Kelly Brook - Models
Summary
"Kelly Brook" (born "Kelly Ann Parsons" on 23 November 1979) is an English model, actress, and occasional swimwear designer and television presenter.
Biography
After leaving school in Rochester, Brook studied at the Italia Conti stage school in London for three years before becoming a professional model.
Model
Brook's modeling career began at 16 after winning a beauty competition, her early work was in a range of advertising campaigns, including for the new 'Bravissimo' company that specializes in bras and lingerie for big breasted women, and for Foster's beer. Brook is 5 feet, 6 inches (168 cm) tall, and her voluptuous figure caught the eye of the editorial team of the "Daily Star" who began featuring her as a Page Three girl.
She then appeared in a Pulp video 'Help the aged' with Huck Whitney of the cult band The Flaming Stars, in a slow dance sequence.
Brook's picture soon began appearing in other lad mags such as "FHM" (repeatedly landing in its list of the '100 Sexiest Women of the Year') and "Loaded". She topped the 'FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005' list, which was said to have polled 15 million people. In a poll over 5,000 women in April 2005 for "Grazia" magazine she was considered to have the best British female body. She ranked 5th at 'FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006' list.
Brook has also done a large amount of commercial swimwear, sportswear, and hosiery modelling, and a limited amount of nude & semi-nude modelling. Some modelling work for Triumph Bras caused quite a stir because of specially commissioned 50-foot high billboards of Brook's bust.
In 2005, Brook shot a ten page, mostly nude black and white portfolio with photographer David Bailey. The shoot featured in British design magazine November 2005 issue of Arena magazine.
In 2006, she released successful ranges of swimwear and lingerie at New Look stores nationwide.
In February 2007, it was announced that Kelly had signed a contract, reported to be worth £1m, to be the new face and body of Unilever's Lynx body spray, known as Axe in the US and on continental Europe. Kelly has been on billboards, in newspapers and online as part of the advertising campaign. (http://www.utalkmarketing.com/Article.aspx?id=1502) "Utalkmarketing.com" Retrieved on 05-01-07
Presenter
In 1997, still barely 18, Brook started getting work presenting youth television programmes on MTV, Granada and Trouble TV.
Brook had a breakthrough into mainstream presenting in January 1999 when she was chosen to replace Denise van Outen as the female half of "The Big Breakfast" presenting team, alongside Johnny Vaughan. Brook's tenure was not a success. She failed to recreate the on-screen chemistry that van Outen had achieved with Vaughan, and also appeared to have trouble with some of the technical aspects of live presentation: scriptwriters were requested to keep difficult words to a minimum when writing for her. She left the show in July, 1999. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/408073.stm) "News.bbc.co.uk" Retrieved on 05-01-07
Brook picked up roles presenting for MTV again. In 2005 she presented the reality television programme Celebrity Love Island for ITV.
Actress
Kelly Brook has appeared in minor roles in a string of movies including "Sorted" and "Ripper". She played the girlfriend of Clark Kent/Superman's best friend Lex Luthor in four episodes of Warner Brothers' "Smallville" during the show's first season (2001 - 2002). She has also completed assignments as a movie actress in Canada and made a short appearance as Lyle's girlfriend in the 2003 movie "The Italian Job". In 2004 she played character Nikki Morris in the video game "Need for Speed Underground 2", alongside Brooke Burke. Brook's first starring role was in "School for Seduction", a 2004 film.
In 2005 she appeared in the Philippe Vidal film "House of 9", a thriller about nine seemingly unconnected strangers captured and locked in a house together. The people are forced to compete against one another, in order to survive.
She recently starred in a "Marple" drama on ITV. She caused a minor controversy over her most recent film "Survival Island" (previously known as "Three"), in which she co-starred with fiancé Billy Zane, when Brook and Zane requested her nude scenes be excised from the final cut, which the producers refused to do.
Theatre work
In December 2000 she played lap dancer Anya in the play "Eye Contact" at the Riverside Theatre in Hammersmith, a role that gathered considerable tabloid publicity as the finale of the show involved Brook stripping naked.
Strictly Come Dancing
On 13 September 2007 it was announced that Brook is participating in the 2007 celebrity dancing competition "Strictly Come Dancing" on BBC1 with professional ballroom dance partner Brendan Cole.
Filmography
"Sorted" (2000) as Sarah
"The (Mis)Adventures of Fiona Plum" (2001) as Fiona Plum
"Ripper" (2001) as Marisa Tavares
"Smallville" (2002, 4 episodes) as Victoria Hardwick
"Absolon" (2003) as Claire
"The Italian Job" (2003) as Lyle's Girlfriend
"School for Seduction" (2004) as Sophia Rosselini
"House of 9" (2005) as Lea
"Romy and Michele: In the Beginning" (2005) as Linda Fashiobella
"Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo" (2005) as Beautiful Woman in Painting
"Survival Island" (2005/2006) as Jennifer
"Marple": 'The Moving Finger' (2006) as Elsie Holland
"In the Mood" (2006) as Eva
"Hotel Babylon": 'Episode #2.3' (2007) as Lady Catherine Stanwood
"Fishtales" (2007) as Neried
External links
(Latest News And Gossip On Kelly Brook At Unreality TV)
Credit
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