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Denise van Outen (born
Denise Outen May 27, 1974) is a British television host and stage actress. Her
most famous roles have been as a presenter for The Big Breakfast and as Roxie in
the musical Chicago on both West End and Broadway.
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Career
Van Outen was born
Denise Outen (the van was added later to give her name an interesting twist, and
also to acknowledge her Dutch roots) in Basildon, Essex. She attended the Sylvia
Young Theatre School and as a youngster appeared in the chorus of Les Misérables.
As a teenager she had
brief roles on a number of television dramas including Kappatoo. She joined The
Big Breakfast as a weather and travel reporter in 1995 and landed the presenting
role in 1997. It proved to be her big breakthrough. Her feisty personality and
sexy clothing played off well against the quick wit of Johnny Vaughan and
together they recovered audience figures to near record levels. Van Outen
gathered many male fans.
She took a break from
presenting the show towards the end of 1999 but returned in 2000 for a further
year-long stint in an attempt to boost the ratings that had tailed off following
her departure.
In 1998 and 1999 she
appeared in the sitcom Babes in the Wood alongside Karl Howman and Samantha
Janus. The show's reviews were on the poor side. A brighter spot was her role as
Jill in a racy TV version of the children's pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk.
Van Outen has also
appeared in film; as Maureen in the crime comedy Love, Honour and Obey and in
the low-key release Tube Tales.
Van Outen first played
Roxie Hart on the stage at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End of London in
April 2001. The marriage of a sexy show with the equally raunchy van Outen
proved a hit with theatre-goers, selling out for the entireity of her 20 week
run. Despite being unknown in the United States, Van Outen reprised her role on
Broadway for five weeks in the spring of 2002. She returned to the London
version of the show in late April 2002.
In 2003, she returned
to the London stage in Andrew Lloyd Webber's one-woman show Tell Me On A Sunday
at the Gielgud Theatre, which was specially rewritten for her. She was a huge
success and the show ran for nearly a year before embarking on a 10-month UK
tour in 2004.
Over the summer of 2005
van Outen co-presented ITV1's This Morning with Richard Bacon. She then joined
the cast of the established ITV sentimental drama Where the Heart Is as one of
the lead characters but stayed for just one series. She hosted one show of The
Friday Night Project in January 2006.
Van Outen was set to
present How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, a programme searching for a girl
to play the role of Maria in The Sound of Music, but she has pulled out of that
in favour of seeking fame in America [1]. She is now set to present the American
version of the show, Grease: You're The One That I Want.
She guested on The
Charlotte Church Show, on Channel4, as a sidekick to Charlotte Church.
She was one of the
judges in the recently concluded Miss World pageant in Warsaw, Poland.
In November 2006, she
hosted Sky One's "The Race" - set at Silverstone Circuit - in which a celebrity
Girls Team headed by David Coulthard raced against a celebrity Boys Team headed
by Eddie Irvine.
In December 2006, she
hosted the National Lottery Christmas draw.
Personal life
Van Outen's personal
life has been subjected to the sharp glare of the British tabloid media. She had
a relationship with rock star Gary Glitter in the early 1990s[2].
Later that decade, she
dated Jamiroquai lead singer Jay Kay. They were reported to be on the verge of
marriage, but split up in 2001.
In 2003, she was
reported to be attached to lap dance club owner Richard Traviss, but split up
with him in May 2005 after three years. She moved out of the Marylebone pad they
shared and into her own flat in north London.
Van Outen has lent her
support to design limited edition T-shirts or vests for the 'Little Tee
Campaign' for Breast Cancer Care which donates money for breast cancer
research[3].
Denise also hosted a
show called "something for the weekend" from 2000- 2001 where she famouslly said
to a guest "Come on, make room for a mushroom" and sidled in beside her.
Trivia
In addition to her solo
hit album and a single with Andy Williams, Van Outen also had a couple of hits
in the early 1990s as part of the duo Those 2 Girls.
Her bum won the 1999
Rear Of The Year award.
She loves tomato sauce.
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