Sheree Murphy
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Sheree Murphy is an English
actress and television presenter. A former student of the prestigious Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, Murphy placed second on the fifth series of the Reality TV show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
. She is best known for her role as Tricia in Emmerdale
.
Emmerdale
, a role she played from 1998 to 2004. It was announced in late 2003 that Sheree would leave Emmerdale in December 2003, so that she could spend more time with her family and two young children, and her character was duly killed off.
Murphy has also appeared in episodes of The Royal and Only Fools and Horses
. Murphy appeared in Hollyoaks
as Eva Strong
.
In November and December 2005 she appeared on the ITV Reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and was well received by contestants and viewers alike, finishing second to Carol Thatcher
. She was noted for being "scared of everything", and for her sweet persona; as well as embarrassing her husband Harry Kewell
with comments such as "he's got a peachy bum".
In both 2005 and 2006 Murphy presented ITV2
's coverage of The British Soap Awards
. Murphy recently hosted Footballers' Cribs for MTV UK and VH1 UK
, and recently was a regular on ITV
's lunchtime show Loose Women
(2006–2007).
During the run of the ITV
reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Sheree presented the ITV
spin-off series for series 6, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here! Exclusive with Phillip Schofield
.
In January 2007, Murphy co-hosted ITV2
's Soapstar Superstar
: Bonus Tracks with Mark Durden-Smith
and in November 2007 she presented This Morning
s coverage of the seventh series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! every weekday morning. Sheree also starred as the 'hidden' celebrity in a 2007 episode of the CBBC
show Hider in the House
.
Sheree has recently joined the presenting team for Channel 5ive's Cowboy Builders. She is standing up for aggrieved consumers everywhere by running the cowboys out of town.
During the 2010 World Cup
, Sheree Murphy fronted a ‘World Cup Fever’ campaign for Gala Bingo and galabingo.com. As a Bingo
lover and wife of a World Cup footballer, Sheree was the face of the campaign offering bingo as an alternative to watching football
.
n football
er Harry Kewell
.
They met at the Majestyk club, a nightclub, in 2000 and were married on 25 May 2002 in Las Vegas
. She met him while he was playing for Leeds United
, but he transferred to Liverpool
soon afterwards.
They have three children together, son, Taylor (born 2001) and daughters, Ruby Heather Toni (born 2003), and Matilda (born on 19 March 2008). The family live in Hale, Cheshire
, and their house was once featured on Cribs
on MTV
. On Friday 22 July, it was reported that Murphy and her husband are expecting their fourth child.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actress and television presenter. A former student of the prestigious Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, Murphy placed second on the fifth series of the Reality TV show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! (UK)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! is a British reality television show, first screened in 2002, in which celebrities live in jungle conditions with few creature comforts. The show is filmed in Australia and broadcast on ITV in the UK and on TV3 in Ireland. The show is one of the largest in the...
. She is best known for her role as Tricia in Emmerdale
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
.
Career
Sheree Murphy may be best known as Tricia Dingle onEmmerdale
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
, a role she played from 1998 to 2004. It was announced in late 2003 that Sheree would leave Emmerdale in December 2003, so that she could spend more time with her family and two young children, and her character was duly killed off.
Murphy has also appeared in episodes of The Royal and Only Fools and Horses
Only Fools and Horses
Only Fools and Horses is a British sitcom, created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom between 1981 and 1991, with sporadic Christmas specials until 2003...
. Murphy appeared in Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
as Eva Strong
Eva Strong
Tania Evette "Eva" Strong is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Sheree Murphy. She made her first on-screen appearance on 23 April 2010.-Character creation and casting:...
.
In November and December 2005 she appeared on the ITV Reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and was well received by contestants and viewers alike, finishing second to Carol Thatcher
Carol Thatcher
Carol Thatcher is a British journalist, author and media personality. She is the daughter of Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, a former British Prime Minister, and Sir Denis Thatcher, Bt....
. She was noted for being "scared of everything", and for her sweet persona; as well as embarrassing her husband Harry Kewell
Harry Kewell
Harold "Harry" Kewell is an Australian professional football midfielder who plays for Melbourne Victory in the A-League. Internationally he has received 55 caps, and scored 16 goals, while playing for the Australian national team...
with comments such as "he's got a peachy bum".
