Roxanne Pallett
Encyclopedia
Roxanne Pallett is a British
actress most famous for playing the role of Jo Sugden in ITV
soap opera
Emmerdale
.
. Her mother and Iran
ian father split before she was born.
Educated at Robert Ferguson Primary School and Trinity School
, she then graduated with a BA Honours degree in Media and Cultural Studies from Liverpool John Moores University
. Pallett studied at the Manchester School of Screen Acting
on weekends, and began auditioning outside her studies.
member and Ivor Novello award winner Tony Mortimer
. After landing a deal with a record label, Pallett spent a year developing her music.
In 2005, Pallett auditioned for the role of Delilah Dingle in Emmerdale. After some final callbacks and workshop based auditions, the producers asked her to play the feistier role of Jo Stiles, a role they were still writing. Pallett won critical acclaim for her major domestic violence
storyline in 2008-2009, and later revealed that in real life she had also been in a relationship in which she suffered domestic violence. In August 2008, Pallett became the public face of the Early Warning Signs campaign for UK domestic violence charity Refuge, that urges young women to look out for early signs where a partner may turn violent in a relationship. During her 130 shows and three years on Emmerdale, Pallett was nominated for several awards as Sexiest Female, Best Storyline and Best Actress at The British Soap Awards 2007, 2008, 2009, the Inside Soap Awards
and TV Quick Awards 2008.
In November 2005, she won Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes
as Gloria Estefan
. In January 2006, she also appeared in ITV singing show Soapstar Superstar
, finishing fourth in January 2006, and raising thousands for her supported charity the Eden Valley Hospice Jigsaw Appeal. Fellow soap actor Richard Fleeshman
from Coronation Street
was a contestant, and the couple dated until 2008. Pallett has had several front covers and modelling features in Closer, Reveal, Now, Sugar, Mizz, Hello and OK magazines. Pallett regularly topped the 'sexiest' polls in lads mags, including photoshoots for Loaded
and Maxim
, where she fronted both international covers (July 2008 and May 2009).
In 2007 Rosa Roxanne Pallett, a deep red hybrid tea
, was named after Pallett and launched at the 2007 Southport Flower Show by Cheshire
-based grower C&K Jones.
After leaving Emmerdale, Pallett took part in the fourth series of ITV's Dancing On Ice
, which began on 11 January 2009. With professional partner Daniel Whiston
, the couple made headlines for the risque move The Headbanger. Pallett then went on the Dancing on Ice Bolero Anniversary UK Tour 2009. Scheduled to play the lead role in 2009 Christmas pantomime
Cinderella
at the Theatre Royal
, Newcastle upon Tyne
, she pulled out after 2 weeks of starting performances following the sudden death of her best friend.
In 2010, Pallett has taken roles in the film Lake Placid 3
, her Hollywood debut; and filmed a guest role for the BBC's Casualty
. She starred as the lead in the UK production of the musical
Rock Around The Clock
, making her professional stage debut, which toured the country until September 2010. She will then film a role in British production Billy, playing WPC Hannah Reed opposite Sean Pertwee
, In September 2010, Pallett toured with Eve Ensler's famous stage show Vagina Monologues, opposite Nikki Sanderson
and Sue Jenkins
. Pallett is currently starring as the female lead (Teena Satin) in the rep theatre run of Satin 'N' Steel at the Oldham Coliseum Theatre, April 14 - May 7, directed by Joyce Branagh. The 2 hander play also stars Matt Healy.
In 2011 Pallett appeared in an episode of The Real Hustle
. In 2012 Pallet will appear as Shelby Dixon a pupil in the BBC series Waterloo Road
.
British people
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actress most famous for playing the role of Jo Sugden in ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
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,...
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...
.
Early life
Pallett was born and brought up in Carlisle, Cumbria, by her English mother and grandmother. Her maternal-grandfather was ItalianItalian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
. Her mother and Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian father split before she was born.
