What made Amanda Holden famous?
Amanda has had a successful career in entertainment for more than 25 years.
When she was only nine years old, she began her path to success when she joined Bishop’s Waltham Little Theatre Company.
Amanda pursued her arts education and attended Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts for specialist training in musical and acting theatre.
Her first TV appearance was on Cilla Black’s Blind Date back in 1991, when she was just 19.
Embarrassingly, Amanda wasn’t selected by the bachelor on the dating show and revealed her ideal man was Jack Nicholson.
She didn’t get herself a first date but the experience paved her way to a successful career in TV.
Amanda also had a high-profile marriage to comedian Les Dennis.
The pair got hitched in 1995 and split temporarily after it was revealed she had been having an affair with Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey.
After a second attempt, they divorced in 2003.
In 2006, she landed a role on ITV’s Wild at Heart and appeared in three seasons of the series with Stephen Timpkinson.
Amanda is best known for being a judge on Britain’s Got Talent – which she joined in 2006.