Frankie Poultney is a professional British adagio ice skater

Ice skating

Ice skating is moving on ice by using ice skates. It can be done for a variety of reasons, including leisure, traveling, and various sports. Ice skating occurs both on specially prepared indoor and outdoor tracks, as well as on naturally occurring bodies of frozen water, such as lakes and...

, who is a long standing member of the Dancing on Ice

Dancing on Ice

Dancing on Ice is a British television show co-hosted by Christine Bleakley and Philip Schofield, in which celebrities and their professional partners figure skate in front of a panel of judges. The format, devised by LWT and Granada Television, has been a prime-time hit in eight different...

 professional team.

Early years

Poultney started skating at the age of ten, and at 18 she got a job as a chorus girl in a French ice show. She is originally from Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

 in South Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

 (Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

), and loves traditional meals such as roast dinner, sausage and mash, fish and chips, and bread and butter pudding

Bread and butter pudding

Bread and butter pudding is made by layering slices of buttered bread scattered with raisins in an oven dish into which an egg and milk mixture, commonly seasoned with nutmeg , is poured.-Instructions:...

.

Series two

In 2007 Poultney partnered English footballer Lee Sharpe

Lee Sharpe

Lee Stuart Sharpe is an English former footballer. Predominantly a left winger, Sharpe joined Manchester United from Torquay United as a youngster in 1988, playing for the club up until 1996...

, and they made it to week seven, giving them a credible fifth place in the competition.

Series three

In series three she was paired with Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...

actor Chris Fountain

Chris Fountain

Christopher Ryan Fountain is an English actor best known for his role as Justin Burton on the Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks, a role he played from 2003 until his departure in June 2009. He is also now known for playing Tommy Duckworth in Coronation Street. He played the role of PC Paul Tait in...

. Out of ten weeks they had the highest score on the leader board ever in Dancing On Ice. In the final, Fountain and Poultney competed against Zaraah Abrahams

Zaraah Abrahams

Zaraah Abrahams is an actress who is most famous for starring in Waterloo Road and competing in Dancing on Ice.-Early life:...

 and Suzanne Shaw

Suzanne Shaw

Suzanne Shaw is an English actress, singer and television personality...

. Before the final two performed their boléro

Boléro

Boléro is a one-movement orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel . Originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian ballerina Ida Rubinstein, the piece, which premiered in 1928, is Ravel's most famous musical composition....

 routines, Zaraah Abrahams and her professional partner Fred Palascak were eliminated, leaving Poultney and Fountain to compete against Shaw and her professional partner Matt Evers

Matt Evers

Matt Evers is an American pair skater, model and TV personality.-Career:With his partner Heather Allebach, Evers won the Junior pairs title at the 1998 U.S. Championships. Evers is currently training as a professional actor, model and spokesperson for U.S...

. In a controversial public vote Poultney and Fountain finished in second position.

Series four

Poultney appeared in the fourth series

Dancing on Ice (Series 4)

The fourth series of Dancing on Ice began on ITV on Sunday 11 January 2009. The series features legendary skaters Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill, presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and judges Karen Barber, Nicky Slater, Jason Gardiner, Ruthie Henshall and Robin Cousins.The...

 of Dancing on Ice, this time partnering British rugby legend Ellery Hanley

Ellery Hanley

Ellery Cuthwyn Hanley MBE is a British former rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 80s and 90s, and former head coach of Great Britain, St. Helens and Doncaster. As a player he played most of his games at /, or /. Over a period of nineteen years, he played for Bradford Northern, Wigan, Balmain,...

. In week one, Hanley and Poultney came second place on the leaderboard with 17.5 (out of a maximum 30) points. In week two of the competition, they battled against Jeremy Edwards

Jeremy Edwards

Jeremy Edwards is an English actor and television presenter, who has appeared in the TV shows Hollyoaks and Holby City...

 and Darya Nucci. They proceeded to week three with a clean sweep vote in the skate-off. Todd Carty

Todd Carty

Todd Carty is an Irish actor and director, who has grown up on television screens in a variety of roles. His stage work has varied from pantomime to serious drama, as well as radio plays, voiceovers, commercials, narrations, and films...

, and professional partner Susie Lipanova

Susie Lipanova

Susie Lipanova on 6 June 1974, is a British ice skater from South Shields, South Tyneside, England.-Early life:Lipanova spent her early years skating at ice rinks in Sunderland and Whitley Bay. She competed in the British Junior Championships in 1990 and came 2nd...

, faced Poultney and Hanley in the week four skate-off, with Poultney and Hanley surviving with four votes to one. However, in week five they were not as successful. The couple were again in the skate off, this time against Melinda Messenger

Melinda Messenger

Melinda Jayne Messenger is an English ex-glamour model, Page 3 Girl and a former presenter on the magazine programme Live from Studio Five. She is currently co-broadcaster of the reality show Cowboy Builders.-Biography:...

 and her partner Fred Palascak

Melanie Lambert and Fred Palascak

Melanie Lambert and Fred Palascak are a husband-and-wife pair ice skating team who began skating together in 1994. During their competitive years they were two-time United States Eastern Sectional champions and had two top-10 finishes at the national championships...

, and lost by four votes to one.

Series five

In series five

Dancing on Ice (Series 5)

The fifth series of British television celebrity skating show Dancing On Ice began airing on ITV on 8 January 2010 with a preview show, then started officially on 10 January, and concluded with the final on 28 March 2010. The show was presented by returning hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly...

 Poultney was paired with former Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...

star Danny Young

Danny Young

Danny Richardson Young is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6' 3" guard who attended Wake Forest University, he played ten seasons in the NBA, spending time with the Seattle SuperSonics, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons, and Milwaukee Bucks...

, who was eliminated in 5th position against Kieron Richardson

Kieron Richardson

Kieron Mark Richardson is an English actor best known for playing the role of Ste Hay in Hollyoaks.-Career:...

 and Brianne Delcourt

Brianne Delcourt

Brianne Delcourt is a Canadian figure skater. She competed in pair skating and now skates in various ice shows. She has appeared on the British television programme Dancing on Ice and on March 27, 2011, her partner Sam Attwater was crowned the winner.-Career:Delcourt trained at the Toronto...

 in the week 10 skate-off.

Series six

In series six

Dancing on Ice (series 6)

The sixth series of Dancing on Ice started on 9 January 2011 and ended on 27 March 2011 on ITV. Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby return as hosts whilst Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean return to mentor the celebrities...

 Poultney's partner was BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

 breakfast show

The Chris Moyles Show

The Chris Moyles Show is the current BBC Radio 1 breakfast show in the UK, and has been since Chris Moyles became the station's breakfast show presenter on 5 January 2004. From 2004 to 2007, the show was broadcast 6:55–10:00 am each weekday, but since 15 October 2007 it has started from...

 funny man "Comedy Dave" Vitty. For this series she was only known by her first name. 'Comedy Dave & Frankie' survived the qualifying and the first 3 weeks, but in Week 4 they competed against Kerry Katona

Kerry Katona

Kerry Jayne Elizabeth Katona is an English media personality and singer best known for her television work, predominantly in light entertainment and reality shows. She has also been a pop singer with girl group Atomic Kitten, a magazine columnist, an actress, and the author of ghostwritten books...

 and her professional partner Daniel Whiston

Daniel Whiston

Daniel Whiston is an English ice skater. He appeared in Strictly Ice Dancing on BBC One and all series of ITV show Dancing on Ice...

. They were eliminated from the show by a 2 to 1 judges vote.