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Amanda Holden

{{Short description|British actress, media personality, and singer (born 1971)}}

{{For|the writer|Amanda Holden (writer)}}

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{{Use British English|date=April 2023}}

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| name = Amanda Holden

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| caption = Holden in 2014

| birth_name = Amanda Louise Holden

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|2|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

| occupation = {{hlist|Media personality|actress|singer}}

| years_active = 1991–present

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| {{marriage|Chris Hughes|10 December 2008}}

| partner = Neil Morrissey (2000–2002)

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| children = 3

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Amanda Louise{{cn|date=March 2025}} Holden (born 16 February 1971){{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/may/01/furthereducation.uk2 |title=College Days |work=The Guardian |date=1 May 2001 |access-date=5 July 2018|archive-date=28 January 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200128212042/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/may/01/furthereducation.uk2|url-status=live|quote=Born February 16, 1971}} is an English media personality, actress and singer. Since 2007, she has been a judge on the television talent competition show Britain's Got Talent on ITV. She also co-hosts the national Heart Breakfast radio show with Jamie Theakston on weekday mornings.

Holden grew up in Bishop's Waltham and took an interest in acting and musical theatre while at school. She played the title role in the musical stage show Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2004, for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. Her acting credits on television include The Grimleys (1998–2001), Kiss Me Kate (1999–2001), Cutting It (2002–2004), Wild at Heart (2006–2008), and Big Top (2009). Holden has also presented various television shows for ITV, including The Sun Military Awards (2009–2014), Superstar (2012), This Morning (2014–2015, 2017), Text Santa (2015), and Give a Pet a Home (2015).

In 2013, Holden released her autobiography, No Holding Back, which became a Sunday Times bestseller.{{Cite web |title=Brands: Amanda's Autobiography 'No Holding Back' – Official Amanda Holden Website |url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/brands/amandas-autobiography-no-holding-back |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=www.officialamandaholden.com}} In 2020, she released her debut studio album, Songs from My Heart, which reached the top 5 on the UK Albums Chart.{{Cite web |title=Amanda Holden releases debut album Songs From My Heart |url=https://www.heart.co.uk/radio/shows-presenters/heart-breakfast-jamie-theakston-amanda-holden/amanda-holden-releases-debut-album-songs-from-my-heart/ |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Heart |language=en}}

Early life

Holden was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire,{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/amanda-holden-on-growing-up-in-hampshire-7241458|title=Amanda Holden on growing up in Bishop's Waltham, her charity work and her weakness for latte and cake|date=10 September 2018|accessdate=12 September 2021}} and spent much of her childhood in Bishop's Waltham, and aged nine she joined Bishop's Waltham Little Theatre Company.

She attended the secondary community school Swanmore College. At age 16, she relocated to Bournemouth,{{cite news|date=7 November 2013|title=Britain's Got Talent star Amanda Holden comes home|work=Daily Echo|location=Southampton, UK|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10791541.Britain_s_Got_Talent_star_Amanda_Holden_comes_home/|url-status=live|access-date=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200902230651/https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10791541.fans-turn-out-as-tv-star-amanda-holden-returns-to-home-town-of-bishops-waltham/|archive-date=2 September 2020}}{{cite news|last=Phillips|first=Bethan|date=20 December 2011|title=Plaque Honour for Amanda Holden's Old Home|work=Daily Echo|location=Southampton, UK| url= http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9428405.Plaque_honour_for_Amanda_Holden_s_old_home/|access-date=26 May 2016}} before moving to South London to attend Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.{{Cite web| title= Amanda Holden awarded Honorary Doctorate at Mountview Graduation 2019|url=https://www.mountview.org.uk/news/amanda-holden-awarded-honorary-doctorate-at-mountview-graduation-2019/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts}}

Career

=Television=

Holden's first television appearance was as a contestant on the game show Blind Date in 1991. From 2006 to 2008, Holden appeared as Sarah Trevanian in three series of ITV's Wild at Heart co-starring Stephen Tompkinson.{{Cite web|title=Biography - Official Amanda Holden Website|url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/biography|access-date=18 August 2020|website=www.officialamandaholden.com}}

In 1997, she was a cast member of the Channel 5 sketch show, "We Know Where You Live" alongside Simon Pegg, Fiona Allen and Sanjeev Bhaskar.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/752260395/?match=1&terms=%22We%20Know%20Where%20You%20Live%22%20Amanda%20Holden | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | title=We Know Where You Live | date=December 9, 1997 | page=37}}

