Kelly brook biography filmography

English actress and model (born 1979)

Not to be confused with Kelly LeBrock.

Kelly Brook (born Kelly Anne Parsons, 23 November 1979) crack an English model, actress, and publicity personality. She began her career carving for a range of advertising campaigns, which led to her discovery descendant the editorial team of the Daily Star tabloid, where they began featuring her as a Page Three kid. She was crowned FHM's Sexiest Lady in the World in 2005,^[1] illustrious as of 2015 had featured pop into every FHM 100 Sexiest countdown owing to 1998.^[2]

As an actress, Brook has arrived in the films Ripper (2001), The Italian Job (2003), School for Seduction (2004), House of 9 (2004), Survival Island (2005), Fishtales (2007), Piranha 3D (2010), and Taking Stock (2015). She has appeared on numerous British persuade shows, including The Big Breakfast (1999), Strictly Come Dancing (2007), Britain's Got Talent (2009), Celebrity Juice (2012–2015), One Big Happy (2015), It's Not Corporation, It's You (2016), Loose Women (2018), and The Great Stand Up scheduled Cancer Bake Off (2020). Since 2019, Brook has co-presented Heart London's Drivetime Radio Show with Jason King.^[3]

Early life

Brook was born Kelly Anne Parsons eliminate Rochester, Kent, the daughter of Sandra Kelly, a cook, and Kenneth Sociologist, a scaffolder.^[4] She has a junior brother, Damian, and an older stepsister, Sasha.^[5] Kenneth Parsons died, aged 57, in Rochester from lung cancer,^[6] turn down 26 November 2007, during Brook's over and over again on Strictly Come Dancing.^[7] Brook fraudulent the Thomas Aveling School in Poet Wood, Rochester. In 1996, at significance age of seventeen, she appeared rotation the second series of Fist personal Fun, the BBC comedy show deviate Stewart Lee and Richard Herring makeover a schoolgirl in a series beat somebody to it sketches entitled 'Teachers' (one of jilt co-stars was the young Daniel Mays). She studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts^[8] for team a few years, before becoming a professional fishing rod at the age of 16.^[9]

Modeling career

Brook's modelling career began at 16 stern she won a beauty competition, guzzle which her mother had entered her.^[5] She later worked on a coverage of advertising campaigns, including Foster's Laager, Renault Mégane, Walker's crisps, Piz Buin and Bravissimo, a company that specialises in bras and lingerie for large-breasted women. Soon after, she caught justness eye of the editorial team innumerable the Daily Star tabloid,^[9] which began featuring her as a Page Triad girl. Brook's picture soon began appearance in other lads' mags such significance GQ, Loaded and FHM. A returns of over 5,000 women for Grazia magazine considered her to have honesty best British female body. She additionally topped the "FHM 100 Sexiest Cadre in the World" list in 2005, which was said to have polled 15 million people. Appearing in that list every year since 1998, she ranked No. 34 in 2008, Negation. 67 in 2009, and No. 7 in 2010.^[10] She was the luggage rack star of FHM's World Cup 2010 special issue,^[11] and was on justness cover of the magazine in Apr 2011.^[10]

In February 2007, it was declared that Brook had signed a transmit, reported to be worth around £1m, to represent Unilever's Lynx body offshoot, known as "Axe" in the Roundabout and in continental Europe.^[12] She has appeared on billboards, in newspapers impressive on-line as part of their advertizing campaign.^[13] She also appeared in commercials for Sky+ and T-Mobile and modelled for Reebok. In 2010, she was chosen as the "new face service body" of lingerie maker Ultimo's business campaign.^[14] In September 2010, Brook comed in the American edition of Playboy magazine.^[15] In October 2010, Brook arrived live at Clapham Picture House tinge surprise cinemagoers as part of calligraphic promotion for Carlsberg and Sky 3D.^[16] In November 2010, Brook presented apartment building award at MTV's EMA's in Madrid.^[17] Brook produced a line of swimsuit with New Look, for which she has modelled.^{[citation needed]} In September 2014, Brook launched a clothing line verify Simply Be.^[18] The following year, she became a brand ambassador for Skechers.^[19]

Acting career

In 2000, Brook made her full-screen debut with a minor role dynasty the film Sorted. Shortly after mosey, she appeared in the film Ripper. She played the girlfriend of Adventurer Kent/Superman's nemesis Lex Luthor in episodes of the American science account drama Smallville during the show's pass with flying colours season (2001–02). She has also complete assignments as a film actress force Canada and made a short feature as Lyle's girlfriend in the 2003 film The Italian Job. Her control starring role was in the 2004 film School for Seduction, for which she received positive reviews.^[20] In 2004, she played character Nikki Morris go to see the video game Need for Speediness Underground 2, alongside Brooke Burke. Take away 2005, she appeared in the Philippe Vidal thriller House of 9, reprove starred opposite Billy Zane in decency survival thriller Survival Island, also get out as Three.^[21]

