72. Millie Poster
73. ITV’s Wild at Heart (L–R: Top – Lucy Jo Hudson, Stephen Thompkinson and Luke Ward-Wilkinson. Bottom: Me, Rafaella Hutchinson and Hayley Mills)
74. Me and Chris on our first date
75. Chris with ‘Mr Greedy’
76. Chris, Me and Lexi when she was three minutes old
77. All cleaned up
78. Me, Chris and Lexi in South Africa
79. Me and Lexi say ‘hi’ to our South African neighbours
80. Simon Cowell, Me and Piers Morgan meeting Her Majesty The Queen at the Royal Variety Show 2009. The first that Britain’s Got Talent was involved in
81. My Norfolk hen weekend (L–R: Shara Walsh, Lucy Jo Hudson, Jane Wall, Me, Sian Reeves, Sally Haynes, Sarah Parish and Angela Griffin)
82. Our Wedding Invitation!
83. Karen Minier, Chris, Me and Best Man, David Coulthard
84. Jane Wall, Me and Jessica Taylor
85. Me, Lexi and Chris say ‘I do’
86. In something a little more comfortable
87. The only way Piers can shut me up
88. Me with Ant and Dec backstage at BGT
89. Me and Chris attend the Brit Awards
90. Me and My Simon
91. Not a lot of things go over my head, but this did! BGT Winners 2010, Spellbound
92. Chris, Lexi and Me at home
93. Lexi’s first day at school (I was a wreck!)
94. Maldives Holiday, 2010, where Lexi got the happy news. I love this picture.
95. ITV Midwife documentary Out of my Depth where I met my three ‘white witches’. This is Pippa Nightingale
96. Me pregnant with the little boy we lost
97. My Happy Happy place – Shutters On The Beach, Santa Monica, LA
98. Me as Princess Fiona in the original West End cast of Shrek doing the ‘Rat Tap’
99. Me, Richard Blackwood as Donkey and Nigel Lynsay as Shrek.
100. The Princess finally got to meet her Prince
101. Me and Chris at the National Television Awards
102. Me as host of ITV’s Superstar with Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Melanie Chisholm
103. BGT Judges: Alesha Dixon, Simon Cowell, David Walliams and Me
104. Our first family pic with Hollie
105. Me and Alesha, cackling!
106. Uncle Simon gives me a bear hug for Hollie
107. (L–R: Melissa and Angela Griffin, Hollie and Me, Martha and Lucy Gaskill, Sarah Parish and Nell, Lexi and Tallulah)
108. Larking around on set at BGT
109. Lexi’s first shot of her at home with her sister
110. Lexi with beloved Muffy
111. Circle of Life! Lexi and HRH
112. Hollie does it ‘her way’
113. Lexi and HRH at Mels Diner, LA, 2013. I could eat them!
1. Me being fitted for my first sheepskin
2. My first Pedi
3. Me with my sister Debbie. ‘Mum, what am I supposed to do with this?’
4. Me practising my Saturday Night Fever moves
5. Debbie’s christening on Frank’s Naval Ship. Mum actually left her on-board by mistake! (L–R: Me and Mum, Vicar, Nanny with Debs, Papa and Frank)
