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==Early life== | |||
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Pallett was born in ] and brought up in ] by her mother and grandmother. Her maternal grandfather was Italian and her absent father is Iranian.<ref>Buxton, Olivia. . '']''. ]. Retrieved 18 November 2015.</ref> Her father abandoned her mother Monica when Roxanne was a few days old and has never been a part of her life. She lost her home in a serious house fire age 16. Several months later, her grandmother, who raised her, died of cancer. Educated at Robert Ferguson Primary School and ], she then graduated with a BA Honours degree in Media, majoring in Film Studies, from ]. Pallett studied at the ] on weekends, and began auditioning for acting roles outside her studies to make up for not going to stage school. Pallett was a volunteer at Carlisle's Eden Valley Hospice during the summer, as a form of gratitude to them caring for her grandma in her last days. | |||
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Roxanne Pallett | |
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Pallett at the Star Charity Ball Manchester, 2011 | |
Born | (1982-12-26) 26 December 1982 (age 42) Carlisle, Cumbria, England |
Alma mater | Liverpool John Moores University |
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, radio presenter |
Years active | 2005–present |
Website | roxannepallettofficial |
Roxanne Pallett (born 26 December 1982) is an English actress best known for playing the role of Jo Sugden in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 2005 to 2008. She was crowned the winner of Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes (2006), and also appeared in Soapstar Superstar (2006) and Dancing on Ice (2009). She has won critical acclaim for numerous stage roles in theatre and is known as a scream queen for appearances in several horror films, including Lake Placid 3 (2010), Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort (2014) and Devil's Tower (2014), and the art-house film Habit (2016).
She played the role of a teenager in the BBC drama Waterloo Road when she was 29.
On 16 August 2018, Pallett participated in the UK Television show Celebrity Big Brother as a celebrity housemate.
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Categories:- 1982 births
- Alumni of Liverpool John Moores University
- English female singers
- British people of English descent
- English people of Italian descent
- English people of Iranian descent
- English musical theatre actresses
- English soap opera actresses
- English television actresses
- Living people
- Participants in British reality television series
- People from Carlisle, Cumbria