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Nadia Sawalha
Born (1964-11-18) 18 November 1964 (age 59)
Wandsworth, London, England
Alma materItalia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Television Personality
  • YouTuber
Years active1982–present
Spouse(s)
Justin Mildwater
(m. 1992; died 1997)

Mark Adderley
(m. 2002)
Children2
FatherNadim Sawalha
Relatives

Nadia Sawalha (/səˈwəlxə/; born 18 November 1964) is a British actress, television personality and YouTuber. She is best known for her role as Annie Palmer on the BBC One soap opera EastEnders from 1997 to 1999 and as Gina in ITV comedy Second Thoughts from 1992 to 1994. As well as this she has been a long-term panellist on the ITV daytime talk show Loose Women. She was one of the original panellists from its start in 1999 until 2002, before returning to the show in 2013 after a panellist revamp. She has also had roles in The Bill, Casualty, Benidorm and 99-1.

After winning the 2007 series of Celebrity MasterChef, Sawalha has continued to make appearances on cookery shows as a presenter and as a chef.

Career

After training at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, Sawalha began her career in theatre.[citation needed] From 1997 to 1999, she starred in EastEnders as businesswoman Annie Palmer. Her other acting television credits include Casualty, Which Way to the War and ITV police drama, The Bill. Sawalha has also appeared in the films Clockwise (1986), Which Way to the War (1994), Slave of Dreams (1995), The Vanishing Man (1996) and the BBC Victorian drama Station Jim (2001), Caught in the Act (1997).

From 1999 to 2002, Sawalha was a regular panellist on the lunchtime chat show Loose Women. She returned in October 2013.[1]

In 2001, Sawalha presented the short-lived ITV quiz programme It's Not the Answer with Peter Dickinson as the announcer.

For the BBC, Sawalha has fronted four series of Passport to the Sun, the Total series, TV Mail, Heir Hunters, Perfect Partner and Family Exchange. She is also a co-host on the live documentary City Hospital. Sawalha has previously hosted the BBC One show Living in the Sun, about British expats living in Spain, made by Ricochet, and Wanted Down Under, which shows families who want to make the move Down Under (Australia, occasionally New Zealand) and what it would be like to live and work in those Antipodean nations. She can also be seen on Accidents Can Happen, a daytime BBC One programme produced by Twofour, which follows families as they try to rebuild their homes and their lives following disaster.

In 2005, Sawalha presented the BBC One programme Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre which followed learner drivers as they learnt to drive and took their driving tests with varying degrees of success. Sawalha was one of the learner drivers who ended up passing her driving test at the end of the second series. In the same year and on the same network, Sawalha also co-presented with Jeremy Milnes for the programme Keeping Up with the Joneses.

In the summer of 2006, Sawalha began co-presenting The One Show with Adrian Chiles. However, due to her pregnancy, she did not return to the show in the summer of 2007 and was replaced by Christine Bleakley.[citation needed]

After winning Celebrity MasterChef, Sawalha went on to co-present the children's version of the show Junior Masterchef, she was said[by whom?] to be 'delighted' to be given the chance to host the show.

In 2008, Sawalha returned to BBC One, to present the daytime programme, Wanted Down Under. She presented the 2009 programme Eating in the Sun,[2] produced by her husband Mark Adderley and has Sawalha challenged by celebrity chefs to cook in their favourite holiday restaurants.

From 15 February until 20 August 2010, Sawalha presented the reality programme Instant Restaurant[3] for BBC Two.

In December 2010, Sawalha presented in a fitness DVD entitled Nadia Sawalha: Fat To Fab, after losing three and a half stone.[4][better source needed]

In July 2011, Sawalha guest presented ITV Breakfast programme Lorraine and has since made regular appearances on the show, not only as a stand-in presenter but also as a resident chef.[5]

In January 2011, Sawalha starred in the sixth series of ITV's Dancing on Ice with Scottish professional Mark Hanretty, but was voted out in a double elimination in the first week along with Angela Rippon and her partner Sean Rice.[citation needed]

In April 2012, she began co-presenting Saturday Cookbook on ITV Breakfast with chef Mark Sargeant.

In 2012, Sawalha presented the UKTV Home series Kitchen SOS.[citation needed]

From 27 October to 29 December 2013, Sawalha and Kaye Adams co-hosted one series of Sunday Scoop, a cookery show.[6]

From 7 January 2015, Sawalha took part in the fifteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5. She lasted 24 days in the house before being evicted.[7]

Sawalha presented her own cookery show, Nadia's Family Feasts, on ITV. She took inspiration from busy households around the world as she searched for new ideas for recipes that would fit into hectic schedules. Each week, she was joined by a guest chef with a passion or expertise in that cuisine.

Sawalha now hosts a few podcasts with her husband, Mark Adderley. In "How to Stay Married (So Far)" Nadia and Mark talk about the ups and downs of married life. In "Confessions of a Modern Parent", they discuss the modern issues that face teenagers, with an insight from Sawalha's daughter Maddie, and Carlitos, Lisa Mejuto's son.