Educated at Robert Ferguson Primary School and Trinity School
Trinity School (Carlisle)
-Admissions:It is a specialist language college for ages 11–18. It was the most sought after state school for 2008 with about 10 people wanting to go for every place.-Grammar school:Carlisle Grammar School was a boys' grammar school...
, she then graduated with a BA Honours degree in Media and Cultural Studies from Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool John Moores University is a British 'modern' university located in the city of Liverpool, England. The university is named after John Moores and was previously called Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts and later Liverpool Polytechnic before gaining university status in 1992, thus...
. Pallett studied at the Manchester School of Screen Acting
Manchester School of Acting
Manchester School Of Acting is an acting college that operates in the area of Ardwick, Manchester, England.It is primarily run by Mark Hudson, who is a graduate of the Central School of Speech and Drama...
on weekends, and began auditioning outside her studies.
Career
In her last year at university, Pallett co-formed girl band Urban Angel, writing songs for them with production and management by ex-East 17East 17
East 17 are a pop boy band comprising Tony Mortimer, John Hendy and Terry Coldwell. Tony Mortimer is the group's frontman and primary songwriter. Formed in Walthamstow, London in 1991, the group have achieved eighteen Top 20 singles and four Top 10 albums, and were one of the UK's most popular boy...
member and Ivor Novello award winner Tony Mortimer
Tony Mortimer
Anthony Michael "Tony" Mortimer is a British songwriter, composer, singer and rapper.-Career:Mortimer is a member of the 1990s, UK chart-topping boy band, East 17, with who had seven Top 10 singles and four hit albums between 1992 and 1997...
. After landing a deal with a record label, Pallett spent a year developing her music.
In 2005, Pallett auditioned for the role of Delilah Dingle in Emmerdale. After some final callbacks and workshop based auditions, the producers asked her to play the feistier role of Jo Stiles, a role they were still writing. Pallett won critical acclaim for her major domestic violence
Domestic violence
Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence , is broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation...
storyline in 2008-2009, and later revealed that in real life she had also been in a relationship in which she suffered domestic violence. In August 2008, Pallett became the public face of the Early Warning Signs campaign for UK domestic violence charity Refuge, that urges young women to look out for early signs where a partner may turn violent in a relationship. During her 130 shows and three years on Emmerdale, Pallett was nominated for several awards as Sexiest Female, Best Storyline and Best Actress at The British Soap Awards 2007, 2008, 2009, 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...
and TV Quick Awards 2008.
In November 2005, she won Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes
Stars In Their Eyes
Stars in Their Eyes is a British television talent show that ran on Saturdays nights from 21 July 1990 until 23 December 2006 in which contestants impersonate showbiz stars...
as Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
. In January 2006, she also appeared in ITV singing show Soapstar Superstar
Soapstar Superstar
Soapstar Superstar was a reality singing competition produced by Granada Television which first aired on British television station ITV in 2006. In the competition, ten soap opera actors perform in front of a celebrity panel, which included Cilla Black, Billy Sammeth and Chris Cowey...
, finishing fourth in January 2006, and raising thousands for her supported charity the Eden Valley Hospice Jigsaw Appeal. Fellow soap actor Richard Fleeshman
Richard Fleeshman
Richard Jonathan Fleeshman is an English actor and singer-songwriter. His television career began as a twelve year old, playing Craig Harris for four years in Coronation Street and most recently "All The Small Things"...
from Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
was a contestant, and the couple dated until 2008. Pallett has had several front covers and modelling features in Closer, Reveal, Now, Sugar, Mizz, Hello and OK magazines. Pallett regularly topped the 'sexiest' polls in lads mags, including photoshoots for Loaded
Loaded (magazine)
Loaded, first published in 1994, is a British magazine for men that is considered to be the "original lads' mag". Its motto is "For men who should know better".-History:...
and Maxim
Maxim (magazine)
Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, sometimes pictured dressed, often pictured scantily dressed but not fully nude....
, where she fronted both international covers (July 2008 and May 2009).