6. My first FHM shoot
7. Mum, Debbie, Nanny and Me in my Grandad’s (Papa) pants!
8. Using my Portaloo
9. Waiting for a free kick! (L–R: Maternal Great Grandmother, Nanny, Mum, Debbie and me)
10. Me and Debs . . . Sherlock and Watson
11. There wasn’t a day when I didn’t hurt my knees on that pole!
12. Football fans. With our dog Elsa in our Brian Clough green polo necks – my Dad took his look too far!
13. Christmas Day, too cold to ride them outside!
14. Putting on a brave face with scary Chucky Doll!
15. My first puppet show (I’m behind the expensive blanket), with a captive audience . . . I locked the back gate!
16. Rare pic of first wedding! (L–R: Debbie, Me, Eric Austin and Jamie)
17. Me and Debs on the way to Devon for holiday, our modesty protected!
18. Looking slightly bewildered from a fresh bump on head in the playground
19. The human slot machine!
20. Mum’s Wedding to Les. L–R back row: Cousin Bridgett, Uncle Winston (sporting an aerial), Auntie Vivienne, Nanny, Mum, Les. Front row: Debbie and Me
21. My Mum’s attempt at being a Mafia Boss!
22. Me and Debs outside Papa’s shed, the ‘Daisy Chain Café’ (or cruise liner – weather dependent!)
23. Always first to the bar! Me with Mr Sawyer at Bishop’s Waltham Gym Club, Elite Squad
24. Said, very enthusiastic looking, Gym Club!
25. Me and school BF Amanda Loveday. My t-shirt reads ‘Neil is a really amazing guy right?’ How prophetic!
26. Papa, Me and Nanny hanging out in . . . STROUD!
27. Me on keys with a Wham inspired haircut!
28. Bishops Waltham Little Theatre members – Me showing Ye Olde Right Leg in authentic Victorian towelling sock wear
29. Me and my puss, Silvester
30. Very last day of school (L–R: Vik, Wendy Hopkins, Me, Lucy Abraham, Clare Buckler, Kirsty Rollinson, Luci Matthews)
31. Dracula spectacular in a dress Mum had specially made me – I’m clearly questioning the authenticity of my leading man’s moustache
32. Typical Saturday night, live from our lounge
33. Maybe I was considering jumping off? Sporting yet another astounding haircut
34. Me singing for my supper at my parents ‘Chase Lodge’ guest house
35. Having a family dinner before I left Bournemouth to attend Mountview Theatre School
36. Me and Sally Walker in our ‘efforts to get an Equity card’ – Be Sharp# Book Now duo
37. Me ‘doing a Marilyn’ at my birthday – Sally Walker clearly not impressed!
38. One of my first publicity headshots
39. Blind Date: ‘what’s your name and where do you come from?’
40. Me and my Nan as Santa’s Granny and Mistress! My sister as Cher . . . ?
41. Me and G.B, my first love, graduating from Mountview Theatre School, 1992
42. Playing Roxy Hart in Mountview’s production of Chicago – Jason Maddocks on my left
43. First job, In Suspicious Circumstances for ITV, with Phillip Glenister
44. Me in the National Tour of The Sound of Music as Liesel Von Trapp with Christopher Cazenove
45. Me and Les in Jersey
46. Me and my beloved boys: Nobbie and Fudge (all my pets must have slightly cheeky names)
47. Our lovely friends (L–R: Me, Ruby, Andy Grainger and Les)
48. Me and Les engaged
49. Me and Les on our Wedding Day, 4 June, 1995
50. Cast of We Know Where You Live (L–R: Jeremy Fowlds, Fiona Allen, Simon Pegg, Me and Sanjeev Bhaskar)
51. Me and ‘CQ’, Caroline Quentin, using me as her pillow
52. Cast of BBC1’s Kiss Me Kate (L–R: Chris Langam, Me, Cliff Parisi, Caroline Quentin and Darren Boyd)
53. Cast of ITV’s The Grimleys (L–R: Noddy Holder, James Bradshaw, Me, Brian Conley and Ryan Cartwright)
54. ITV’s The Hunt (L–R: Adrian Lukis, Samantha Bond, Me and Philip Glenister
55. Me and Jessica Taylor. Definitely ‘radiator’ people
56. Me and Rose Keegan: ‘From Italy, with Mud’
57. Me and Sarah Parish, clearly thinking we were in Nashville
58. Me and Jane Wall in Cuba
59. Me and Jason Maddocks at his 40th birthday
60. Cast of Hearts and Bones (L–R: Back – Hugo Speer, Damian Lewis and Andrew Scarborough. Middle – Rose Keegan, Me, Dervla Kirwan and Sarah Parish. Bottom – Kieran O’Brian)
61. Cutting It billboard shot. Me and Sarah Parish with loaded hairdryers
62. Harry Enfield, his left testicle, and me in BBC’s rock sitcom Celeb
63. Cutting
It cast (L–R: Sian Reeves, Me, Ben Daniels, Jason Merrells, Sarah Parish, Angela Griffin, James Midgely and Lucy Gaskill)
64. Ready when you are, Mr. McGill (L–R: Top – Paul Seed and Phil Davies. Middle – Jack Rosenthal, me and Bill Nighy. Front – Sir Tom Courtenay, Sally Phillips and Sam Kelly)
65. Me and Neil Morrissey finally meeting again at a Grand Prix Ball. Obviously I was distracted by those shoes
66. Me and my co-star in Big Top
67. ITV’s Miss Marple 4:50 from Paddington (Geraldine McEwan, John Hannah and Me)
68. Me in one of three documentaries from ITV’s Amanda’s Fantasy Lives. In this one I was being country and western singer – I sang at the Broken Spoke in Texas baby!