Books

  • Stuffed Vine Leaves Saved My Life (2010)
  • Greedy Girl's Diet (2013)
  • Greedy Girl's Diet: Second Helpings! (2013)
  • Fabulous Family Food (2014)
  • Nadia Sawalha's Little Black Dress Diet (2016)
  • Nadia and Kaye: Disaster Chef (2018) – with Kaye Adams

YouTube

The Sawalha-Adderleys
Personal information
Born
Nadia Sawalha
(1964-11-18) 18 November 1964 (age 59)
Mark Adderley
(1970-11-20) 20 November 1970 (age 53)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)TV Presenter, Actress (Nadia)
Film maker, Director, Producer (Mark)
Websitehttp://www.doghouse-media.co.uk/
YouTube information
Channels[1]
Years active2014–present
Genres
  • Gardening
  • Cooking
  • Vlogging
  • Podcasts
Subscribers129,000[8]
Total views49.9 million
100,000 subscribers2020

Last updated: 10 December 2021

Sawalha started a YouTube channel with fellow Loose Women panellist Kaye Adams. They had their own YouTube account, Instagram account and Facebook page where they did weekly vlogs, cooking videos, film and TV programme reviews. They also focused on daily normal family routines as well. This account, however, is now inactive, and has been replaced with the Sawalha-Adderley YouTube channel. The Sawalha-Adderleys (Originally Nadia Sawalha and Family) was launched on Monday 25 August 2014 by Nadia Sawalha and her husband Mark.[9] The channel regular features their two children Maddie and Kiki, Nadia's parents, Mark's mother Nanni Di, Nadia's sister Dina and Nadia's best friend and make-up artist, Lisa and her two children, Carlitos and Eddie.

The channel began as a film and TV show review where Nadia Sawalha, her husband Mark and sometimes their two children Maddie and Kiki would review the latest films coming out in the cinema or a popular TV show on television. Before Nadia began her YouTube channel she had another channel with fellow Loose Women presenter Kaye where they did weekly vlogs and live videos.

By the end of 2014, her family decided to make varied content with the first being Vlogmas where the family do a vlog every day in December. This proved to be a hit with their followers. From 2015 onwards the channel has been releasing at least two videos daily.[citation needed]

In December 2016 the channel launched a subscription to the channel, where you could get extra content. It had a monthly cost of £1.99 and included their weekly The No-Named Sunday show which features different segments from memes, cooking, newspapers, book reviews, 'Teddy Talks', 'Lisa Loves...' and a weekly livestream for members only.[10]

In February 2019 Nadia Sawalha announced via the channel that they had reached 50,000 subscribers.[11] As a reward for reaching 50,000 it was announced through her husband Mark that the family will be taking Nadia to an indoor Sky Diving to show their appreciation for their subscribers.[12]

On 4 May 2020 the channel reached 100k and got their silver play button. In May 2020 it was announced after reaching 100,000 subs that the family were hoping to begin making new content for the channel and filming a documentary for the channel.[citation needed]

Personal life

Sawalha was raised and still lives in Croydon, South London.[13] She is the daughter of the Jordanian-born British actor Nadim Sawalha and his English wife Roberta Lane. She is the sister of television actress Julia Sawalha and has appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank with her.[14] In 1997, the three starred together in Dearest Daddy... Darling Daughter at the Young Vic Theatre in South London.

Sawalha has suffered from psoriasis and has used homeopathy rather than conventional treatment.[15] In 2019, Sawalha revealed on Loose Women she suffers from tinnitus.

On 25 December 1997, Sawalha's first husband Justin Mildwater ended his life by suicide.[16] They had been married for five years, but had split up a few months before.[17][18][19][20]

On 6 June 2002, she married her second husband, television producer Mark Adderley. They live in South London and have two daughters, Maddie (born 25 December 2002) and Kiki-Bee (born 24 August 2007).[citation needed]

Sawalha is an atheist.[21]

On 31 May 2017, Sawalha spoke in an emotional video online about losing her hair at the age of 52. Sawalha said that her curls were fake and she was going through the perimenopause, which is the start of the menopause. She said that a doctor told her in September 2016 she had the balding gene.[22]

