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			{{Short description\|British singer, actress (b. 1983)}}
	Played Debbie Dean in the British soap opera ], on ] on British TV.
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			{{Infobox musical artist
			\| name = Jodi Albert
			\| image =
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			\| caption = Albert with husband ] (2012)
			\| birth_name = Jodi Albert
			\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|df=yes\|1983\|7\|22}}
			\| birth_place = ], London, United Kingdom
			\| occupation = Singer, actress
			\| genre = {{Flat list\|
			* Pop
			* ]}}
			\| instrument = Vocals
			\| years_active = 1998–present
			\| label = {{Flat list\|
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]}}
			\| associated_acts = {{Flat list\|
			* ]
			* ]}}
			}}
			'''Jodi Albert''' (born 22 July 1983) is a British actress and singer, best known for playing ] in the ] soap opera '']'', as a member of Simon Cowell's British ] ], and as a member of Irish girl group ].

			==Early life==
	She was also in the short-lived British girlband ].
			Jodi Albert attended the independent, ],<ref name="=IMDB">{{cite web \| title = Biography for Jodi Albert \| publisher = Internet Movie Database \| url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1307799/bio
			\| access-date=14 May 2013}}</ref> and shared lessons with ], ], ], and ]. At the age of ten, she was cast in the starring role of Young Cosette in '']'' at London's ].

			Jodi signed her first recording contract at age 15 years old to Simon Cowell's group ]. They had a top ten hit and their album went gold in Asia and Australia. Girl Thing subsequently reunited for the second series of '']''.
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			In 2002, Albert joined the cast of the soap opera '']'' on Channel 4, playing Debbie Dean. She left in 2005 but returned for guest appearances in 2005 and 2006. In 2005, Albert won the ] for ''Sexiest Female'' for her role in ''Hollyoaks.'' After leaving ''Hollyoaks,'' she appeared in ] sitcom ''];'' ''], and'' '']'' for the ]; and the British film '']'', opposite ex-'']'' star ].

			In 2008, Albert signed her second record deal and became part of the Irish-based girl group ''],'' who wrote and helped create their successful UK top ten 10 album Wonderland, she was heavily involved in the creative part of this band formed with ], in partnership with music manager ].

			Albert has posed for numerous photoshoots for several men's magazines including '']'' and '']'' and is featured in ''Maxim''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "Girls of ''Maxim''" gallery,<ref name="girlsofmaxim">{{cite web\|url=http://www.maximonline.com/girls_of_maxim/pictures_and_bio/1093/JodiAlbert.girl?src=wiki \|title=Girls of Maxim Gallery \|access-date=17 February 2007 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930153726/http://www.maximonline.com/girls_of_maxim/pictures_and_bio/1093/JodiAlbert.girl?src=wiki \|archive-date=30 September 2007 }}</ref> also being named three times in ] list: #93 in 2003;<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Sexiest Women in the World 2003 \|work=FHM \|url=http://www.fhm.com/girls/The-Sexiest-Women-In-The-World-2003-20070307 \|access-date=13 May 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719044845/http://www.fhm.com/girls/The-Sexiest-Women-In-The-World-2003-20070307 \|archive-date=19 July 2013 }}</ref> No. 73 in 2004;<ref>{{cite web \| title = The Sexiest Women in the World 2004 \| work = FHM \| url = http://www.fhm.com/girls/The-Sexiest-Women-In-The-World-2004-20070307 \| access-date = 13 May 2013 \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130801024421/http://www.fhm.com/girls/The-Sexiest-Women-In-The-World-2004-20070307 \| archive-date = 1 August 2013 \| df = dmy-all }}</ref> and No. 65 in 2005.<ref>{{cite web \| title = The Sexiest Women in the World 2005 \| work = FHM \| url = http://www.fhm.com/girls/The-Sexiest-Women-In-The-World-2005-20070307 \| access-date = 13 May 2013 \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130807224454/http://www.fhm.com/girls/The-Sexiest-Women-In-The-World-2005-20070307 \| archive-date = 7 August 2013 \| df = dmy-all }}</ref>

