Kelly Brook (born Kelly Anne Parsons, 23 November 1979) is an English model, actress, and media personality. She began her career modelling for a range of advertising campaigns, which led to her discovery by the editorial team of the Daily Star tabloid, where they began featuring her as a Page Three girl. She was crowned FHMs Sexiest Woman in the World in 2005,
As an actress, Brook has appeared in the films Ripper (2001), The Italian Job (2003), School for Seduction (2004), House of 9 (2004), Survival Island (2005), Fishtales (2007), Piranha 3D (2010), and Taking Stock (2015). She has appeared on numerous British television shows, including The Big Breakfast (1999), Strictly Come Dancing (2007), Britain's Got Talent (2009), Celebrity Juice (2012–2015), One Big Happy (2015), It's Not Me, It's You (2016), Loose Women (2018), and The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off (2020). Since 2019, Brook has co-presented Heart London's Drivetime Radio Show with Jason King.
Early life
Brook was born Kelly Anne Parsons in Rochester, Kent, the daughter of Sandra Kelly, a cook, and Kenneth Parsons, a scaffolder.
She has a younger brother, Damian, and an older half-sister, Sasha.
Kenneth Parsons died, aged 57, in Rochester from
lung cancer,
[ Grieving Strictly star Kelly Brook attends father's funeral, thisislondon.co.uk; accessed 31 January 2016.] on 26 November 2007, during Brook's time on
Strictly Come Dancing.
Brook attended the Thomas Aveling School in Warren Wood, Rochester. In 1996, at the age of seventeen, she appeared in the second series of
Fist of Fun, the BBC comedy show from
Stewart Lee and
Richard Herring as a schoolgirl in a series of sketches entitled 'Teachers' (one of her co-stars was the young
Daniel Mays). She studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
for three years, before becoming a professional model at the age of 16.
Modelling career
Brook's modelling career began at 16 after she won a beauty competition, into which her mother had entered her.
[ She later worked on a range of advertising campaigns, including Foster's Lager, Renault Mégane, Walker's crisps, Piz Buin and Bravissimo, a company that specialises in bras and lingerie for large-breasted women. Soon after, she caught the eye of the editorial team of the Daily Star tabloid,][ "Kelly Brook — Kent's finest bra model" Kelly Brook at FHM.com] She was the cover star of FHM World Cup 2010 special issue,
In February 2007, it was announced that Brook had signed a contract, reported to be worth around £1m, to represent Unilever's Lynx body spray, known as "Axe" in the US and in continental Europe.[ "Kelly Brook models Ultimo lingerie spring collection". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 2 June 2020] In September 2010, Brook appeared in the American edition of Playboy magazine.[ "We Announce More Superstar Presenters!" , ema.mtv.co.uk; accessed 31 January 2017.] Brook produced a line of swimwear with New Look, for which she has modelled. In September 2014, Brook launched a clothing line for Simply Be.
Acting career
In 2000, Brook made her full-screen debut with a minor role in the film Sorted. Shortly after that, she appeared in the film Ripper. She played the girlfriend of Clark Kent/Superman's nemesis Lex Luthor in four episodes of the American science fiction drama Smallville during the show's first season (2001–02). She has also completed assignments as a film actress in Canada and made a short appearance as Lyle's girlfriend in the 2003 film The Italian Job. Her first starring role was in the 2004 film School for Seduction, for which she received positive reviews.
In 2006, she starred in an Agatha Christie's Marple drama on ITV and appeared as herself throughout the second series of Moving Wallpaper, also for ITV, in 2009. She acted in the science fiction thriller Shadow Play, directed by Nick Simon.
Kelly played herself alongside Leigh Francis in the British comedy film (2012).
In 2013, Brook appeared in the video to Lawson's song "Juliet". In 2014 she was cast as Prudence in an NBC sitcom pilot called One Big Happy,
Theatre
In December 2000, she played exotic dancer Anya in the play Eye Contact at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith.[ In November 2009, she began playing Celia in Calendar Girls at the Noël Coward Theatre. Brook made a cameo appearance in the cabaret show "Forever Crazy" by Crazy Horse London end of 2012.]
Other work
Music videos
In 1997, at age 17, Brook appeared as a nurse in the music video for the KMFDM song "Megalomaniac".
Television presenting
In 1997, aged 18, Brook started presenting youth television programmes on MTV UK & Ireland,
Reality television
In 2007, Brook participated in the celebrity dancing competition Strictly Come Dancing on BBC1 with a dance partner Brendan Cole. During the TV series, her father, Kenneth Parsons, died of cancer.[ Kelly Brook searches for Baby , Virgin Media, 15 May 2008] broadcast between September and November 2008.
In January 2009, she joined the third series of Britain's Got Talent as a fourth judge but was subsequently axed from the programme after less than a week on the panel, the producers having decided the four-judge format was "too complicated".
Books
In September 2014, Brook released her autobiography;
Business
At end of 2013, Brook opened her bar Steam and Rye in London
Radio
Since January 2019, Brook has co-presented Heart London Drivetime and Saturday Breakfast with Jason King.
Personal life
In 2014, on an appearance on ITV's This Morning, she admitted to punching previous boyfriends Jason Statham and Danny Cipriani in the face, with Men's Domestic Abuse charity Menkind subsequently issuing a statement saying it was "extremely disappointed" by the segment.
Filmography
Film
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Television
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| 2 episodes |
| Alongside Johnny Vaughan |
| 2000 | This Is Your Life | Herself | 1 episode |
| TFI Friday | Guest Presenter |
Unaired pilot |
| 4 episodes |
| Television film |
| Tricky TV | Herself | 1 episode |
| Celebrity Love Island | Presenter | |
| Episode: "The Moving Finger" |
| 1 episode |
| Sixth place |
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| Fictional version of herself |
| Episode: "Moving Wallpaper" |
| The F Word | Herself | 1 episode |
| The One Show |
| Series 3 auditions |
| 2010 | Let's Dance For Comic Relief | |
| 1 episode |
| Celebrity Naked Ambition | Presenter | |
| 20 episodes |
| 2012 | 2 episodes |
| Nimrod in Cannes | Herself | |
| 1 episode |
| 2013 | Trollied |
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| 2016 | It's Not Me, It's You | Team captain |
| Through the Keyhole | Christmas special |
| The Keith Lemon Sketch Show | Series 2, Episode 6 |
| 2018 | Wedding Day Winners | |
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| Midsomer Murders | Laurel Newman | Episode "Till Death Do Us Part" |
| The Million Pound Holiday Club | Herself | TV special |
| Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule |
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| Fifth place |
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Television advertisements
Music videos
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| 1997 | "Megalomaniac" | KMFDM | Nurse |
| "Help the Aged" | Pulp | Herself |
| 2013 | "Juliet" | Lawson | Juliet |
Bibliography
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Close Up (2014) (autobiography)
External links