Filmography

Year Title Channel Role Notes
1986 Clockwise Mandy Main Role
1992–1994 Second Thoughts ITV Gina 4 Episodes
1992 Bottom BBC One Receptionist “Digger”
1994 The Bill ITV Barbara “Indecent Exposure”
1994 Which Way to the War ITV Lucia TV Movie
1995 Solomon and Sheba 1st Prostitute Supporting Role
1995 Slave of Dreams Ankh TV Movie
1996 99-1 ITV Arabella 2 Episodes
1996 Casualty BBC One Dr Robyn MCcormack “Another Day in Paradise”
1997 The Vanishing Man ITV Catherine TV Movie
1997 Caught in the Act Amanda Supporting Role
1997–1999 EastEnders BBC One Annie Palmer 167 Episodes
2001 It's Not the Answer ITV Presenter All Episodes
2001 Station Jim BBC One Rosa TV Movie
1999–2002, 2013– Loose Women ITV Regular panellist Relief Anchor (1999-2002, 2016-2021)
2005 Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre BBC One Presenter All Episodes
Keeping Up with the Joneses Co-presenter With Jeremy Milnes
2006 The One Show Co-presenter Replaced by Christine Bleakley
2007 Celebrity MasterChef Winner All Episodes
2007–2009 Wanted Down Under Presenter Replaced by Nicki Chapman
2009 Eating in the Sun Presenter 10 Episodes
2010 Junior MasterChef CBBC Co-presenter All Episodes
Instant Restaurant BBC Two Presenter All Episodes
2011–2012, 2014 Lorraine ITV Stand-in presenter 58 episodes
2011 Dancing on Ice Competitor Eliminated in the first week
2012 Kitchen SOS UKTV Home Presenter 1 series
Saturday Cookbook ITV Co-presenter 1 series; with Mark Sargeant
2013 Sunday Scoop Co-presenter 1 series; with Kaye Adams
2014 The Masseuse Spa Receptionist Short Film YouTube
2015 Celebrity Big Brother Channel 5 Celebrity housemate Series 15
Benidorm ITV Melanie 2 episodes
2019 Peaky Bleeders Period Gang Leader Short Film
2019–2020 Nadia's Family Feasts ITV Presenter All Episodes
2021 The Celebrity Circle Channel 4 Catfish as Gemma Collins 8th Place; Paired with Kaye Adams
Guest appearances

References

  1. ^ "Loose Women presenters: Nadia Sawalha". ITV.
  2. ^ "Eating in the Sun". BBC One.
  3. ^ "BBC Two Instant Restaurant". BBC Two.
  4. ^ "Nadia Sawalha: Fat to Fab". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  5. ^ Nadia Sawalha: Celebs on the Run Archived 17 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Running Bug, 16 March 2012
  6. ^ "Sunday presenters: Nadia Sawalha". ITV.
  7. ^ "Nadia Sawalha". Celebrity Big Brother.
  8. ^ "The Sawalha-Adderleys - Family, Food, Films & Fun YouTube Channel Analytics and Report - NoxInfluencer".
  9. ^ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC67bncV8UU5zqa7yjJFXPFg
  10. ^ Welcome to our Membership Area!! Join and Become a FAMILY GUEST!!. The Sawalha-Adderleys - Family, Food, Films & Fun. 24 January 2020. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ Weekend Vlog #8 - Nadia TALKS About DRINKING Again, Hitting 50000 SUBS & Mark Simply Won't SHUT UP. The Sawalha-Adderleys - Family, Food, Films & Fun. 23 February 2019. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ HOME TIME #45 - Will She WONT She JUMP & SKYDIVE? Nadia gets the NERVES & the FEAR. The Sawalha-Adderleys - Family, Food, Films & Fun. 27 April 2019. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ "Nadia Sawalha became a homeowner 20 years ago — and bought next door to her parents". Metro Newspaper UK. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  14. ^ Lily Savage's Blankety Blank. 4 March 2001. ITV.
  15. ^ Dana Ullman, The Homeopathic Revolution: Why Famous People and Cultural Heroes Choose Homeopathy, page 147 (California: North Atlantic Books, 2007). ISBN 978-1-55643-671-0
  16. ^ "TV Nadia in tears as she tells of hubby's suicide". thefreelibrary.com. Free Online Library. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  17. ^ "How could you do this, Nadia; Suicide husband's sister hits out at EastEnder Annie for her 'callous' affair with star". thefreelibrary.com. Free Online Library. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  18. ^ "Priest in 'stop the suicides' plea over EastEnder Nadia's husband". thefreelibrary.com. Free Online Library. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  19. ^ "Hanged on Christmas Day; Heartbroken dad says: My son Justin died a lonely man". thefreelibrary.com. Free Online Library. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  20. ^ "'I feel suicidal ...I'm losing the wife I adore' Tragic Last Words of Eastender Nadia's Husband Before He Was Found Hanged". thefreelibrary.com. Free Online Library. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  21. ^ Should The Niqab Be Allowed In Court? | Loose Women. Loose Women. 17 April 2015. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021 – via YouTube.
  22. ^ "Loose Women's Nadia on losing her hair". BBC News. 31 May 2017.
  23. ^ "Draw it! on Channel 4 at 4:30pm May 5th, 2014". GipsyMedia Limited.
  24. ^ "Celebrity Squares Episode 3". ITV.
  25. ^ "The Chase: Celebrity Special Episode 8". ITV.