Holden's other TV credits include three series of the comedy Kiss Me Kate with Caroline Quentin and Chris Langham, three series of ITV's The Grimleys, one series of Mad About Alice, Celeb with Harry Enfield, BBC series Hearts and Bones with Damian Lewis, the Jonathan Creek episode "The Problem at Gallowes Gate", and a Boxing Day special Agatha Christie's Marple episode "4.50 From Paddington" opposite Geraldine McEwan and John Hannah. She co-starred with Bill Nighy and Tom Courtenay in Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill, a comedy drama by Jack Rosenthal. Holden is a judge on Britain's Got Talent along with Simon Cowell, Bruno Tonioli, and Alesha Dixon. She joined the show in 2007.

She has appeared on British series such as Smack the Pony, EastEnders, Hearts and Bones, and Cutting It.{{cite web |url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/biography.aspx |title=Biography |publisher=Amanda Holden official website|access-date=10 May 2010}}

In 2009, Holden appeared as Lizzie, the Ring Mistress, in the BBC circus sitcom Big Top. In April 2009 it was reported the US network CBS had offered Holden a job as one-time guest presenter on The Early Show, a daytime talk show. On 1 June 2009 she appeared with regular presenters Harry Smith and Maggie Rodriguez. Holden has since signed with CBS as a British correspondent for The Early Show.

From 2009 until 2014 Holden co-presented A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards annually on ITV with Phillip Schofield. In January 2010 she presented her own three-part series, Amanda Holden's Fantasy Lives, in which she tried out three of her dream jobs.{{cite web|date=1 October 2009|title=ITV1 series to test Amanda Holden's talent in 'fantasy' jobs|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/oct/01/amanda-holden-fantasy-lives-itv1|access-date=5 August 2022|website=theguardian.com}}

In 2010, Holden co-presented The Door with Chris Tarrant. In 2011, Holden narrated the documentary The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song on ITV. On 6 July 2012 Holden guest presented an episode of Lorraine, standing in for Lorraine Kelly. She returned to guest present six further episodes of the show from 4 to 8 April and on 4 July 2016.

In 2012, Holden presented talent show Superstar on ITV. On 24 March 2014 she hosted an episode of the Channel 4 show Dispatches about the treatment for stillbirths and miscarriages.

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From 22 September to 18 December 2014, Holden filled in as a co-host on This Morning with Phillip Schofield during Holly Willoughby's maternity leave. She took a short break in January and February 2015 to record the Britain's Got Talent auditions. Christine Lampard stood in for Holden during this time, before the latter returned to the show from 2 March until 17 July 2015.{{cite web|date=10 December 2014|title=Christine Bleakley and Amanda Holden return to ITV's This Morning to co-host with Phillip Schofield in 2015|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/christine-bleakley-and-amanda-holden-return-itvs-morning-co-host-phillip-schofield|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228224324/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/christine-bleakley-and-amanda-holden-return-itvs-morning-co-host-phillip-schofield|archive-date=28 December 2014|access-date=5 February 2015|website=ITV.com}} She returned to This Morning in 2017, to co-present numerous episodes with Ben Shephard.

Holden presented a six-part factual series for ITV called Give a Pet a Home, which worked alongside the RSPCA finding homes for animals. The series aired in April and May 2015.{{Cite web|date=5 March 2015|title=ITV joins forces with the RSPCA for a brand new show, Give A Pet A Home, hosted by Amanda Holden|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-joins-forces-rspca-brand-new-show-give-pet-home-hosted-amanda-holden|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150309100434/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-joins-forces-rspca-brand-new-show-give-pet-home-hosted-amanda-holden|archive-date=9 March 2015|website=ITV.com}}

On 18 December 2015 Holden was part of the presenting team for ITV's Christmas telethon Text Santa. In 2016 she presented I've Got Something To Tell You, a factual series for the W television channel.{{cite web|last=Bullimore|first=Emma|date=30 September 2016|title=Amanda Holden has something to tell you about her new show: 'I love eavesdropping!'|url=https://www.whattowatch.com/news/amanda-holden-secrets-eavesdropping-418347|access-date=1 August 2021|website=What to Watch}}{{cite web|last=Fletcher|first=Harry|date=1 March 2016|title=Amanda Holden to host I've Got Something to Tell You|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a785268/amanda-holden-will-get-big-confessions-out-of-ordinary-people-on-ive-got-something-to-tell-you/|website=Digital Spy}} She appeared as Miss Pentangle in CBBC's The Worst Witch in 2017. Holden made a guest appearance in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Harriet Wallace in 2022. She began filming for the show in London during October 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a37895593/neighbours-spoilers-amanda-holden-london-harlow/|title=Neighbours casts Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden for special London storyline|last=Lee|first=Jess|date=7 October 2021|publisher=Digital Spy|access-date=8 October 2021}}

