Who is Kym Marsh on BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2022?
23.09.2022 - 21:10
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Strictly Come Dancing returns to our screens this weekend, with its launch show on Friday (September 23) and its first live programme on Saturday (September 24). A fresh line-up of stars are lacing up their dancing shoes and getting ready to take on the ballroom for the BBC One show's 20th series.
Presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will be back to keep the Strictly ship running as smoothly as possible. Meanwhile head judge Shirley Ballas will return to the panel, alongside judges Anton Du Beke, Motsi Mabuse and Craig Revel Horwood.
Soap actors, an 80s music legend and a former Britain's Got Talent child star are among the contestants gearing up to battle it out on the dance floor. The second celebrity confirmed as part of this year's line-up was Kym Marsh.
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Kym is well known for her role of Michelle Connor in Coronation Street, for which she won 'Best Newcomer' at both the National Television Awards and British Soap Awards. She joined the Salford-based soap in 2006 and announced in 2019 that she'd be leaving after 13 years in the role.
But she actually found fame as part of the band Hear’Say People saw her bag a place in the group after appearing on the hit show Popstars. After being part of the group for a year, she went on to pursue a solo career, releasing her debut solo album, Standing Tall, in 2003 which peaked at number 9 in the UK.
More recently, the 46-year-old played the notorious Alex in the touring theatre production of Fatal Attraction and is currently one of the presenters of BBC One’s Morning Live.
And things are set to get a lot busier for Kym as not only has she