			==Personal life==
			Albert married ], a member of the Irish ] ], on 9 May 2009, in ].<ref name="kianegan">
			{{cite web \| title = Boys and girls come out to play in Dublin \| work = Hello \| publisher = HELLO! \| date = 2 February 2007 \| url = http://www.hellomagazine.com/music/2007/02/02/meteor-music-awards/ \| access-date = 13 May 2013 \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121012040029/http://www.hellomagazine.com/music/2007/02/02/meteor-music-awards/ \| archive-date = 12 October 2012 \| df = dmy-all }}</ref>
			<ref name="engagement">{{cite news \|title= Westlife's Kian to marry actress \|publisher=BBC News \| date=4 January 2008 \| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7172275.stm \|access-date= 14 May 2013}}</ref> On 31 July 2011, the couple announced they were expecting their first baby. The birth of their son, Koa, was announced on 20 December 2011.<!-- WP:RS needed; removed link to WP:SPS (Twitter, FB, WP)--> In November 2014, it was announced that they were expecting their second child.<ref>{{cite web \| title= Baby News! Kian Egan and Jodi Albert expecting second child \| work = The Irish Independent \| date = 14 November 2014 \| url=http://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/baby-news-kian-egan-and-jodi-albert-expecting-second-child-30744884.html \| access-date= 18 January 2015}}</ref>
			In February 2015 her mother Eileen died suffering from cancer for eight years. On 21 May 2015, Albert gave birth to her second child, a son named Zekey.<ref>{{cite news\| url= http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/jodi-albert-mum-loses-battle-with-cancer/\| work= evoke.ie\| title= 'My beautiful little mummy has passed away peacefully' Jodi Albert's mother loses battle with cancer\| date= 25 February 2015\| access-date= 25 February 2015\| archive-date= 4 September 2017\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170904112638/http://evoke.ie/showbiz/jodi-albert-mum-loses-battle-with-cancer\| url-status= dead}}</ref> On 30 March 2017, Jodi announced on her Instagram that they were expecting their third child. Their third son Cobi Egan was born on 29 September 2017. The family live in ], ].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/judge-tells-westlifes-kian-egan-raise-wall-up-to-keep-fans-at-bay-29768758.html\|title=Judge tells Westlife's Kian Egan 'raise wall up' to keep fans at bay\|newspaper=]\|via=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk}}</ref>

			==Filmography==
			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
			! Year
			! Title
			! Role
			! Notes
			\|-
			\| 2002-2004
			\| '']''
			\| Debbie Dean
			\|
			\|-
			\| 2003
			\| ''The Debt''
			\| Sophie Stokes
			\| Television film
			\|-
			\| 2005
			\| '']''
			\| Jody Tiller
			\| Episode: "Big Bang Theory"
			\|-
			\|rowspan="2"\| 2006
			\| '']''
			\| Sally
			\| Episode: "One Guilty Deed"
			\|-
			\| '']''
			\| Hayley
			\| 6 episodes
			\|-
			\|rowspan="4"\| 2007
			\|'']''
			\| Suki
			\|
			\|-
			\| ''Casualty''
			\| Sophie Sutton
			\| Episode: "It Never Rains"
			\|-
			\| '']''
			\|
			\| Series 1 Episode 3
			\|-
			\| ''Popcorn: How to Compliment a Girl''
			\| Suki
			\| Video short
			\|-
			\|}

			==Songwriting credits==
			*"Air Brush"<ref name="ASCAP">{{cite web\|title=ACE/Repertory: Writers: Albert Jodie Mary \|publisher=ASCAP \|url=https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx \|access-date=14 May 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306032310/https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx \|archive-date=6 March 2013 }}</ref>
			*"Believe"<ref name="harryfox">{{cite web\|title=Songfile Search Results (Jodi Albert) \|work=hfa \|publisher=Harry Fox Agency \|url=http://www.harryfox.com/songfile/public/publicsearch.jsp \|access-date=14 May 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006122439/http://harryfox.com/songfile/public/publicsearch.jsp \|archive-date= 6 October 2010 }}</ref>
			*"Bounce"<ref name="ASCAP"/>
			*"Don't Look Down"<ref name="harryfox"/>
			*"Getting Mad Not Even"<ref name="bmi">{{cite web \| title = Songwriter/Composer: Albert Jodie Mary \| work = BMI Repertoire \| publisher = BMI \| url = http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=907196&keyname=ALBERT+JODIE+MARY&CAE=288654804&Affiliation=PRS \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160109135539/http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=907196&keyname=ALBERT+JODIE+MARY&CAE=288654804&Affiliation=PRS \| url-status = dead \| archive-date = 9 January 2016 \| access-date = 14 May 2013 }}</ref>
			*"Girl Thing"<ref name="harryfox"/>
			*"Girlfriend"<ref name="harryfox"/>
			*"If That's What It Takes"<ref name="harryfox"/>
			*"Last Goodbye"<ref name="ASCAP"/>
			*"Last One Standing"<ref name="ASCAP"/>
			*"Like Ya Like It"<ref name="bmi"/>
			*"Not a Love Song"<ref name="ASCAP"/>
			*"Signs"<ref name="harryfox"/>
			*"That's The Way We Do It"<ref name="ASCAP"/>
			*"Time Has Run Out"<ref name="harryfox"/>
			*"One for the Summer"<ref name="harryfox"/>

			===Demo===
			*"La Dolce Vita"

			===Cameo appearance===
			*] – "]"<ref>{{cite web \| title = Kian and Jodi Egan \| publisher= YouTube \| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyS0xhhst7I \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/GyS0xhhst7I \|archive-date=2021-12-22 \|url-status=live\| access-date=14 May 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

			==References==
			{{Reflist\|30em}}

			==External links==
			*{{IMDb name\|id=1307799\|name=Jodi Albert}}
			*{{Instagram\|id=jodialbert\|name=Jodi Albert}}

			{{Girl Thing}}
			{{Wonderland (band)}}

			{{Authority control}}

			{{DEFAULTSORT:Albert, Jodi}}
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Latest revision as of 12:30, 29 June 2024

British singer, actress (b. 1983)

Jodi Albert
Birth name	Jodi Albert
Born	(1983-07-22) 22 July 1983 (age 41) Chingford, London, United Kingdom
Genres	Pop teen pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Universal Mercury RCA

Musical artist

Jodi Albert (born 22 July 1983) is a British actress and singer, best known for playing Debbie Dean in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, as a member of Simon Cowell's British girl group Girl Thing, and as a member of Irish girl group Wonderland.

