Roxanne Pallett
| Roxanne Pallett | |
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Pallett at the Star Charity Ball Manchester, 2011
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| Born |
26 December 1982 Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK |
| Alma mater | Liverpool John Moores University |
| Occupation | Actress and Singer |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Website | roxannepallettofficial |
Roxanne Pallett (born 26 December 1982) is an English actress and singer. She is best known for playing the role of Jo Sugden in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 2005 to 2009. She was crowned the winner of Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes (2006), Soapstar Superstar (2006) and Dancing on Ice (2009), has won critical acclaim for numerous stage roles in theatre and is known as a Scream Queen for starring in several horror films, including Lake Placid 3 (2010), Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort (2014) and Devil's Tower (2014) and "Habit". She famously played the role of a teenager in the BBC drama "Waterloo Road" when she was actually 29.
Pallett was born in Carlisle, Cumbria and brought up in Currock by her mother and grandmother. Her maternal grandfather was Italian and her absent father is Iranian. Her father abandoned her mother Monica when Roxanne was a few days old and has never been a part of her life. She lost her home in a serious house fire age 16. Several months later, her grandmother, who raised her, died of cancer. Educated at Robert Ferguson Primary School and Trinity School, she then graduated with a BA Honours degree in Media, majoring in Film Studies, from Liverpool John Moores University. Pallett studied at the Manchester School of Screen Acting on weekends, and began auditioning for acting roles outside her studies to make up for not going to stage school. Pallett was a volunteer at Carlisle's Eden Valley Hospice during the summer, as a form of gratitude to them caring for her grandma in her last days.
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