A British bombshell and self-declared bad girl who made her name as a racy presenter on the popular morning series
The Big Breakfast, Van Outen also wowed her countrymen with her sexy turn as Roxie the merry murderess in the West End production of
Chicago, a part she reprised on Broadway in 2002. While she tackled a handful of small-screen parts, Van Outen was most successful just being herself, which led to numerous hosting gigs. Even when she wasn't working, she stayed in the public eye via the tabloids, which enjoyed shining a spotlight on her active love life and rambunctious antics. (Her exes include nightclub boss Richard Traviss and Jamiroquai front man Jay Kay, and she allegedly had a relationship with mature rocker Gary Glitter when she was just a teen.) In 2007, Van Outen exported her risqué persona to the U.S. as the cohost of the Broadway reality competition
Grease: You're the One That I Want.
Denise Van Outen Fast Facts:
- Paid her way through theater school by modeling and acting.
- Made her stage debut at age 11 in a West End production of Les Miserables.
- As a member of the pop duo Those 2 Girls in the mid-90s, she scored two top-40 hits.
- Reportedly stole an ashtray and flashed her bra at Prince Charles while visiting Buckingham Palace.
- Claimed to have once e-mailed British pop singer George Michael to ask him out on a date not realizing he was openly gay.
- Denise Van Outen Relationships:
- Andy Miller - Ex-significant Other
- Bill Crawley - Grandfather
- Jackie - Sister
- Jay Kay - Ex-fiancé
- Kathleen Outen - Mother
- Lee Mead - Husband
- Mary Matthews - Grandmother
- Richard Traviss - Ex-significant Other
- Ted Outen - Father
- Terry Outen - Brother
