Gail McKenna
| Gail McKenna | |
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| Born |
30 December 1968 Liverpool, England |
| Occupation | Model, actress |
| Years active | 1986-present |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
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Gail McKenna (born 30 December 1968 in Liverpool, Lancashire) rose to fame in the 1980s as a Page 3 girl and glamour model. She subsequently became a theatre and television actress, a sports presenter for L!VE TV and Five, and a presenter of children's programmes for CITV.
As a teenager, McKenna attended a Catholic convent school in Liverpool. After attaining eight O-levels, she took a year off, intending to return to pursue A-levels in classics and history. However, after achieving success as a glamour model, she decided not to return to school.
On 21 May 1986, aged 17, McKenna made her Page 3 debut in British tabloid newspaper The Sun. She went on to become one of the most popular glamour models of her era, with her photographs appearing regularly in tabloid newspapers and men's magazines. In 1988, she appeared in a Playboy magazine pictorial with a number of other Page 3 models, including Maria Whittaker and Suzanne Mizzi.
McKenna gave up topless and nude modelling in 1990, at the age of 21, after becoming a born-again Christian.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McKenna regularly played parts in pantomimes and fringe theatre productions. Her film and television credits include a minor uncredited role in the 1988 film Consuming Passions and a brief role in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside, where she played the girlfriend of character Barry Grant.
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