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| Birth Name(s) : Kerry Jayne Elizabeth Katona |
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Television presenter, columnist entertainer |
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Full Kerry Katona Biography
Kerry Jayne Elizabeth Katona (born September 6, 1980 in Warrington, Cheshire, England) is an English television presenter, writer,magazine columnist and former pop singer with girl band Atomic Kitten.
Kerry Katona was brought up by her mother and her first memory was of her mother's attempted suicide. When she was very young she was placed in care and raised by four sets of foster parents. During that time, she went to eight different schools.
She left school at age 16 to become an 'exotic dancer' and then joined a dance troupe that toured Europe. She gained fame for being a member of the girl group Atomic Kitten. However she left in 2001 when she became pregnant. The band enjoyed limited success in the UK, but the group had a major hit in South East Asia with Cradle while she was a member. She later admitted to never singing on any of the group's songs, although her spoken voice was featured on the group's biggest hit "Whole Again" which reached #1 shortly after she left the girl group. In 2001, a nude photograph of her appeared in the UK tabloid newspaper The Sunday Sport.
Katona has since starred in an Irish drama called Showbands. In July 2005, she headlined My Fair Kerry on ITV1, where she was taught airs and graces to transform herself from ladette to lady. Despite the title of this programme, the conclusion she publicly drew from the programme was that "airs and graces don't mean nothing when you've got kids to look after."
In 2005, Dave Cunningham, a former teenage sweetheart, moved in with her for seven months, but Katona is now married to taxi driver Mark Croft. She was almost 8 months pregnant when they tied the knot.
Katona and Croft were married at Gretna Green in Scotland on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 in a private ceremony with 2 friends as witnesses.
She gave birth to a baby girl named Heidi Elizabeth Croft on February 20 2007, six days after her wedding. She was born at Warrington General Hospital weighing 5lbs. The baby was six weeks' premature and delivered by Caesarean section after Katona went into labour early.
She was announced in late September 2007 as expecting her fourth child and her second with husband Mark Croft. She was feared to have suffered a miscarriage but further examination found the fetus was still alive and is due in May 2008.
Although her celebrity status has declined, Katona has a regular column in OK! Magazine, has had the job of being the face of Iceland in newspaper and television advertisements and has also been paid to promote Asda. She is represented by Max Clifford.
She is a Patron of The Shannon Bradshaw Trust, a charity based in Warrington, helping children with life threatening conditions, and their families.
On July 15, 2007 Katona was allegedly taken hostage with her husband and daughter at their home in Wilmslow. Three burglars held them captive and allegedly even threatened to kill them, taking the family's mobile phones to make sure they could not contact anyone. Katona was allegedly held at knifepoint downstairs whilst other burglars forced her husband to show them where the valuables were kept. None of them were physically harmed but the burglars eventually left with a Blue BMW and other valuables, the total loss being in the region of £100-150,000. The family are currently staying with relatives and are unsure whether to return to the house, which they moved into about two months previously. On Tuesday night, 19 July, Police found the car, which was not damaged, 10 miles away on Reeves Road in Chorlton, Manchester. It was taken to a secure garage to be forensically examined.
On July 19, Katona was admitted to The Priory hospital suffering from bi-polar disorder. Her spokesman, Max Clifford, stated she had suffered from the disorder for some time but her recent symptoms were brought on by the armed robbery.
In August 2007, Kerry refused to take a drug test to prove that she can take care of her two children.
Katona released her own autobiography on October 5, 2006 titled Too Much, Too Young with ghostwriter Fanny Blake and Kerry's mother who consented to have her story told as well.“... I put my mum's life story in the book as well ... so people could understand my mum ... my mum was involved in the book heavily ... I asked my mum if I could do the book first ...”
In October 2007, Katona is due to release her first novel. Tough Love follows the story of the Crompton family and will be published by Ebury Press. She will also be releasing a further two novels about the Cromptons in Spring 2008. |
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