In 2007 Rosa Roxanne Pallett, a deep red hybrid tea
Hybrid Tea
Hybrid Tea is a cultivar group of roses, created by cross-breeding two different types of roses, initially by hybridising Hybrid Perpetuals with Tea roses...
, was named after Pallett and launched at the 2007 Southport Flower Show by Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
-based grower C&K Jones.
After leaving Emmerdale, Pallett took part in the fourth series of ITV's Dancing On Ice
Dancing on Ice (Series 4)
The fourth series of Dancing on Ice began on ITV on Sunday 11 January 2009. The series features legendary skaters Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill, presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and judges Karen Barber, Nicky Slater, Jason Gardiner, Ruthie Henshall and Robin Cousins.The...
, which began on 11 January 2009. With professional partner Daniel Whiston
Daniel Whiston
Daniel Whiston is an English ice skater. He appeared in Strictly Ice Dancing on BBC One and all series of ITV show Dancing on Ice...
, the couple made headlines for the risque move The Headbanger. Pallett then went on the Dancing on Ice Bolero Anniversary UK Tour 2009. Scheduled to play the lead role in 2009 Christmas pantomime
Pantomime
Pantomime — not to be confused with a mime artist, a theatrical performer of mime—is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa, India, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta, and is mostly performed during the...
Cinderella
Cinderella
"Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...
at the Theatre Royal
Theatre Royal, Newcastle
The Theatre Royal is a Grade I listed building situated on Grey Street in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was designed by local architects John and Benjamin Green as part of Richard Grainger's grand design for the centre of Newcastle, and was opened on 20 February 1837 with a performance of The Merchant...
, Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
, she pulled out after 2 weeks of starting performances following the sudden death of her best friend.
In 2010, Pallett has taken roles in the film Lake Placid 3
Lake Placid 3
Lake Placid 3 is a 2010 made-for-television horror film starring Colin Ferguson produced by the Sci Fi Channel. This sequel to the 2007 film, Lake Placid 2, and the 1999 film, Lake Placid, aired as a Sci Fi Channel original movie on August 21, 2010....
, her Hollywood debut; and filmed a guest role for the BBC's Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
. She starred as the lead in the UK production of the musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
Rock Around The Clock
Rock Around the Clock (film)
Rock Around the Clock is the title of a 1956 Musical film that featured Bill Haley and His Comets along with Alan Freed, The Platters, Tony Martinez and His Band, and Freddie Bell and His Bellboys. It was produced by B-movie king Sam Katzman and directed by Fred F...
, making her professional stage debut, which toured the country until September 2010. She will then film a role in British production Billy, playing WPC Hannah Reed opposite Sean Pertwee
Sean Pertwee
Sean Pertwee is an English actor known for his television, film and voice-over work.-Career:In the early 80s, he auditioned for a place at the Surrey County Youth Theatre where he was cast as Captain Fitzpatrick in the play Tom Jones, based on the novel by Henry Fielding...
, In September 2010, Pallett toured with Eve Ensler's famous stage show Vagina Monologues, opposite Nikki Sanderson
Nikki Sanderson
Nikki Ann Sanderson is an English actress and glamour model who is best known for playing Candice Stowe in the television soap opera Coronation Street and Dawn Bellamy in ITV's Heartbeat...
and Sue Jenkins
Sue Jenkins
Susan Elizabeth Jenkins is an English actress and one of two daughters of Albert and Marjorie Jenkins.-Biography:Sue Jenkins became an actress at the age of eighteen having studied at drama college...
. Pallett is currently starring as the female lead (Teena Satin) in the rep theatre run of Satin 'N' Steel at the Oldham Coliseum Theatre, April 14 - May 7, directed by Joyce Branagh. The 2 hander play also stars Matt Healy.
In 2011 Pallett appeared in an episode of 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...
. In 2012 Pallet will appear as Shelby Dixon a pupil in the BBC series Waterloo Road
Waterloo Road (TV series)
Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...
.