In 2021, she started appearing in a new comedy mockumentary series from Bo' Selecta! creator Leigh Francis. The programme was called The Holden Girls: Mandy & Myrtle and featured Francis in drag with heavy make-up as Amanda's nan Myrtle. The show launched on the E4 channel with 601,938 viewers and was repeated on Channel 4. The show was axed after one series.{{Cite web | url=https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23442587.channel-4-axes-holden-girls-mandy-myrtle-one-series/ | title=Channel 4 axes Holden Girls: Mandy & Myrtle after one series | date=7 Apr 2023}}

=Theatre=

Holden has appeared in several stage musicals, and in 2004 was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in the West End production of Thoroughly Modern Millie, which closed earlier than expected in June 2004.{{cite web|last=Paddock|first=Terri|date=3 June 2004|title=Thoroughly Modern Millie Posts Closing Notices|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8821086257644/Thoroughly+Modern+Millie+Posts+Closing+Notices.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615174845/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8821086257644/Thoroughly+Modern+Millie+Posts+Closing+Notices.html|archive-date=15 June 2011|access-date=10 May 2010|website=Whatsonstage.com}}{{cite web|date=10 June 2004|title=Modern Millie Cast Defends Holden???|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/gossip/theatre/london/E8821086888021/Modern+Millie+Cast+Defends+Holden%3F%3F%3F.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615174909/http://www.whatsonstage.com/gossip/theatre/london/E8821086888021/Modern+Millie+Cast+Defends+Holden%3F%3F%3F.html|archive-date=15 June 2011|access-date=10 May 2010|website=Whatsonstage.com}}

Holden finished playing the role Princess Fiona in the original West End production of Shrek The Musical, which began on 6 May 2011. The show opened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 14 June 2011.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10816624 |title=Amanda Holden to star in Shrek musical |work=BBC News |date=30 July 2010}} She starred with Nigel Lindsay, Richard Blackwood, and Nigel Harman. Holden departed the show on 3 October 2011, ten weeks earlier than planned, to focus on her unborn child and was replaced by Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh. For this role, Holden won the WhatsOnStage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical.{{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831329493377/Full+List%3A+2012+Whatsonstage.com+Award+winners.html |title=Full List: 2012 Whatsonstage.com Award winners |website=Whatsonstage.com |date=19 February 2012 |access-date=25 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223125532/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831329493377/Full+List:+2012+Whatsonstage.com+Award+winners.html |archive-date=23 February 2012 |url-status=dead}} In 2016 Holden starred in a West End revival of Stepping Out{{cite web|last=Cole|first=Emily|date=11 March 2016|title=Amanda Holden to lead the cast of Stepping Out|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/bath-theatre/news/amanda-holden-stepping-out_39948.html|access-date=15 December 2016|website=Whatsonstage.com}} and reprised her role when it opened at the Vaudeville Theatre in March 2017.{{cite web|last=Packer|first=Chris|date=23 September 2016|title=Amanda Holden and Tamzin Outhwaite in Stepping Out at the Vaudeville Theatre|url=http://www.boxoffice.co.uk/news/amanda-holden-and-tamzin-outhwaite-in-stepping-out-at-the-vaudeville-theatre-1325.aspx|access-date=15 December 2016|website=Boxoffice.co.uk|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220111823/http://www.boxoffice.co.uk/news/amanda-holden-and-tamzin-outhwaite-in-stepping-out-at-the-vaudeville-theatre-1325.aspx|url-status=dead}}

=Film=

In 1996, Holden played Pamela in Intimate Relations. In 1999 she appeared as a shoe-shop assistant in Virtual Sexuality. She was uncredited in the 2013 film One Chance.