In both 2005 and 2006 Murphy presented ITV2
ITV2
ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. The channel has the...
's coverage of The British Soap Awards
British Soap Awards
The British Soap Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honour the best of British soap operas.The first event took place in 1999 and takes place in May each year. Although it is an ITV production, the events were held at the BBC Television Centre, in London until 2010. The 2011 awards relocated to...
. Murphy recently hosted Footballers' Cribs for MTV UK and VH1 UK
VH1 UK
VH1 is a specialist music television channel from MTV Networks Europe. The channel broadcasts into the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The channel is based on the original VH1 American channel of the same name...
, and recently was a regular on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
's lunchtime show Loose Women
Loose Women
Loose Women is a British lunchtime television programme, first broadcast in 1999 on ITV. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip...
(2006–2007).
During the run of the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Sheree presented the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
spin-off series for series 6, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here! Exclusive with Phillip Schofield
Phillip Schofield
Phillip Bryan Schofield is an English broadcaster and television personality best known for presenting shows such as This Morning, Dancing on Ice, and various game shows including The Cube.-Early life and career:...
.
In January 2007, Murphy co-hosted ITV2
ITV2
ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. The channel has the...
's Soapstar Superstar
Soapstar Superstar
Soapstar Superstar was a reality singing competition produced by Granada Television which first aired on British television station ITV in 2006. In the competition, ten soap opera actors perform in front of a celebrity panel, which included Cilla Black, Billy Sammeth and Chris Cowey...
: Bonus Tracks with Mark Durden-Smith
Mark Durden-Smith
Mark Durden-Smith is a British television presenter. He began his presenting career as host of Sky Sports live rugby union coverage, which included weekly English Premiership fixtures, domestic and European cup competitions and Internationals Tests, including the English home Six Nations matches...
and in November 2007 she presented This Morning
This Morning (TV series)
This Morning is a British daytime television programme broadcast on ITV. As of September 2011, its main presenters are Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, with various other presenters standing in for illness or contributing to sections of the programme.The...
s coverage of the seventh series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! every weekday morning. Sheree also starred as the 'hidden' celebrity in a 2007 episode of the CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
show Hider in the House
Hider in the House
Hider in the House was a British children's game show presented by Jason King and Joel Ross . In the programme, a celebrity had to be hidden in a family's house by three children and a parent. If the family have fewer than three children, they use friends or related children to make up the numbers...
.
Sheree has recently joined the presenting team for Channel 5ive's Cowboy Builders. She is standing up for aggrieved consumers everywhere by running the cowboys out of town.
During the 2010 World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
, Sheree Murphy fronted a ‘World Cup Fever’ campaign for Gala Bingo and galabingo.com. As a Bingo
Bingo (Non-US)
Bingo or housey-housey or housie is a gambling game that began in Italy in the 1500s. The game is believed to have migrated to France, Great Britain, and other parts of Europe in the 1700s...
lover and wife of a World Cup footballer, Sheree was the face of the campaign offering bingo as an alternative to watching football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
.
Personal life
She is married to AustraliaAustralia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
er Harry Kewell
Harry Kewell
Harold "Harry" Kewell is an Australian professional football midfielder who plays for Melbourne Victory in the A-League. Internationally he has received 55 caps, and scored 16 goals, while playing for the Australian national team...
.
They met at the Majestyk club, a nightclub, in 2000 and were married on 25 May 2002 in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
. She met him while he was playing for Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
, but he transferred to Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
soon afterwards.
They have three children together, son, Taylor (born 2001) and daughters, Ruby Heather Toni (born 2003), and Matilda (born on 19 March 2008). The family live in Hale, Cheshire
Hale, Cheshire
Hale, Cheshire could refer to two places:*Hale, Greater Manchester *Hale, Halton...
, and their house was once featured on Cribs
Cribs
Cribs may refer to:*The Cribs, a band from the United Kingdom*MTV Cribs, a reality television program on MTV...
on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
. On Friday 22 July, it was reported that Murphy and her husband are expecting their fourth child.