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			{{Short description\|British actress, media personality, and singer (born 1971)}}
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	{{short description\|English actress, singer and television personality}}
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	\| caption = Holden in 2014		\| caption = Holden in 2014
	\| birth_name = Amanda Louise Holden		\| birth_name = Amanda Louise Holden
	\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1971\|2\|16\|df=~~yes~~}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1971\|2\|16\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = ], ], England		\| birth_place = ], ], England
	\| occupation = {{hlist\|~~Actress\|media~~ personality}}		\| occupation = {{hlist\|Media personality\|actress\|singer}}
	\| years_active = 1991–present		\| years_active = 1991–present
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|]\|1995\|2003\|reason=~~div.~~}}~~<br/>~~{{marriage\|Chris Hughes\|10 December 2008}}		\| spouse = {{Unbulleted list
			\| {{marriage\|]\|1995\|2003\|reason=divorced}}
			\| {{marriage\|Chris Hughes\|10 December 2008}}
			\| partner = ] (2000–2002)
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	\| children = 3		\| children = 3
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	\| agent = James Grant<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.jamesgrant.com/blog/profile/amanda-holden/\|title=Amanda Holden \|publisher= James Grant Group\|access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref>
	\| television =		\| television =
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	'''Amanda Louise Holden''' (born 16 February 1971)<ref name="dob">{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/may/01/furthereducation.uk2 \|title=College Days \|work=] \|date=1 May 2001 \|access-date=5 July 2018\|archive-date=28 January 2020\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200128212042/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/may/01/furthereducation.uk2\|url-status=live\|quote=Born February 16, 1971}}</ref> is an English actress and ~~media personality~~. Since 2007, she has ~~judged~~ on the television talent ~~show~~ competition '']'' on ].		'''Amanda Louise Holden''' (born 16 February 1971)<ref name="dob">{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/may/01/furthereducation.uk2 \|title=College Days \|work=] \|date=1 May 2001 \|access-date=5 July 2018\|archive-date=28 January 2020\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200128212042/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/may/01/furthereducation.uk2\|url-status=live\|quote=Born February 16, 1971}}</ref> is an English media personality, actress and singer. Since 2007, she has been a judge on the television talent competition show '']'' on ]. She also co-hosts the national ] radio show with ] on weekday mornings.

			Holden grew up in ] and took an interest in acting and ] while at school. She played the title role in the musical stage show ] in 2004, for which she was nominated for a ]. Her acting credits on television include '']'' (1998–2001), ] (1999–2001), '']'' (2002–2004), '']'' (2006–2008), and ] (2009). Holden has also presented various television shows for ITV, including '']'' (2009–2014), '']'' (2012), '']'' (2014–2015, 2017), '']'' (2015), and '']'' (2015).
	On 14 February 2021, despite well-publicised national ] lockdown, the ] reported<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56058923 \| title=Amanda Holden 'devastated' at lockdown rule break \| publisher = BBC \| access-date = 15 February 2021}}</ref> that Holden had just undertaken a 200-mile journey to see her parents in ], coincidentally immediately before her fiftieth birthday. The nation-wide lockdown laws<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/04/tier-4-covid-rules-in-england-latest-restrictions-explained \| title=Tier 4 Covid rules in England: latest restrictions explained \| publisher = Guardian Newspaper\| access-date =14 February 2021}}</ref> strictly forbad travel outside a person's immediate region. Holden said she received a distressed call from her father, which prompted her to ignore these laws and the lives and safety of others, despite there having been in excess of 117,000 deaths<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/13/covid-uk-coronavirus-cases-deaths-and-vaccinations-today/\|title=Covid: UK Coronavirus cases, deaths and vaccinations today\|publisher= Guardian\|access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>, and a daily average of more than 915<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths\|title=Deaths within 28 days of positive test by date of death \|publisher= UK Government\|access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref> deaths in the preceding month. Holden claimed as she is regularly tested as part of her job, she was less of a risk, conveniently overlooking her young children and their wider interactions. Holden failed to mention she could still be carrying the virus, despite showing no symptoms, let alone showing no concern for how she would need to interact with others or how she would use public infrastructure on the journey, such as when fuelling her car on the 400-mile round journey. Holden was reported to the police by her parents' neighbours, who would have been able to help her distressed father anyway. Clearly, others who could have assisted Holden's father would have included the emergency services whose valuable time was wasted by Holden. Holden said she was 'devasted' at being caught. At the time of the BBC article, in order to make up for her offensive and risky journey when the UK was crippled by the effects of Covid, Holden hadn't volunteered for extensive rehabilitation work with Covid patients who are now leaving hospital after lengthy life-threatening illnesses.

			In 2013, Holden released her autobiography, ''No Holding Back'', which became a ] bestseller.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Brands: Amanda's Autobiography 'No Holding Back' – Official Amanda Holden Website \|url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/brands/amandas-autobiography-no-holding-back \|access-date=2022-08-30 \|website=www.officialamandaholden.com}}</ref> In 2020, she released her debut studio album, ''],'' which reached the top 5 on the ].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Amanda Holden releases debut album Songs From My Heart \|url=https://www.heart.co.uk/radio/shows-presenters/heart-breakfast-jamie-theakston-amanda-holden/amanda-holden-releases-debut-album-songs-from-my-heart/ \|access-date=2022-08-30 \|website=Heart \|language=en}}</ref>
	Holden played the title role in the musical stage show ] in 2004, for which she was nominated for a ]. She went on to play the role of Sarah Trevanion in the ITV drama series ] (2006–2008).<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Biography - Official Amanda Holden Website\|url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/biography\|access-date=18 August 2020\|website=www.officialamandaholden.com}}</ref> Her other acting credits include '']'' (1998–2001), ] (1999–2001), '']'' (2002–2004), and ] (2009). Holden has also presented various television shows for ITV, including '']'' (2009–2014), '']'' (2012), '']'' (2014–2018), '']'' (2015), and '']'' (2015).