=Radio=

In April 2019, it was announced Holden would replace Emma Bunton as co-host of Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston, at the same time as it went national on 3 June.{{Cite web|date=3 June 2019|title=Join Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden for the All New Heart Breakfast|url=https://www.heart.co.uk/radio/heart-breakfast-jamie-theakston-amanda-holden/|access-date=28 October 2020|website=Heart|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924183143/https://www.heart.co.uk/radio/heart-breakfast-jamie-theakston-amanda-holden/|url-status=dead}}

=Music=

In 2019, Holden signed a recording contract with Virgin EMI Records.{{Cite news|last=Ingate|first=Kathryn|date=14 July 2019|title=Amanda Holden revealed she is 'thrilled' to launch music career with HUGE record deal|newspaper=Sunday Express|location=UK|url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1153323/Amanda-Holden-singing-tightrope-Instagram-music-record-deal-news-latest|access-date=14 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503210750/https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1153323/Amanda-Holden-singing-tightrope-Instagram-music-record-deal-news-latest|archive-date=3 May 2020}} In 2020 she released her debut studio album, Songs from My Heart, through Universal Music.{{Cite web|date=2 October 2020|title=Amanda Holden releases debut album Songs From My Heart|url=https://www.heart.co.uk/radio/shows-presenters/heart-breakfast-jamie-theakston-amanda-holden/amanda-holden-releases-debut-album-songs-from-my-heart/|access-date=2 October 2020|website=Heart}} It reached number four on the UK Albums Chart.

=Other work=

In July 2009, Holden became a gossip columnist for the News of the World.{{cite web|last=Hyde|first=Marina|date=7 July 2011|title=Did the News of the World target Amanda Holden before giving her a job?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2011/jul/07/news-of-world-amanda-holden|access-date=12 September 2013|work=The Guardian}}

From 2010 until 2012 Holden appeared in television commercial adverts for supermarket chain Tesco. Since 2012 she has appeared in television commercials for Danone Oykos low-fat yoghurt.

In October 2013, Amanda released her autobiography, No Holding Back,{{cite web|last=Percival|first=Ash|date=7 November 2013|title=Watch: Amanda Doesn't Hold Back|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/11/07/amanda-holden-autobiography-no-holding-back_n_4231598.html|website=HuffPost UK}} which became a Sunday Times best seller.{{Cite web|title=Brands: Amanda's Autobiography 'No Holding Back' - Official Amanda Holden Website|url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/brands/amandas-autobiography-no-holding-back|access-date=2021-10-21|website=www.officialamandaholden.com}}

In 2015, she was the new face of the Alpen Brighter Morning Challenge.{{cite web|title=Welcome to Brighter Mornings with Amanda's Challenge|url=http://www.alpenmornings.co.uk/amandas-challenge.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527175213/http://www.alpenmornings.co.uk/amandas-challenge.html|archive-date=27 May 2015|publisher=Weetabix Ltd.}}

In 2021, she was the British spokesperson for the Eurovision Song Contest. She awarded UK's 12 jury points to France.

Charity work

Holden fronted the breast cancer awareness campaign of Everton F.C..{{cite web | url=http://www.footballshirtculture.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=emailform&id=709 | title=Pink Everton 07/08 Umbro charity football shirt | publisher=Footballshirtculture.com | date=7 October 2007 | access-date=29 September 2011 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311151948/http://www.footballshirtculture.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=emailform&id=709 | archive-date=11 March 2012}} She is a patron of the football club's charity.{{cite web|date=20 January 2016|title=Charity: Amanda becomes Patron of Everton Charity| url= http://www.officialamandaholden.com/charity/amanda-becomes-patron-of-everton-charity| publisher= officialamandaholden.com }} In September 2011 Holden was sponsored to bake a cake for every child in the Great Ormond Street Hospital.{{Cite news | date=6 September 2011 | title=Holden to bake charity cupcakes | publisher=Belfast Telegraph | url= https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/holden-to-bake-charity-cupcakes-28654452.html | access-date=17 April 2020 | issn=0307-1235}}

On 13 April 2008 Holden ran the London Marathon in four hours and thirteen minutes for the Born Free Foundation.{{cite web |url=http://www.justgiving.com/amandaholden |title=Flora London Marathon: Amanda Holden Runs Wild for Born Free |publisher=Justgiving.com |access-date=29 September 2011}} Since 2013 she has presented the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) Animal Hero Awards. Holden has raised money for Jeans for Genes and SSAFA via The Big Brew Up.{{Cite web|title=Charity: Genes for Jeans Day | publisher= officialamandaholden.com | url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/charity/genes-for-jeans-day | access-date=18 November 2020}}{{Cite web | title=Charity: The Big Brew Up | publisher= officialamandaholden.com | url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/charity/the-big-brew-up | access-date=18 November 2020}}

