Coleen Patricia Nolan born 12 March is an English singer, television personality and author. She was a member of the pop group The Nolans , in which she sang with her sisters.
With over 30 million records sold worldwide, The Nolans are one of the world's biggest selling girl groups. From to , she co-presented the ITV daytime show This Morning , and later returned to the show from to as a presenter of the interactive hub segments. In , she competed on the fourth series of the ITV show Dancing on Ice , in which she finished in fourth place. In , Nolan appeared on the tenth series of the Channel 5 reality series Celebrity Big Brother , finishing as runner-up.
She returned to Celebrity Big Brother in , winning the nineteenth series. She is the youngest of eight children and the only one born in England. On 5 February , Nolan made her first television appearance with her sisters when she was almost nine years old, as The Nolans appeared on the It's Cliff Richard! That same year they released their debut single, "But I Do", with Coleen singing lead vocals.
Owing to her age, Coleen would not become a full-time member of the group until , when she was fifteen, although she does appear in the music video to their hit " I'm In the Mood for Dancing ", which reached number three in the UK singles chart. She left Loose Women on 28 July [ 7 ] only to return again on 7 October as a regular panellist. Nolan presented the programme, The Truth About In , Nolan played the part of Janelle Cooper in the short comedy film, Rattler.
Of her appearance on the show Nolan said, "I've never really skated. We'd skate round once, hanging on to each other, and spend the rest of the night posing, like year-old girls do. I could only go forwards, I couldn't stop! On 15 August , Nolan was announced as the eleventh celebrity to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house on Channel 5.
