Megan McKenna can be described as a star of many talents. Born in Britain, he is a reality TV star, country music singer, entrepreneur, writer and more. In 2015, she fell into the limelight when she appeared on the reality series Ex on the Beach. The following year, she featured in two separate reality series The Only Way Is Essex and Celebrity Big Brother season 17.
After the success of her TV features, McKenna finally took advantage of her newfound fame to fully branch out into music in 2017. She dropped her debut EP in late 2017 and the following year she released her debut studio album. Story of me
Biography of Megan Mckenna
This multi-talented star was born Megan Elizabeth McKenna on September 26, 1992. Her father and mother are Tanya and Dave Mckenna and she was raised alongside two siblings, a younger sister called Millie and a brother named Harry.
Growing up, Mckenna studied at a number of performing arts schools including Ravenscourt Theater School in London and The Arts Educational Schools in Chiswick, London. Let’s take a closer look at the life of this multi-talented star in 5 highlights; his rise to fame, his musical career and other interesting details.
5 interesting facts you need to know
TV appearances
Megan Mckenna has many TV credits to her name. She appeared in seasons 4 and 5 of the reality series Ex on the Beach (2015-16) and on the 17th series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2016. Mckenna was also on the main cast of another TV show -reality Ex on the Beach (2016-17) from series 17 to 21. In 2018, she featured in the television series Celebrities on the Farm and was also a guest guest on the reality game show I’m a celebrity: Extra Camp. She has also acted in several other television series.
She headlined her own reality show
In 2017, the multi-talented star starred in her own reality show There’s Something About Megan. The show chronicles his trip to Nashville, USA in the summer of 2016 with the goal of breaking into the country music scene. We can say that this trip was a success, considering the results obtained.
His music
Megan Mckenna’s musical career dates back to her teenage years. Back in 2009, she took part in season 3 of the talent show England’s Got Talent as a member of a music duo “Harmony”. The duo reached the semi-finals of the competition before ultimately being eliminated.
Apparently, Mckenna took a break from music after appearing on England’s Got Talent in 2009. She finally launched a full-fledged music career in 2017 with the release of her debut EP. High heel shoes. The EP was released in September 2017 and contained 2 hits ‘High Heeled Shoes’ and ‘Far Cry from Love’ which both reached number 1 on the UK iTunes chart within 24 hours of release.
Following the success of her debut EP, the multi-talented star released her debut studio album Story of Me in December 2018. The album debuted at the top of the iTunes country chart in the UK and also reached the top 10 on iTunes list in UK.
Other companies
Beyond her thriving showbiz career, Megan Mckenna also has other profitable ventures under her belt. She set up a ‘MCK Grill’ restaurant in Woodford Green, east London, in May 2017.
2018 was indeed a very busy year for the British Born as she just released her first clothing line “Studio Mouthy” as well as a cosmetics line “Mouthy Cosmetics”. In July 2018, Mckenna also released her autobiography. Mouth which was ranked number 1 on the Sunday Times bestseller list.
Relationship history
Megan Mckenna is also known to have quite an interesting dating timeline. Some of her famous ex-boyfriends include Stephen Bear, Jordan Davies, Scott Timlin and Scotty T and Pete Wicks. The multi-talented star is known to have been involved with English-born actor Harry Eden.
Mckenna also had a high-profile romantic collaboration with English-born professional footballer and reality TV star Mike Thalassitis in a rather brief relationship in 2018. They first met in late 2017, but after dating 7 months, they separated in July 2018. Following their acrimonious split, the former lovers made headlines due to domestic violence allegations.