress has got a tattoo of Britain’s got talent judge Simon Cowell's face on her thigh. With her active involvement in different sectors like comedy-drama, hosting shows, presenter, and judge the actress is estimated to have an enormous net worth amount.