Linda Lusardi
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Linda Lusardi is an English
actress, television presenter and former Page Three Girl
. She is married to the actor Samuel Kane
; they have two children, both born in Enfield
, London: Lucy Anne (born 1996) and Jack Francis (born 1999).
, London
, Lusardi began her topless modelling career as a Page Three girl
in The Sun at the age of 18 in 1976 and in 1977 she appeared nude in the February edition of Mayfair
magazine. She was also nude in the November 1977 edition of Fiesta
magazine. The nude photographs were taken of her at the very start of her career. She later posed nude and was featured on the cover of Penthouse in 1985. In 1982 she starred in a video called "So you want to be a glamour photographer" that became Britain's biggest selling video of its kind. She was voted the Best Page 3 Girl Ever in 2005.
(playing the girlfriend of corrupt officer DS Don Beech) and Brookside
. She joined the cast of Emmerdale
in 2007 as Carrie Nicholls
, an ex-girlfriend of Tom King
and mother of his secret child, Scarlett
. Her first on-screen appearance was on 12 February 2007. She left the programme within a year.
She is a supporter of UK pantomime
and stars with her husband Sam Kane
in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
each Christmas
at major theatres in the UK. Recent venues have been Woking
, Southend, Plymouth
, and Llandudno
.
and BBC 1's Hole in the Wall
in 2009. She also sells a range of skin-care products on shopping television. In 1992 she appeared in the "Dead Ringer" observation round of The Krypton Factor
She Also Appeared in a special edition of Bullseye presented by Jim Bowen.
's Dancing On Ice
where she finished in sixth place. Her professional skating partner was Daniel Whiston
, who temporarily moved into her family home to make training more convenient. Lusardi had to catch up with her fellow skaters after falling and breaking a bone in her foot during her first hour on the ice. She also won the Channel 4
show Celebrity Come Dine With Me in 2008. In the show she was voted the best dinner host by her fellow contestants Abi Titmuss
, Rodney Marsh
, Lesley Joseph
and Paul Ross
. She participated in the 2011 series of Celebrity Masterchef, where she reached the final 5.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
actress, television presenter and former Page Three Girl
Page Three girl
Page Three is a tabloid newspaper feature consisting of a topless photograph of a female glamour model, usually printed on the paper's third page...
. She is married to the actor Samuel Kane
Samuel Kane
Samuel Kane is a British actor, who has appeared in the soap operas Brookside, Coronation Street and Emmerdale.Kane was born in Huyton; his father is Ken McGlashan, a local Labour Councillor...
; they have two children, both born in Enfield
London Borough of Enfield
The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London. It borders the London Boroughs of Barnet, Haringey and Waltham Forest...
, London: Lucy Anne (born 1996) and Jack Francis (born 1999).
Modeling
Born in Palmers GreenPalmers Green
Palmers Green is a place in the London Borough of Enfield. It is a suburban area situated 7.6 miles north of Charing Cross. Postally, it is in London N13...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Lusardi began her topless modelling career as a Page Three girl
Page Three girl
Page Three is a tabloid newspaper feature consisting of a topless photograph of a female glamour model, usually printed on the paper's third page...
in The Sun at the age of 18 in 1976 and in 1977 she appeared nude in the February edition of Mayfair
Mayfair (magazine)
Mayfair is a British adult magazine for men. Founded in 1965, it was designed as a response to U.S. magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse, which had recently launched in the UK. For many years it claimed the largest distribution of any men's magazine in the UK.-Fisk Publishing era:Mayfair was...
magazine. She was also nude in the November 1977 edition of Fiesta
Fiesta (magazine)
Fiesta magazine is a British soft-core pornographic magazine, published by Galaxy Publications. It is a sister publication of Knave.Launched in 1966, Fiesta quickly became Britain’s top selling adult magazine...
magazine. The nude photographs were taken of her at the very start of her career. She later posed nude and was featured on the cover of Penthouse in 1985. In 1982 she starred in a video called "So you want to be a glamour photographer" that became Britain's biggest selling video of its kind. She was voted the Best Page 3 Girl Ever in 2005.
Acting
As an actress, Lusardi has appeared in the drama series The BillThe Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
(playing the girlfriend of corrupt officer DS Don Beech) and Brookside
Brookside
Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...
. She joined the cast of Emmerdale
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
in 2007 as Carrie Nicholls
Carrie Nicholls
Caroline "Carrie" Nicholls is a fictional character in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. Her first episode was broadcast on February 20, 2007. She was introduced as the former nurse of Tom King's wife Mary. It was subsequently revealed that she was the mother of his illegitimate daughter...
