Danielle Lineker
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Danielle Maria Lineker (born 15 June 1979) is a Welsh lingerie model, television personality and actress. She is married to former English footballer
Gary Lineker
.
to Kim and Roy Bux, who divorced while she was young, Danielle lived with her mother, three half-siblings and stepfather, Alex Mohamed, in Butetown
, Cardiff. She attended Cantonian High School in Fairwater
.
, and appeared on the cover of various magazines including Maxim
and Fabulous.
onstage at the 2008 National TV Awards.
She finished in third place in the 2009 series of ITV
's Hell's Kitchen
.
Billed as Danelle Lineker, she made her stage debut in Calender Girls
at the Bristol Hippodrome
, beginning 26 January 2011.
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
Gary Lineker
Gary Lineker
Gary Winston Lineker, OBE , is a former English footballer, who played as a striker. He is a sports broadcaster for the BBC, Al Jazeera Sports and Eredivisie Live...
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Early life
Born in CardiffCardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
to Kim and Roy Bux, who divorced while she was young, Danielle lived with her mother, three half-siblings and stepfather, Alex Mohamed, in Butetown
Butetown
Butetown is a community in the south of the city of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. It was originally a model housing estate built in the early nineteenth century by John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, for whose title the area was named...
, Cardiff. She attended Cantonian High School in Fairwater
Fairwater, Cardiff
Fairwater is a district in the west of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is located a few miles from Culverhouse Cross which connects Cardiff to the M4 motorway.- History :The name Tyllgoed, meaning "dark wood" goes back to the 15th century...
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Modelling career
Lineker started modelling (working as Danielle Bux) at the age of 18 after winning a place in the Miss Hawaiian Tropic contest in Las Vegas, USA. After training as an air stewardess and working for Virgin Atlantic, she became a lingerie model and has since modelled for various brands, including La SenzaLa Senza
La Senza Corporation is a Canadian fashion retailer based in Dorval, Quebec, Canada, which sells lingerie and intimate apparel. The La Senza brand is currently owned by Limited Brands.- History :...
, and appeared on the cover of various magazines including Maxim
Maxim (magazine)
Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, sometimes pictured dressed, often pictured scantily dressed but not fully nude....
and Fabulous.
Television career
Bux assisted Sir Trevor McDonaldTrevor McDonald
Sir Trevor McDonald OBE is a Trinidadian-British newsreader and journalist. He had a long career as a news presenter with ITN...
onstage at the 2008 National TV Awards.
She finished in third place in the 2009 series of ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
's Hell's Kitchen
Hell's Kitchen (UK series 4)
Series four of the UK version of Hell's Kitchen began on 13 April 2009 and finished on 27 April 2009.-Presenter:Angus Deayton has not returned to present the show. The reason given for Deayton's dismissal was because he was involved in a series of disputes with head chef Marco Pierre White...
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Billed as Danelle Lineker, she made her stage debut in Calender Girls
Calendar Girls (play)
Calendar Girls is a stage play based on the film of the same nameAfter a successful tryout at the Chichester Festival Theatre and a lengthy national tour, a stage adaptation of the film started previewing in April 2009 at the Noel Coward Theatre in the West End. The cast included Lynda Bellingham,...
at the Bristol Hippodrome
Bristol Hippodrome
The Bristol Hippodrome is a theatre in the centre of Bristol, England with seating on three levels giving a capacity of 1,951. It frequently features West End theatre shows when they tour the UK as well regular visits by Welsh National Opera, and an annual pantomime.- History :The theatre was...
, beginning 26 January 2011.