In 2013 she became a celebrity ambassador for Battersea Dogs & Cats Home following her work with Pedigree Petfoods campaign that she and fellow ambassador Paul O'Grady supported together.{{cite web | last=Hooper | first=Abi | date=13 September 2013 | title=Paul O'Grady and Amanda Holden team up in aid of rescue dog campaign with pedigree | url= http://www.closeronline.co.uk/2013/09/paul-o-grady-and-amanda-holden-team-up-in-aid-of-rescue-dogs |access-date=5 February 2015 | publisher=Closer}}

In June 2018 Holden was photographed underwater by Zena Holloway.{{Cite web | date=1 June 2018 | title=Amanda Holden Goes Underwater To Protest SeaWorld | url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/vegan/amanda-holden-goes-underwater-to-protest-seaworld-1146648.html | publisher=Femalefirst.co.uk}} She posed as a mermaid in an awareness campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to highlight the "disgusting treatment" of orca at SeaWorld. Holden has also posed nude for PETA in a campaign to promote vegetarianism.{{Cite web | title=Charity: Amanda poses Nude to promote vegetarianism for PETA | publisher= officialamandaholden.com |url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/charity/amanda-poses-nude-to-promote-vegetarianism-for-peta | access-date=18 November 2020}}

In 2020 Holden raised money for the National Health Service (NHS) during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web | last=Rodger | first=James | date=1 May 2020 | title=Amanda Holden releasing debut single to raise money for NHS | url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/amanda-holden-releasing-debut-single-18181528 | access-date=18 November 2020 | publisher=BirminghamLive}}

Personal life

In 1992 while they were both appearing in The Sound of Music Holden dated George Asprey.{{cite book| first= Jim |last= Maloney | title= Amanda Holden | publisher= Kings Road Publishing | year= 2011| page= 22 | isbn= 9781843587491}} She married the comedian Les Dennis in June 1995. The couple separated temporarily in 2000 after Holden's affair with actor Neil Morrissey.{{cite news |title=Holden and Katharine marriage ends |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2609359.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=27 December 2002 |access-date=16 July 2010}} Holden and Dennis separated permanently in December 2002 and divorced in 2003. Around this time, she alleged that she was sexually assaulted by an "unnamed famous comedian" at a public event.{{cite web | author= Logan | first=Brian | date=15 October 2013 | title=Amanda Holden reveals sexual assault by 'famous comedian' | url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/oct/15/amanda-holden-grope-claim-ricky-gervais-david-brent|access-date=5 February 2015 | work=The Guardian}}

In 2006, Holden gave birth to her first child conceived with her then fiancé, record producer Chris Hughes.{{cite web |url=http://showbiz.sky.com/Amandas-Baby-Named-Already |title=Amanda's Baby Named Already |work=Sky Living |publisher=Sky (United Kingdom) |date=23 January 2006 |access-date=29 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124043538/http://showbiz.sky.com/Amandas-Baby-Named-Already | archive-date=24 January 2009}} She married Hughes at Babington House,Sunday Times, 10 January 2010. Somerset, on 10 December 2008 with former Formula One racing driver David Coulthard acting as best man. After a miscarriage in 2010, she suffered the stillbirth of their son at seven months in 2011.{{cite web|author=Conner|first=Megan|date=24 March 2012|title=This much I know: Amanda Holden|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/mar/25/this-much-know-amanda-holden|work=The Guardian}} In 2012, despite medical complications, she gave birth to their third child.{{Cite web | last=Lockley | first=Hannah | date=2 June 2017 | title=Amanda Holden 'Tricked' Husband Into Having Another Baby Following The Tragedy Of Losing Their Son | url= https://www.entertainmentwise.com/amanda-holden-tricked-husband-into-having-another-baby-following-the-tragedy-of-losing-their-son/ | url-status=dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131015061651/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/129215/Amanda-Holden-Tricked-Husband-Into-Having-Another-Baby-Following-The-Tragedy-Of-Losing-Their-Son | archive-date=15 October 2013| publisher= Entertainmentwise.com}}

