Gemma Merna
| Gemma Ann Merna | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 October 1984 Cleethorpes, England |
| Years active | 2006-present |
Gemma Ann Merna (born 11 October 1984 in Cleethorpes, England) is an English actress and glamour model. She is known for playing Carmel Valentine in Hollyoaks.
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[edit] Awards
For her role in the British Channel 4 series Hollyoaks, which was Gemma Merna's first major TV role, she won Best Comedy Performance in the 2007 The British Soap Awards.[1]
In the same year's National Television Awards, she was nominated for Best Female Soap Actress.[citation needed]
[edit] Modelling
Merna regularly poses for lads mags such as Nuts, Zoo Weekly and Loaded.
[edit] Personal life
Merna was born in Cleethorpes, but when she was one year old she moved to Didsbury from where both her parents came.[citation needed] She is engaged to long-term boyfriend Ian Minton.[2]
Merna used to share a house in Liverpool with on-screen sister Jennifer Metcalfe, who plays Mercedes Fisher.[citation needed]She lived in Manchester, going to St.Georges RC High School.
On Sky Sports,[when?] Merna revealed that she is a supporter of both Manchester United F.C. and Liverpool F.C..[citation needed]
In a 2009 interview with Closer magazine she said that having a breast enlargement at the age of twenty-one was one of the best things she ever did and that it gave her so much confidence.[3]
On 14 October 2009 Merna presented awards, with Alan Hinkes, for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, at the Kirkby Suite, Kirkby, Knowsley.[citation needed]
[edit] TV appearances
- Little Britain, an extra.[citation needed]
- Hollyoaks, Carmel Valentine (2006–present)
- Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack (2008), herself as hijacker[citation needed]
- Hole in the Wall Blue Team Series 2 Episode 2
- Sing If You Can (2011), Red Team Series 1 Episode 2
- Celebrity Juice (2011), 28 April 2011, Series 5 Episode 12
[edit] References
- ^ Green, Kris (27 May 2007). "The British Soap Awards 2007: The Winners". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/news/a58280/the-british-soap-awards-2007-the-winners.html. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ "Gem is all white on her big night", The Sun, 1 June 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2011
- ^ "I'm finally happy with my body", Closeronline.co.uk, 23 June 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2011
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