| Intro | British singer-songwriter, actress, model |
| Is |
Actor Singer |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type |
Film, TV, Stage & Radio Music |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 22 July 1983, Chingford |
| Age: | 37 years |
Jodi Mary Albert (born 22 July 1983) is an English actress and singer, best known for playing Debbie Dean in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, and as a member of short-lived British girl group Girl Thing and Irish girl group Wonderland. In December 2013, it was announced that Girl Thing would be reuniting for the second series of The Big Reunion.
Early life
Albert attended the independent, fee-paying Sylvia Young Theatre School, and shared lessons with Lee Ryan, Matt Willis, Billie Piper and Amy Winehouse. At the age of ten, she played the part of Young Cosette in Les Misérables at London’s Palace Theatre.
Career
After leaving school, Albert was in the short-lived British-Dutch girl band Girl Thing, that had a top ten hit in the United Kingdom in 2000 with the song Last One Standing.
In 2002, Albert joined the cast of the soap opera Hollyoaks on Channel 4, playing Debbie Dean. She left in 2005, but returned for guest appearances in 2005 and 2006. In 2005, Albert won the British Soap Award for Sexiest female for her role in Hollyoaks.
After leaving Hollyoaks, Albert appeared in the reality television series California Dreaming, in a bid to make it in Hollywood, leaving the series before its conclusion. Since then, she has appeared in: Five sitcom Respectable; Casualty and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries for the BBC; and the British film Popcorn, opposite ex-EastEnders star Jack Ryder.
In 2008 Albert became part of the Irish-based girlgroup Wonderland, formed through auditions arranged by her husband, Kian Egan, in partnership with music manager Louis Walsh.
Albert has posed for numerous photoshoots for several men’s magazines including Maxim and FHM and is featured in Maxim‘s ‘Girls of Maxim’ gallery, also being named three times in FHM‘s 100 Sexiest Women list: #93 in 2003; #73 in 2004; and #65 in 2005.
Personal life
Albert married Kian Egan, a member of the Irish boy band Westlife, on 9 May 2009, in Barbados. On 31 July 2011 the couple announced they were expecting their first baby. The birth of their son, Koa, was announced on 20 December 2011 through Westlife’s official Facebook page. In November 2014, it was announced that they are expecting their second child.
In February 2015 her mother Eileen died after suffering from cancer for eight years. On 21 May 2015 Albert gave birth to her second child, a son named Zekey.
Credits
Songwriting
- “Air Brush”
- “Believe”
- “Bounce”
- “Don’t Look Down”
- “Getting Mad Not Even”
- “Girl Thing”
- “Girlfriend”
- “If That’s What It Takes”
- “Last Goodbye”
- “Last One Standing”
- “Like Ya Like It”
- “Not a Love Song”
- “Signs”
- “That’s The Way We Do It”
- “Time Has Run Out”
- “One For The Summer”
Demo
- “La Dolce Vita”
- “La Dolce Vita”
Cameo appearance
- Westlife – “Us Against the World”
- ^ “ACE/Repertory: Writers: Albert Jodie Mary”. ASCAP. ASCAP. Archived from the original on March 6, 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ “Songfile Search Results (Jodi Albert)”. hfa. Harry Fox Agency. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ “Songwriter/Composer: Albert Jodie Mary”. BMI Repertoire. BMI. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- “Kian and Jodi Egan”. Youtube. Retrieved 14 May 2013.