Holden and Hughes reside in Petersham.{{cite web | date=30 May 2018|title=We Were Stunned At Amanda Holden's Stunning Surrey Home|url=https://www.essentialsurrey.co.uk/news/amanda-holden-stunning-surrey-home/ | access-date=2 October 2018 | archive-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002215007/https://www.essentialsurrey.co.uk/news/amanda-holden-stunning-surrey-home/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |last=updated |first=Heather Young last |date=2018-05-11 |title=Amanda Holden invites fans behind the scenes of her stylish Surrey home |url=https://www.idealhome.co.uk/news/amanda-holdens-house-surrey-203008 |access-date=2023-04-28 | publisher=Ideal Home }} Holden also owns a cottage in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire which she has been renovating since 2017.{{cite web| last=Best|first=Chloe|date=13 June 2018|title=Take a peek inside Amanda Holden's 2 incredible Surrey and Cotswolds homes|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/gallery/2018061349428/amanda-holden-house-surrey-cotswolds/11/|access-date=2 October 2018|website=HELLO!}}{{Cite web|last=Best|first=Chloe|date=20 March 2020|title=Amanda Holden's homes in Surrey and the Cotswolds: See photos |url= https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/gallery/2020032086634/amanda-holden-home-in-surrey-and-cotswolds-photos/1/ | publisher= hellomagazine.com| access-date=17 April 2020}}{{Cite web |last=by Hannah Currie |first=Brogan-Leigh Hurst |date=2022-06-28 |title=The Cotswolds countryside cottage home to Amanda Holden |url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/cotswolds-countryside-cottage-home-britains-7261259 |access-date=2023-04-28 |publisher=GloucestershireLive }}

In December 2016, Holden's ancestry was the subject of a BBC programme in the Who Do You Think You Are? series.{{cite web | date=24 November 2016 | title= Amanda Holden 'I'd love to find out about the kind of man he was'|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04hjbdc | access-date=1 December 2016 | publisher=BBC}} The investigation discovered that her Cornish 5x great-grandfather, Collin Thomas, served a year's imprisonment after breaking his apprenticeship as a cordwainer by enlisting in the Royal Navy and leaving the United Kingdom aged 15. Ten years later, while serving in the British Army after the Peninsular War, he met and married a French woman and began a family near Bordeaux, France, then moved his wife and eldest children back to Great Britain.{{cite web|url=https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/amanda-holden/|title=Amanda Holden| work=Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine|access-date=2 December 2021}} Holden also learned that her grandfather Frank Holden was aboard the RMS Lancastria when it was bombed by the Wehrmacht in June 1940 outside the port of Saint-Nazaire.{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/12/01/do-think-amanda-holdens-french-forebears-had-talent-review/ | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/12/01/do-think-amanda-holdens-french-forebears-had-talent-review/ | archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription | url-status=live | title=Who Do You Think You Are? Amanda Holden's French forebears had talent, too: review | newspaper=The Telegraph | access-date=15 December 2016| date=December 2016| last1= O'Donovan| first1=Gerard}}

In 2010, Holden campaigned to keep a Sainsbury's supermarket out of Bishop's Waltham. Residents of her hometown then accused her of a double standard in November 2010 when she signed a deal to appear in advertisements for Tesco, another UK supermarket chain.{{cite news | url= http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8496533.Britain___s_Got_Talent_judge_Amanda_s_Tesco_deal_angers_traders/ | title= Amanda Holden accused of double standards over Bishop's Waltham store plans | first=Tara | last=Russell | newspaper= Daily Echo |date=4 November 2010 | access-date=29 September 2011}}

Holden is a fan of English Premier League football club Everton F.C., attending home and away games when her schedule allows.{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/evertons-talent-amanda-holden-proves-5587766 | title=Everton's Got Talent as Amanda Holden proves to be the lucky charm | first=Simon | last=Keegan | date=26 April 2015 | publisher=Mirror.co.uk | access-date=7 August 2018 }} She is a pescetarian.{{Cite web|last=Wilkins|first=Bridie|date=2022|title=Amanda Holden's relatable diet revealed: what does the star eat daily?|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/cuisine/20220405137213/amanda-holden-age-defying-diet-revealed/|website=Hello Magazine|language=en-GB|archive-date=April 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402205338/https://www.hellomagazine.com/cuisine/20220405137213/amanda-holden-age-defying-diet-revealed/|url-status=live}}

Filmography

=As actress=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1993

| In Suspicious Circumstances

| Alice Meadows

| 1 episode

1994

| EastEnders

| Carmen

| 4 episodes

1996

| Intimate Relations

| Pamela

| Supporting role

rowspan=3|1997

| We Know Where You Live

| Various

| 12 episodes

The Bill

| Jane

| rowspan=2|1 episode

Thief Takers

| Camilla Barker

rowspan=3|1998

| Goodness Gracious Me

| Various

| 5 episodes

Jonathan Creek

| Petra

| 1 episode: "The Problem at Gallows Gate"

