Today's Birthdays

one click shows all of today's celebrity birthdays

Browse All Birthdays

43,625    Actors
27,931    Actresses
4,867    Composers
7,058    Directors
842    Footballers
221    Racing drivers
925    Singers
9,111    Writers

Get FamousLikeMe on your website
One line of code gets FamousLikeMe on your website. Find out more.

Subscribe to Daily updates


Add to Google

privacy policy



Famous Like Me > Actress > S > Claire Sweeney

Profile of Claire Sweeney on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Claire Sweeney  
   
Also Know As:
   
Date of Birth: 17th April 1972
   
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, UK
   
Profession: Actress
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Claire Sweeney (born April 17, 1972 in Liverpool) is a British actress who is best known for her role as Lindsey Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside.

Sweeney is also a talented singer, and has appeared as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago in London.

She trained at the Elliott-Clarke Stage School in Liverpool, and went on to the Italia Conti Stage School in London. After leaving the stage school, Sweeney had many singing engagements before landing the part of Lindsey in Brookside for a brief spell in 1991.

Sweeney entertained cruise ships for P&O as a singer for four years before returning to England. Upon her return, Sweeney reprised her role of Lindsey and remained on the show as a leading character until its demise in 2003.

In 2002 she released an album, Claire, consisting of a mix of original material and cover versions of well-known songs. It enjoyed only modest success.

Sweeney appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2001 in aid of Comic Relief.

She has also presented a number of shows, such as Challenge of a Lifetime and 60 Minute Makeover.

In 2004 she participated in Series One of the BBC One pro-celebrity ballroom dancing competition Strictly Come Dancing.

She won Rear of the year in 2001.

This content from Wikipedia is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Claire Sweeney