Jennifer Metcalfe
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Jennifer Joanne Metcalfe (born 4 September 1983 in Bradford
, West Yorkshire
, England) is an English actress and model. She joined the cast of soap opera
Hollyoaks
in June 2006, playing feisty Mercedes McQueen
.
in Bradford, West Yorkshire, and has been acting since age 12. She attended the Scala Kids drama school in her hometown. Metcalfe did a degree in Health and Fitness before proceeding with an acting career.
Before Hollyoaks, she appeared in several TV shows including kids' TV series My Parents Are Aliens
and ITV dramas Where The Heart Is
and At Home with the Braithwaites
, as well as Yorkshire soap Emmerdale
.
In between acting jobs, Metcalfe worked as a fitness instructor in Bradford.
She co-owns the clothing rental boutique, The Closet, in Liverpool with Hollyoaks co-stars Claire Cooper
and Leah Hackett
, which opened in April 2010.
In 2007 and 2008, she was nominated for Sexiest Female at both the British Soap Awards
and the Inside Soap Awards
for her role as Mercedes.
In 2011, she was nominated for Sexiest Female at the British Soap Awards
and TV Soap Personality at the TRIC Awards, Television and Radio Industries Club, and was up against Jessie Wallace, Eastenders, and Sally Dynevor, Coronation Street. She ultimately lost out to Jessie Wallace.
aired in 2000 titled "First Christmas".
Metcalfe has also appeared on Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
(along with Hollyoaks colleagues Claire Cooper
and Gemma Merna
), Lily Allen and Friends
, and The Friday Night Project
.
She appeared in Dancing on Ice (series 6)
in 2011. She was partnered with French skater Sylvain Longchambon but got eliminated in Week 5 to Vanilla Ice
and Katie Stainsby.
In 2011, she appeared in an episode of the BBC television series The Real Hustle
.
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England) is an English actress and model. She joined the cast of soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
in June 2006, playing feisty Mercedes McQueen
Mercedes McQueen
Mercedes Fisher is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Jennifer Metcalfe. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 19 June 2006 as the first character to be introduced to the serial by series producer, Bryan Kirkwood...
.
Personal life
She was brought up in Holme WoodHolme Wood
Holme Wood is a housing estate in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It borders on Tyersal and also the Leeds boundary. It is the birthplace of actress' Sophie McShera and Jennifer Metcalfe...
in Bradford, West Yorkshire, and has been acting since age 12. She attended the Scala Kids drama school in her hometown. Metcalfe did a degree in Health and Fitness before proceeding with an acting career.
Before Hollyoaks, she appeared in several TV shows including kids' TV series My Parents Are Aliens
My Parents are Aliens
My Parents are Aliens is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television and later Granada Productions for CITV about an eccentric family, which was produced as seven annual series, first broadcast in 1999 and ending in 2006...
and ITV dramas Where The Heart Is
Where the Heart Is (1997 TV series)
Where the Heart Is is a British television drama series set in the fictional town Skelthwaite.First shown in 1997, it was created by Ashley Pharoah and Vicky Featherstone...
and At Home with the Braithwaites
At Home with the Braithwaites
At Home with the Braithwaites is a British comedy-drama television series, created and written by Sally Wainwright . The storyline follows a suburban family from Leeds, whose life is turned upside down when the mother of the family wins 38 million pounds on the lottery...
, as well as Yorkshire soap Emmerdale
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
.
In between acting jobs, Metcalfe worked as a fitness instructor in Bradford.
She co-owns the clothing rental boutique, The Closet, in Liverpool with Hollyoaks co-stars Claire Cooper
Claire Cooper
Claire Elizabeth Cooper is an English actress who currently plays Jacqui McQueen in British Channel 4 series Hollyoaks...
and Leah Hackett
Leah Hackett
Leah Hackett , is an English actress, most notable for her role as Tina Reilly in Hollyoaks.-Background and personal life:...
, which opened in April 2010.
Hollyoaks
In June 2006, Metcalfe began playing Mercedes McQueen in the soap opera Hollyoaks.In 2007 and 2008, she was nominated for Sexiest Female at both the British Soap Awards
British Soap Awards
The British Soap Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honour the best of British soap operas.The first event took place in 1999 and takes place in May each year. Although it is an ITV production, the events were held at the BBC Television Centre, in London until 2010. The 2011 awards relocated to...
and the Inside Soap Awards
Inside Soap Awards
The Inside Soap Awards is a yearly award ceremony run by Inside Soap magazine since 1996. The awards celebrate the British and Australian soap operas and their actors. Until 2007, EastEnders had won the award for "Best Soap" on every occasion...
for her role as Mercedes.
In 2011, she was nominated for Sexiest Female at the British Soap Awards
British Soap Awards
The British Soap Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honour the best of British soap operas.The first event took place in 1999 and takes place in May each year. Although it is an ITV production, the events were held at the BBC Television Centre, in London until 2010. The 2011 awards relocated to...
and TV Soap Personality at the TRIC Awards, Television and Radio Industries Club, and was up against Jessie Wallace, Eastenders, and Sally Dynevor, Coronation Street. She ultimately lost out to Jessie Wallace.
Other appearances
Metcalfe appeared in a episode of My Parents are AliensMy Parents are Aliens
My Parents are Aliens is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television and later Granada Productions for CITV about an eccentric family, which was produced as seven annual series, first broadcast in 1999 and ending in 2006...
aired in 2000 titled "First Christmas".
Metcalfe has also appeared on Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack was an E4 temporary replacement to Celebrity Big Brother, a spin-off series of the British reality television programme Big Brother, airing on E4, with a number of closely associated programmes also airing on the same channel...
(along with Hollyoaks colleagues Claire Cooper
Claire Cooper
Claire Elizabeth Cooper is an English actress who currently plays Jacqui McQueen in British Channel 4 series Hollyoaks...
and Gemma Merna
Gemma Merna
Gemma Ann Merna is an English actress. She is known for playing Carmel Valentine in Hollyoaks.-Awards:...
), Lily Allen and Friends
Lily Allen and Friends
Lily Allen and Friends is a British TV talk show presented by Lily Allen. The programme is produced by Princess Productions for BBC Three. It was first shown on 12 February 2008. The audience consists entirely of Lily's online friends, who sign up via the programme's website...
, and The Friday Night Project
The Friday Night Project
The Sunday Night Project was a British comedy-variety show by Princess Productions that first aired on Channel 4 in February 2005 under the title The Friday Night Project...
.
She appeared in Dancing on Ice (series 6)
Dancing on Ice (series 6)
The sixth series of Dancing on Ice started on 9 January 2011 and ended on 27 March 2011 on ITV. Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby return as hosts whilst Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean return to mentor the celebrities...
in 2011. She was partnered with French skater Sylvain Longchambon but got eliminated in Week 5 to Vanilla Ice
Vanilla Ice
Robert Matthew Van Winkle , best known by his stage name Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, extreme athlete and home improvement television personality...
and Katie Stainsby.
In 2011, she appeared in an episode of the BBC television series The Real Hustle
The Real Hustle
The Real Hustle is a BBC television series made by Objective Productions and written by Alexis Conran and Paul Wilson. The show demonstrates confidence and magic tricks, distraction scams and proposition bets performed on members of the public by presenters Conran, Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement...
.