Michelle Keegan

Michelle Elizabeth Benson Keegan (born on 3 June 1987 in Stockport, Greater Manchester) is an English actress and model. She portrayed Tina McIntyre in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street between 2008 and 2014. In 2015, Keegan played the role of Tracy in the BBC drama series Ordinary Lies.

She was awarded FHM "Sexiest Woman in The World" in 2015.

Early life

Keegan was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, the daughter of an English father and Gibraltarian mother. She attended St Patrick's RC High School in Salford, and later the Manchester School of Acting. She worked at Selfridges in the Trafford Centre, and as a check-in agent at Manchester Airport.

Career

In late 2007, in only her second audition, Keegan was offered the chance to play the part of Tina McIntyre in Coronation Street, and accepted the role. She left the show in May 2014. In 2009, she went on Stephen Mulhern's Anonymous, a prank show on ITV. On 14 June 2009, Keegan made her radio debut co-hosting the BBC Radio 1 programme The Official Chart.