, an ex-girlfriend of Tom King
Tom King (Emmerdale)
Thomas "Tom" Albert King was a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He appeared in the show from February 2004 to December 2006. Ken Farrington played him during the character's run.Tom grew up in Emmerdale and was keen to return...
and mother of his secret child, Scarlett
Scarlett Nicholls
Scarlett Mary Nicholls is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She is played by Kelsey-Beth Crossley and made her first appearance on 2 March 2007. It was announced on 8 May 2011, that Crossley was leaving the show. She made her final appearance on 28 July...
. Her first on-screen appearance was on 12 February 2007. She left the programme within a year.
She is a supporter of UK pantomime
Pantomime
Pantomime — not to be confused with a mime artist, a theatrical performer of mime—is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa, India, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta, and is mostly performed during the...
and stars with her husband Sam Kane
Samuel Kane
Samuel Kane is a British actor, who has appeared in the soap operas Brookside, Coronation Street and Emmerdale.Kane was born in Huyton; his father is Ken McGlashan, a local Labour Councillor...
in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White
"Snow White" is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm...
each Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
at major theatres in the UK. Recent venues have been Woking
Woking
Woking is a large town and civil parish that shares its name with the surrounding local government district, located in the west of Surrey, UK. It is part of the Greater London Urban Area and the London commuter belt, with frequent trains and a journey time of 24 minutes to Waterloo station....
, Southend, Plymouth
Plymouth
Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...
, and Llandudno
Llandudno
Llandudno is a seaside resort and town in Conwy County Borough, Wales. In the 2001 UK census it had a population of 20,090 including that of Penrhyn Bay and Penrhynside, which are within the Llandudno Community...
.
Other television work
Lusardi took part in the reality game show The Games in 2004, ITV daytime programme Have I Been Here Before?Have I Been Here Before?
Have I Been Here Before? is an ITV daytime programme, presented by Phillip Schofield, made by ITV Productions. The programme offers celebrity guests the chance to see if they have lived before, in a past life...
and BBC 1's Hole in the Wall
Hole in the Wall (UK game show)
Hole in the Wall was a game show that airs on BBC One in the United Kingdom. This game is an adaptation of the Japanese game Brain Wall in which players must contort themselves to fit through cutout holes of varying shapes in a large polystyrene wall moving towards them as they stand in front of a...
in 2009. She also sells a range of skin-care products on shopping television. In 1992 she appeared in the "Dead Ringer" observation round of The Krypton Factor
The Krypton Factor
The Krypton Factor was a British game show produced by Granada Television for broadcast on ITV. The show originally ran from 7 September 1977 to 20 November 1995, and was hosted by Gordon Burns and usually broadcast on the ITV network on Mondays at 19:00....
She Also Appeared in a special edition of Bullseye presented by Jim Bowen.
Reality TV
In January 2008 she joined the new series of ITVITV
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 Dancing On Ice
Dancing on Ice (UK)
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...
where she finished in sixth place. Her professional skating partner was 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...
, who temporarily moved into her family home to make training more convenient. Lusardi had to catch up with her fellow skaters after falling and breaking a bone in her foot during her first hour on the ice. She also won the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
show Celebrity Come Dine With Me in 2008. In the show she was voted the best dinner host by her fellow contestants Abi Titmuss
Abi Titmuss
Abi Titmuss, , is a former English nurse turned glamour model, television personality and actress.-Early life:...
, Rodney Marsh
Rodney Marsh (footballer)
Rodney William Marsh is an English retired footballer. He was named after HMS Rodney by his father, who served on the battleship. He played for Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Manchester City, the Tampa Bay Rowdies and the England national team. Lately, he has been a pundit and a commentator on the...
, Lesley Joseph
Lesley Joseph
Lesley D Joseph is an English actress and broadcaster.-Life and career:Joseph was born in Northampton. She is best known for starring in the BBC sitcom Birds of a Feather from 1989–1998, in which she played Dorien Green, the Jewish next-door neighbour of the main characters Sharon and Tracy...
and Paul Ross
Paul Ross
Paul Ross is an English television and radio presenter, journalist, and media personality. He is the son of Martha Ross and the elder brother of Jonathan Ross.-Early life:...
. She participated in the 2011 series of Celebrity Masterchef, where she reached the final 5.