Jodie Prenger
Jodie landed the role of Nancy in Cameron Mackintosh's revival production of Oliver! after winning BBC 1's I'd Do Anything. She won the 2010 Whatsonstage Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical.
After leaving the production in March last year, she has starred as the Lady of the Lake in the No.1 UK tour of Spamalot.
Last summer she completed filming Candy Cabs, a brand new comedy drama series for BBC 1 which aired this year, and has also recently guested in an episode of Waterloo Road. Jodie led the search to find a Toto for a gala performance of The Wizard of Oz through BBC1’s Over The Rainbow.
She toured with John Barrowman on his UK concert tour in 2010.
She was a regular presenter of The Midweek National Lottery. Other television appearances include Let's Do Lunch With Gino And Mel, Tonight's The Night, Born To Shine, Sing If You Can, The One Show, Saturday Kitchen, It Takes Two, The Hairy Bikers, This Morning, The Alan Titchmarsh Show, The Michael Ball Show, The David Dickinson Show, QVC, BBC’s School Choir of the Year 2010, GMTV, Daily Cook’s Challenge, Loose Women, Children In Need, Guesstimation, As Seen On TV, All Star Family Fortunes, and New Year's Eve Live 2008.
Jodie regularly covers for Elaine Paige and Paul O’Grady on BBC Radio 2. Other BBC Radio 2 appearances include Wogan, co-hosting Going Out With Alan Carr, Chris Evans’ Breakfast Show, The Olivier Awards 2010 and Children in Need 2009 with Graham Norton.
Her concert appearances for BBC Radio 2 include Thank You for the Music, The Friday Night Is Music Night James Bond Special, The Friday is Music Night King's Lynn Festival Special and The Andrew Lloyd Webber 60th Birthday Party. Other concerts include The RAF Benevolent Fund Gala, and Bryn Terfel’s annual Faenol Festival in North Wales.
Jodie can be heard singing So Close with John Barrowman on his latest album and she recorded In The Mood for The Very Best of Glenn Miller.
Readers of TV Times voted Jodie their Favourite Reality TV Star of 2008.
Her autobiography My Story is out now.