English actress Michelle Elizabeth Keegan, who was born on June 3, 1987, is best known for playing Sergeant Georgie Lane in the BBC drama series Our Girl and Tina McIntyre in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. In the BBC One drama Ordinary Lies, the biographical Tina and Bobby, and the Sky Max comedy Brassic, Keegan also played Tracy Shawcross, Tina Moore, and Erin Croft, respectively.
Keegan was offered the role of Tina McIntyre in Coronation Street in late 2007, after only her second audition, and accepted the role, beating out around 900 other people who auditioned. Tina was killed off on June 2, 2014, after she decided to leave the show after six years in 2013. Tina, Keegan’s character on the show, appeared in a number of high-profile storylines. In 2010, The Guardian named her one of the top ten Coronation Street characters of all time. In 2008, the actress traveled to South Africa to film Coronation Street: Out of Africa, a Coronation Street spinoff in which she played Tina.
Keegan made her radio debut in June 2009, co-hosting BBC Radio 1’s The Official Chart. She appeared on the cover of FHM magazine in January 2011 and was ranked 30th and 26th in their 100 Sexiest Women polls in 2010 and 2011, respectively. She appeared on their cover again in March 2013 and was ranked fourth in the 2013 poll, eventually winning in 2015.
Who was Michelle Keegan engaged to in 2011?
Keegan began dating The Wanted singer Max George in December 2010. The couple got engaged in June 2011, but they split up the following year.