Early life

Jodi Albert attended the independent, Sylvia Young Theatre School, and shared lessons with Lee Ryan, Matt Willis, Billie Piper, and Amy Winehouse. At the age of ten, she was cast in the starring role of Young Cosette in Les Misérables at London's Palace Theatre.

Jodi signed her first recording contract at age 15 years old to Simon Cowell's group Girl Thing. They had a top ten hit and their album went gold in Asia and Australia. Girl Thing subsequently reunited for the second series of The Big Reunion.

In 2002, Albert joined the cast of the soap opera Hollyoaks on Channel 4, playing Debbie Dean. She left in 2005 but returned for guest appearances in 2005 and 2006. In 2005, Albert won the British Soap Award for Sexiest Female for her role in Hollyoaks. After leaving Hollyoaks, she appeared in Five sitcom Respectable; Casualty, and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries for the BBC; and the British film Popcorn, opposite ex-EastEnders star Jack Ryder.

In 2008, Albert signed her second record deal and became part of the Irish-based girl group Wonderland, who wrote and helped create their successful UK top ten 10 album Wonderland, she was heavily involved in the creative part of this band formed with Kian Egan, in partnership with music manager Louis Walsh.

Albert has posed for numerous photoshoots for several men's magazines including Maxim and FHM and is featured in Maxim's "Girls of Maxim" gallery, also being named three times in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list: #93 in 2003; No. 73 in 2004; and No. 65 in 2005.

Personal life

Albert married Kian Egan, a member of the Irish vocal group Westlife, on 9 May 2009, in Barbados. On 31 July 2011, the couple announced they were expecting their first baby. The birth of their son, Koa, was announced on 20 December 2011. In November 2014, it was announced that they were expecting their second child. In February 2015 her mother Eileen died suffering from cancer for eight years. On 21 May 2015, Albert gave birth to her second child, a son named Zekey. On 30 March 2017, Jodi announced on her Instagram that they were expecting their third child. Their third son Cobi Egan was born on 29 September 2017. The family live in Strandhill, County Sligo.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002-2004	Hollyoaks	Debbie Dean
2003	The Debt	Sophie Stokes	Television film
2005	Casualty	Jody Tiller	Episode: "Big Bang Theory"
2006	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Sally	Episode: "One Guilty Deed"
2006	Respectable (TV series)	Hayley	6 episodes
2007	Popcorn	Suki
	Casualty	Sophie Sutton	Episode: "It Never Rains"
	Katy Brand's Big Ass Show		Series 1 Episode 3
	Popcorn: How to Compliment a Girl	Suki	Video short

Songwriting credits

"Air Brush"
"Believe"
"Bounce"
"Don't Look Down"
"Getting Mad Not Even"
"Girl Thing"
"Girlfriend"
"If That's What It Takes"
"Last Goodbye"
"Last One Standing"
"Like Ya Like It"
"Not a Love Song"
"Signs"
"That's The Way We Do It"
"Time Has Run Out"
"One for the Summer"

Demo

"La Dolce Vita"

Cameo appearance

Westlife – "Us Against the World"

References

"Biography for Jodi Albert". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
"Girls of Maxim Gallery". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
"The Sexiest Women in the World 2003". FHM. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
"The Sexiest Women in the World 2004". FHM. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
"The Sexiest Women in the World 2005". FHM. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
"Boys and girls come out to play in Dublin". Hello. HELLO!. 2 February 2007. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
"Westlife's Kian to marry actress". BBC News. 4 January 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
"Baby News! Kian Egan and Jodi Albert expecting second child". The Irish Independent. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
"'My beautiful little mummy has passed away peacefully' Jodi Albert's mother loses battle with cancer". evoke.ie. 25 February 2015. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
"Judge tells Westlife's Kian Egan 'raise wall up' to keep fans at bay". Belfast Telegraph – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
^ "ACE/Repertory: Writers: Albert Jodie Mary". ASCAP. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
^ "Songfile Search Results (Jodi Albert)". hfa. Harry Fox Agency. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
^ "Songwriter/Composer: Albert Jodie Mary". BMI Repertoire. BMI. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
"Kian and Jodi Egan". YouTube. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

External links

Jodi Albert at IMDb
Jodi Albert on Instagram

v t e Girl Thing
Jodi Albert Michelle Barber Anika Bostelaar Linzi Martin Nikki Stuart
Studio albums	Girl Thing (2000)
Singles	"Last One Standing" "Girls on Top"
Related articles	Hear'Say Wonderland

v t e Wonderland
Jodi Albert Sharon Condon Corrina Durran Leigh Learmont Kasey Smith
Studio albums	Wonderland
Extended plays	Introduction to Wonderland
Singles	"Not a Love Song"

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