Gemma Merna

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Gemma Ann Merna
Born 11 October 1984 (1984-10-11) (age 27)
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

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ "Gem is all white on her big night", The Sun, 1 June 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2011
  3. ^ "I'm finally happy with my body", Closeronline.co.uk, 23 June 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2011

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