69. Me as Millie Dilmount (looking like the girl on the plate my Mum bought)
70. Me and the girls performing ‘Forget About the Boys’ tap number in Thoroughly Modern Millie
71. Showing ‘my boss’, co-star Craig Urbani a bit of leg in Thoroughly Modern Millie
72. Millie Poster
73. ITV’s Wild at Heart (L–R: Top – Lucy Jo Hudson, Stephen Thompkinson and Luke Ward-Wilkinson. Bottom: Me, Rafaella Hutchinson and Hayley Mills)
74. Me and Chris on our first date
75. Chris with ‘Mr Greedy’
76. Chris, Me and Lexi when she was three minutes old
77. All cleaned up
78. Me, Chris and Lexi in South Africa
79. Me and Lexi say ‘hi’ to our South African neighbours
80. Simon Cowell, Me and Piers Morgan meeting Her Majesty The Queen at the Royal Variety Show 2009. The first that Britain’s Got Talent was involved in
81. My Norfolk hen weekend (L–R: Shara Walsh, Lucy Jo Hudson, Jane Wall, Me, Sian Reeves, Sally Haynes, Sarah Parish and Angela Griffin)
82. Our Wedding Invitation!
83. Karen Minier, Chris, Me and Best Man, David Coulthard
84. Jane Wall, Me and Jessica Taylor
85. Me, Lexi and Chris say ‘I do’
86. In something a little more comfortable
87. The only way Piers can shut me up
88. Me with Ant and Dec backstage at BGT
89. Me and Chris attend the Brit Awards
90. Me and My Simon
91. Not a lot of things go over my head, but this did! BGT Winners 2010, Spellbound
92. Chris, Lexi and Me at home
93. Lexi’s first day at school (I was a wreck!)
94. Maldives Holiday, 2010, where Lexi got the happy news. I love this picture.
95. ITV Midwife documentary Out of my Depth where I met my three ‘white witches’. This is Pippa Nightingale
96. Me pregnant with the little boy we lost
97. My Happy Happy place – Shutters On The Beach, Santa Monica, LA
98. Me as Princess Fiona in the original West End cast of Shrek doing the ‘Rat Tap’
99. Me, Richard Blackwood as Donkey and Nigel Lynsay as Shrek.
100. The Princess finally got to meet her Prince
101. Me and Chris at the National Television Awards
102. Me as host of ITV’s Superstar with Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Melanie Chisholm
103. BGT Judges: Alesha Dixon, Simon Cowell, David Walliams and Me
104. Our first family pic with Hollie
105. Me and Alesha, cackling!
106. Uncle Simon gives me a bear hug for Hollie
107. (L–R: Melissa and Angela Griffin, Hollie and Me, Martha and Lucy Gaskill, Sarah Parish and Nell, Lexi and Tallulah)
108. Larking around on set at BGT
109. Lexi’s first shot of her at home with her sister
110. Lexi with beloved Muffy
111. Circle of Life! Lexi and HRH
112. Hollie does it ‘her way’
113. Lexi and HRH at Mels Diner, LA, 2013. I could eat them!
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