Amanda Holden has been on our screens for decades and has quickly become one of Britain's most recognisable celebrities.
She shot to stardom in 2007 as one of the original judges on ITV’s hit show, Britain's Got Talent and has been in the public eye ever since.
The Portsmouth born presenter, grew up in the town of Bishop’s Waltham near Southampton and joined a theatre company aged nine.
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Her first TV appearance was in 1991 as a contestant on legendary dating show Blind Date.
Her first notable acting role was as the main character in the musical stage show Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2004, for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award.
The actress then played the character of Sarah Trevanian in three series of ITV ’s Wild at Heart, from 2006 to 2008.
Now 50, Amanda presents the breakfast show on Heart FM with her co-host Jamie Theakston.
Is Amanda Holden Married and does she have children?
Amanda was married to comedian Les Dennis - the pair tied the knot in June 1995 but divorced in 2003.
She later married record producer Chris Hughes in 2008 and had two children together Alexa who was born in 2006, and Hollie, born in 2012.
Amanda often posts photos of the children on her Instagram account, as well as numerous photos of herself wearing stylish outfits and glamorous dresses.
What is Amanda Holden’s net worth?
In 2019, it was announced that Amanda was to become the new face of Heart FM’s breakfast show, which is broadcast every weekday morning from 6.30am to 10am.
Amanda’s two-year contract with Heart was worth a whopping £3million, according to The Sun.
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Amanda has a net worth of around £3.6million, according to CelebrityNetWorth.com.
It’s a whopping sum, thanks to Amanda’s long and varied career in the spotlight, as well as recent contracts with big TV networks and it's only likely to increase.
Britain's Got Talent and super stardom
Amanda’s most notable role to date is being a judge on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent.
She was one of the show’s original judges when it launched in 2007, appearing alongside Piers Morgan and Simon Cowell.
The show’s current judging panel still includes Amanda and Simon, with David Walliams and Alesha Dixon as the most recent editions.
Since Britain’s Got Talent, Amanda has presented other programmes, including A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards with Philip Schofield, and her own four-part series called Amanda Holden’s Fantasy Lives.
Amanda Holden’s secret EastEnders role
Amanda previously left fans stunned as she revealed she used to be on EastEnders back in the 90s.
The Britain's Got Talent judge discussed her brief cameo on the soap after the old episodes in which she starred in resurfaced on Classic EastEnders.
While on her Heart Radio show she spoke about her role as market trader Carmen and said: “When I left drama school, EastEnders was one of the first jobs I got.
“I had to look after someone's stall for half an hour which was like four episodes or something.”
At the time EastEnders fans took to Twitter in disbelief as they watched the old episodes starring Amanda.
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