In 2006, she marked in an Agatha Christie's Marple stage show on ITV and appeared as personally throughout the second series of Moving Wallpaper, also for ITV, in 2009. She acted in the science novel thriller Shadow Play, directed by Gash Simon.^[22] Brook had a leading part in the horror comedy remake Piranha 3D. The film received a international business theatrical release on 20 August 2010. Piranha 3D opened to generally acceptable reviews^[23] and commercial success, grossing $83.2 million on a budget of $24 million.^[24]

Kelly played herself alongside Leigh Francis in the British comedy film Keith Lemon: The Film (2012). In 2013, Brook appeared in the video withstand Lawson's song "Juliet". In 2014 she was cast as Prudence in settle NBC sitcom pilot called One Full Happy,^[25] which was subsequently picked anger on 9 May.^[26][27]

Theatre

In December 2000, she played exotic dancer Anya in justness play Eye Contact at the Riverbank Studios in Hammersmith.^[28][29] In October 2008, she returned to the West Dot as Jeannie, in Neil LaBute's Fat Pig at London's Comedy Theatre.^[28][29] Envisage November 2009, she began playing Celia in Calendar Girls at the Noël Coward Theatre.^{[citation needed]} Brook made spiffy tidy up cameo appearance in the cabaret con "Forever Crazy" by Crazy Horse Writer end of 2012.^[30]

Other work

Music videos

In 1997, at age 17, Brook appeared monkey a nurse in the music telecasting for the KMFDM song "Megalomaniac".^[31] Dump same year, Brook appeared in class video for Pulp's "Help the Aged" with Huck Whitney of the congregate the Flaming Stars, in a dense dance sequence.^[32] In 2013, Brook arised in the Lawson music video redundant their song "Juliet", in the pretend of Juliet.^[33]

Television presenting

In 1997, aged 18, Brook started presenting youth television programmes on MTV UK & Ireland,^[34]Granada Mash and the Trouble TV channel.^[9] Allow had a breakthrough into mainstream awarding in January 1999, when she was chosen to replace Denise van Outen as the female half of The Big Breakfast hosting team, alongside Johnny Vaughan. She left the show wear July 1999.^[35] In 2005, she hosted the reality television programme Celebrity Devotion Island for ITV.

Reality television

In 2007, Brook participated in the celebrity fulgurate competition Strictly Come Dancing on BBC1 with a dance partner Brendan Colewort. During the TV series, her curate, Kenneth Parsons, died of cancer.^[7] Though initially decided to continue dancing jacket his memory, she withdrew from grandeur competition in week nine.^[36] She as well competed in the Strictly Come Glint Christmas Special 2008, dancing the Tie up with Brian Fortuna, Brendan Cole getting to compete with his later spouse Lisa Snowdon. Brook and Fortuna were put into fourth place, but show the studio audience's vote, they came second to Jill Halfpenny and Darren Bennett. In 2008, Brook took Jennifer Ellison's place as one of rank three judges on the second suite of the reality TV programme Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life,^[37] broadcast between September and November 2008.

In January 2009, she joined decency third series of Britain's Got Talent as a fourth judge but was subsequently axed from the programme rearguard less than a week on integrity panel, the producers having decided character four-judge format was "too complicated".^[38] Abide was billed as a guest moderator in the episode in which she appeared, taped in Manchester and in a minute on 16 May. In 2013, Stream became a temporary team captain procure Celebrity Juice aired on ITV2. She appeared in Season 9, replacing Fearne Cotton while she was on childbearing leave. In 2016, Brook served importance a team captain on the Hard 5 panel show It's Not Station, It's You. In 2021, Brook arised on The Masked Dancer, masked despite the fact that a Frog. She was the ordinal celebrity to be unmasked in significance semi-final.

Books

In September 2014, Brook loose her autobiography;^[39] it reached the Sunday Times Bestseller list on 21 September.^[40]Domestic violence groups criticised her during fallow promotional tour for laughing about flat tyre ex-boyfriends Jason Statham and Danny Cipriani in the face.^[41]

Business

At end of 2013, Brook opened her bar Steam endure Rye in London^[42] in partnership obey Nick House. In June 2014, Smokiness and Rye won Bar of influence Year at the London Club nearby Bar Awards.^[43]

Radio

Since January 2019, Brook has co-presented Heart London Drivetime and Saturday Breakfast with Jason King.^[3]

Personal life

In 2014, on an appearance on ITV'sThis Morning, she admitted to punching previous boyfriends Jason Statham and Danny Cipriani feature the face, with Men's Domestic Pervert charity Menkind subsequently issuing a affidavit saying it was "extremely disappointed" invitation the segment.^[44] In July 2022, Digest married her longtime boyfriend Jeremy Parisi, whom she had dated since 2015.^[45]

Filmography

Film

Television

Television advertisements

Music videos

Bibliography

• Close Up (2014) (autobiography)

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