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Coleen Nolan

Coleen Nolan
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Coleen Nolan (2009)
Born Coleen Patricia Nolan
(1965-03-12) 12 March 1965 (age 51)
Blackpool, England
Occupation
  • Singer
  • television presenter
  • author
Years active 1974–present
Known for
Television
Spouse(s)
  • Shane Richie (m. 1990–99; divorced)
  • Ray Fensome (m. 2007)
Children 3 (including Jake Roche)
Parent(s)
  • Tommy Nolan (1925–1998; deceased)
  • Maureen Nolan (1926–2007; deceased)
Relatives
  • Bernie Nolan (1960–2013; deceased)
  • Maureen Nolan (b. 1954)
  • Linda Nolan (b. 1959)
  • Tommy Nolan (b. 1949)
  • Anne Nolan (b. 1950)
  • Denise Nolan (b. 1952)
  • Brian Nolan (b. 1955)
Website coleennolan.com

Coleen Patricia Nolan (born 12 March 1965) (Irish: Cailín Pádraigín Ní Nualláin) is an English-Irish singer, television presenter and author. She came to prominence as the youngest member of the Irish family girl group The Nolans, in which she sang with her sisters. She subsequently became a panelist on the chat show Loose Women from 2000 to 2011. She returned from October 2013 onwards.

As a member of The Nolans, she first performed on television in 1974. She was a full-time member of the group from 1980 to 1994. The group was particularly successful in Japan, where they won the Tokyo Music Festival in 1981 and a Japanese Grammy Award in 1992. She was a member of the line-up that reformed for a successful tour of the UK and Ireland in 2009.

From 2001–02, Nolan co-presented the ITV daytime show This Morning. She returned to the show from 2010–12, as a presenter of the interactive hub segments. In 2009, she competed in the fourth series of the ITV show Dancing on Ice, where she finished in fourth place. In 2012, she appeared in the 10th series of Channel 5 reality series Celebrity Big Brother, finishing as runner-up. She returned as an all star in the 19th series of Channel 5 reality series Celebrity Big Brother in January 2017.

The Nolans made their television debut in 1974 on the show It's Cliff Richard. With the line-up featuring all six sisters and billed as The Nolan Sisters, they performed Stuck on You. That same year, they released their debut single But I Do, with Coleen singing lead vocals. Due to her age, Coleen would not become a full-time member of the group until 1980, when she was fifteen, although she does appear in the music video to their 1979 hit I'm In the Mood for Dancing, which reached number three in the UK singles chart. They also had UK top twenty hits with, Don't Make Waves (1980), Gotta Pull Myself Together (1980), Who's Gonna Rock You (1981), Attention to Me (1981), Chemistry (1981) and Don't Love Me Too Hard (1982). In 1981, they won the Tokyo Music Festival with the song Sexy Music. In 1991, the group won a 33rd Japan Record Awards Kikaku-shō (Prize for Planning) for Cover version of Japanese pops.


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