Hale and Pace

| Girl 2

| 1 episode

1998–2001

| Kiss Me Kate

| Mel

| rowspan="6" | 22 episodes

rowspan="4" |1999

| Don't Go Breaking My Heart

| Nurse

Smack the Pony

| Various

Virtual Sexuality

| Shoe Shop Assistant

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

| Geordie's Girlfriend

1999–2001

| The Grimleys

| Geraldine Titley

2000

| Happy Birthday Shakespeare

| Alice

|TV movie

2000–2001

| Hearts and Bones

| Louise Stanley

| 13 episodes

rowspan=2|2001

| The Hunt

| Sarah Campbell

| rowspan=2|TV movie

Now You See Her

| Jessica

2002

| Celebs

| Debs Bloke

| 6 episodes

2002–2004

| Cutting It

| Mia Bevan

| 13 episodes

2003

|Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill

|Police Officer

|TV movie

rowspan=3|2004

| Mad About Alice

| Alice

| 6 episodes

French and Saunders

| Cordelia Lear

| 1 episode

Marple

| Lucy Eyelesbarrow

|1 episode: "4.50 From Paddington"

2006–2008

| Wild at Heart

| Sarah Trevanion

| 23 episodes

2009

| Big Top

| Lizzie

| 6 episodes

2013

|One Chance

|Amanda Holden

|Uncredited

2014

| Pudsey the Dog: The Movie

| Sally the Dog (voice)

|

2017–2018

| The Worst Witch

| Miss Pentangle

| 2 episodes

2018

| The Keith and Paddy Picture Show

| Shop Assistant

| rowspan="2" |1 episode

2019

| Plebs

| Rufina

2021

| The Holden Girls: Mandy and Myrtle

| Amanda Holden

| 1 series

2022

| Neighbours

| Harriet Wallace

| 3 episodes

=As herself=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1991

| Blind Date

| Contestant

| rowspan="3" |1 episode

1998

|Wish You Were Here...?

|Guest Presenter

2000

|It's Only TV...but I Like It

| rowspan="2" |Guest

2000–2020

|Loose Women

|5 episodes

2001

| SMTV

| Guest Presenter

|1 episode

2001–2007

| Richard & Judy

| rowspan="2" | Guest

| 4 episodes

2002

|This Is Your Life

|1 episode

2002–2003

| Top of the Pops

| Guest Presenter

| 5 episodes

rowspan="2" |2003

| The Kumars at No. 42

| Guest

|1 episode

Greasemania

| Presenter

|TV special

2003, 2007

| Parkinson

| rowspan="4" |Guest

| 2 episodes

2004–2008

| GMTV

| 5 episodes

2005, 2009

| The Paul O'Grady Show

| 2 episodes

2007

|The Dame Edna Treatment

|1 episode

2007–present

| Britain's Got Talent

| Judge

|

rowspan="3" |2008

| TV Burp

| rowspan="2" | Guest

| rowspan="2" | 1 episode

Celebrity Ding Dong
Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live!

| Sous Chef

| TV special

rowspan="5" |2009

|Celebrating the Carpenters

|Co-presenter

|With Ronan Keating

Out of My Depth

|Presenter

|Documentary

Hell's Kitchen

| rowspan="3" |Guest

| 2 episodes

Angela and Friends

|1 episode

Bookaboo

|1 episode: "That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown"

2009–2010

|The Early Show

|Guest Presenter

|3 episodes

2009–2014

|The Sun Military Awards

|Presenter

|TV special

2009–2016

| Alan Carr: Chatty Man

|Guest

| rowspan="2" |5 episodes

2009–2020

| The One Show

|Guest Presenter

rowspan="2" |2010

|Amanda Holden's Fantasy Lives

|Presenter

|

The Door

|Co-presenter

|With Chris Tarrant

2010–2015

| The Graham Norton Show

|Guest

| 4 episodes

2010–2019

| A League of their Own

| rowspan="3" |Presenter

|

2011

|The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song

|TV special

rowspan="2" |2012

|Superstar

|1 series

The Talent Show Story

|Guest

|4 episodes

2012–2020

| Lorraine

| Guest Presenter

| 9 episodes

2013–2017

| Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

| Guest Announcer

| 7 episodes

rowspan="2" |2014

|Deal or No Deal

|Celebrity Contestant

|Celebrity edition; 1 episode

Dispatches: Exposing Hospital Heartache

|Presenter

|TV documentary

2014–2015, 2017–2018

|This Morning

|Co-presenter

|With Phillip Schofield, Ben Shephard and Rylan Clark

rowspan="4" |2015

|Give a Pet a Home

| rowspan="2" |Presenter

|1 series

Text Santa

|TV special

The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies

| rowspan="3" |Guest

| rowspan="2" |1 episode

Jamie & Jimmy's Friday Night Feast
rowspan="2" | 2016

| Who Do You Think You Are?

