Sheree Murphy
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Born | August 22, 1975 Islington, North London, England |
Sheree Murphy (born 22 August 1975, Islington, North London), is an English actress and television presenter. A former student of the prestigious Italia Conti Academy, Murphy is best known for her role as Tricia Dingle in the long-running ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale and her appearance on the fifth series of the Reality TV show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Television Series
She is best known for her role as Tricia Dingle in the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, who she played from 1998 until 2004. It was announced in late 2003 that Sheree would leave Emmerdale in December 2003, so that she could spend more time with her family and two young children. She was killed off in a big New Year storyline.
Murphy has also appeared in episodes of The Royal and Only Fools and Horses.
[edit] Reality Show Appearance
In November and December 2005 Sheree, or 'Smurf' as she was nicknamed, appeared in the ITV Reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and was well received by contestants and viewers alike, finishing second to Carol Thatcher. She was noted for being "scared of everything", and for her sweet persona; as well as embarrassing her husband Harry Kewell with comments such as "he's got a peachy bum".
Since appearing in the show she has attracted a lot of attention from various sources, including the producers of the American series Desperate Housewives who reportedly thought that on the show they would find her English accent "cute".
[edit] Presenting work
In both 2005 and 2006 Murphy presented ITV2's coverage of The British Soap Awards. Murphy recently hosted Footballers' Cribs for MTV UK and VH1 UK, and has recently begun presenting on ITV1's lunchtime show Loose Women.
During the run of the ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Sheree presented the ITV1 spin-off series for series 6, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here! Exclusive with Phillip Schofield.
In January 2007, Sheree co-hosted ITV2's Soapstar Superstar: Bonus Tracks with Mark Durden-Smith and in November 2007 she presented This Morning's coverage of the seventh series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! every weekday morning.
[edit] Recent work
Sheree Murphy has recently been seen endorsing Cow and Gate and she was the face of the first ever Child Trust Fund Week.
[edit] Personal life
She is married to Australian footballer Harry Kewell. They met at the Majestyk club, a nightclub, in 2000 and were married on 24 May 2003 in Las Vegas. They have three children together, son, Taylor (born 2001) and daughters, Ruby Heather Toni (born 2003), and Matilda (born on 19 March 2008). The family live in Hale, Cheshire, and their house was once featured on Cribs on MTV. Has four brothers Adrian Murphy, Tyrone Murphy, Justin Murphy and Jayden Murphy.