| TV documentary

I've Got Something To Tell You

|Presenter

|1 series

2018

|Child of Mine

|Narrator

|TV documentary

rowspan="4" |2019

| Britain's Got Talent: The Champions

| Judge

|1 series

Shopping with Keith Lemon

|Guest

| rowspan="2" |1 episode

Blockbusters

|Contestant

Celebrity Juice

| Panellist

| 3 episodes

rowspan="3" |2021

| DNA Journey

| rowspan="2" | Guest

| TV documentary

Musicals: The Greatest Show

|TV special

Eurovision Song Contest 2021

|UK Spokesperson

|Annual programme

2021–2022

| I Can See Your Voice

| rowspan="2" | Judge

|2 series

2022

|Britain's Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician

|TV special

rowspan="4" |2023

|Amanda and Alan's Italian Job

|Co-presenter

|Co-star with Alan Carr

Celebrity Hunted

|Guest

|1 episode

Sing for the King: The Search for the Coronation Choir{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001lmq2|title=Sing for the King: The Search for the Coronation Choir|website=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=30 April 2023}}

|Celebrity Mentor

|With Gareth Malone, Motsi Mabuse & Rose Ayling-Ellis

Sex: A Bonkers History{{cite web|url=https://www.history.co.uk/shows/sex-a-bonkers-history|title=Sex: A Bonkers History|website=history.co.uk|accessdate=3 September 2023}}

|Co-presenter

|Alongside Dan Jones

2024

|RuPaul's Drag Race UK

|Guest judge

|Series 6, Episode 6: "Snatch Game"

2025

| Amanda & Alan's Spanish Job

| Co-presenter

|Alongside Alan Carr{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/amanda-and-alans-spanish-job|title=Amanda Holden and Alan Carr head off to sunny Spain for their biggest renovation project yet in Amanda & Alan's Spanish Job|website=bbc.co.uk/mediacentre|date=20 April 2024}}

TBA

| The Inner Circle

| Host

|Upcoming quiz show{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/the-inner-circle-amanda-holden|title=New quiz show The Inner Circle hosted by Amanda Holden is coming to BBC One and BBC iPlayer|website=bbc.co.uk/mediacentre|date=5 February 2025}}

TBA

| Amanda and Alan’s Greek Job

| Co-presenter

|Alongside Alan Carr{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/amanda-and-alans-greek-job|title=Amanda Holden and Alan Carr head to Greece in Alan & Amanda's Greek Job|date=4 April 2025|accessdate=5 April 2025}}

=Television advertisements=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Advert

! Role

!Notes

2001

|PETA

| rowspan="6" |Herself

|

2010

|News of the World

|

2010–2012

| Tesco

|{{cite web |last=Creevy |first=Jennifer |date=1 November 2010 |title=Tesco Christmas TV ad stars Amanda Holden |url=http://www.retail-week.com/tesco-christmas-tv-ad-stars-amanda-holden/5018830.article |work=Retail Week}}

2012–2014

| Danone Oykos

|

2015–2016

| Alpen

|{{cite web |date=11 October 2015 |title=Alpen Campaign |url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/gallery/alpen-campaign-2015 |website=officialamandaholden.com}}

2021–present

|J D Williams

|

Theatre

class="wikitable"

|+

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Theatre/company

1994

|Arsenic and Old Lace

|Elaine Harper

|Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

1996–1997

| Aladdin

| Princess Jasmine

| Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield

1998

|The Importance of Being Earnest

| Cecily Cardew

| UK tour

1999

| The Sound of Music

| Liesl Von Trapp

| Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth

2003–2004

| Thoroughly Modern Millie

| Millie

| rowspan=2| Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

2011

| Shrek the Musical

| Princess Fiona

rowspan=2|2016

| Stepping Out

| Vera

| UK tour

Cinderella

| Fairy Godmother

| London Palladium

Radio

class="wikitable"
YearProgrammeChannel

!Notes

2019–presentHeart UK Breakfast with Jamie and AmandaHeart

|Weekday mornings

Discography

=Albums=

=Singles=

Bibliography

  • No Holding Back (autobiography)
  • The Curious Tale of Fi-Rex (novel) (co-writer)

References

{{Reflist|33em}}

External links

  • {{official website|http://www.officialamandaholden.com/}}
  • {{IMDb name|id=0390155|name=Amanda Holden}}
  • {{discogs artist|5741283}}

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