	In 2019, Holden became the co-host of the ] radio show with ]. The following year, she released her debut studio album, ''].''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=Amanda Holden releases debut album Songs From My Heart\|url=https://www.heart.co.uk/radio/shows-presenters/heart-breakfast-jamie-theakston-amanda-holden/amanda-holden-releases-debut-album-songs-from-my-heart/\|access-date=2 October 2020\|website=Heart\|language=en}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
			Holden was born in ], ],<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/amanda-holden-on-growing-up-in-hampshire-7241458\|title=Amanda Holden on growing up in Bishop's Waltham, her charity work and her weakness for latte and cake\|date=10 September 2018\|accessdate=12 September 2021}}</ref> and spent much of her childhood in ], and aged nine she joined Bishop's Waltham Little Theatre Company.
	Although born in ], Holden spent much of her childhood in ], and at age nine, she joined Bishop's Waltham Little Theatre Company. She attended ] Secondary School (now ]), where a teacher recalled that she had a natural talent on stage. At 16 she moved to ],<ref name=echo>{{cite newspaper\|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10791541.Britain_s_Got_Talent_star_Amanda_Holden_comes_home/ \|title=Britain's Got Talent star Amanda Holden comes home \|work=]\|location=Southampton, UK \|access-date=5 February 2015\|archive-date=2 September 2020\|archive-url=https://archive.is/nqzv2\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=echo2>{{cite newspaper\|url= http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9428405.Plaque_honour_for_Amanda_Holden_s_old_home/ \|title=Plaque Honour for Amanda Holden's Old Home \|work=Daily Echo\|location=Southampton, UK \|access-date=26 May 2016}}</ref> before moving to South London to attend ].<ref name=mountview>. Retrieved 26 May 2016</ref>

			She attended the secondary community school ]. At age 16, she relocated to ],<ref name="echo">{{cite news\|date=7 November 2013\|title=Britain's Got Talent star Amanda Holden comes home\|work=]\|location=Southampton, UK\|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10791541.Britain_s_Got_Talent_star_Amanda_Holden_comes_home/\|url-status=live\|access-date=5 February 2015\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200902230651/https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10791541.fans-turn-out-as-tv-star-amanda-holden-returns-to-home-town-of-bishops-waltham/\|archive-date=2 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="echo2">{{cite news\|last=Phillips\|first=Bethan\|date=20 December 2011\|title=Plaque Honour for Amanda Holden's Old Home\|work=Daily Echo\|location=Southampton, UK\| url= http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9428405.Plaque_honour_for_Amanda_Holden_s_old_home/\|access-date=26 May 2016}}</ref> before moving to South London to attend ].<ref>{{Cite web\| title= Amanda Holden awarded Honorary Doctorate at Mountview Graduation 2019\|url=https://www.mountview.org.uk/news/amanda-holden-awarded-honorary-doctorate-at-mountview-graduation-2019/\|access-date=2021-08-01\|website=Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts}}</ref>
	==Career==

			==Career==
	===Television===		===Television===
	Holden's first television appearance was as a contestant on the game show '']'' in 1991. From 2006 to 2008, Holden appeared as Sarah Trevanian in three series of ITV's '']'' co-starring ].		Holden's first television appearance was as a contestant on the game show '']'' in 1991. From 2006 to 2008, Holden appeared as Sarah Trevanian in three series of ITV's '']'' co-starring ].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Biography - Official Amanda Holden Website\|url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/biography\|access-date=18 August 2020\|website=www.officialamandaholden.com}}</ref>

			In 1997, she was a cast member of pioneering Channel 5 sketch show, "We Know Where You Live" alongside ], ], Ella Kenion, Fiona Allen and Jeremy Fowlds.{{Citation needed\|date=June 2023}}
	Holden's other TV credits include three series of the comedy '']'' with ] and ], three series of the ITV's '']'', ''Celeb'' with ], BBC series '']'' with ], the '']'' episode "The Problem at Gallowes Gate" and a ] special '']'' episode "4.50 From Paddington" opposite ] and ]. She also co-starred with ] and ] in '']'', ]'s comedy drama. Holden is a judge on '']'' along with ], ], and ]. She joined the show in 2006.

			Holden's other TV credits include three series of the comedy '']'' with ] and ], three series of ITV's '']'', one series of '']'', ''Celeb'' with ], BBC series '']'' with ], the '']'' episode "The Problem at Gallowes Gate", and a ] special '']'' episode "4.50 From Paddington" opposite ] and ]. She co-starred with ] and ] in '']'', a comedy drama by ]. Holden is a judge on '']'' along with ], ], and ]. She joined the show in 2007.
	She has appeared on British series such as '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and with ] in comedy series ''Celeb''.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web \|url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/biography.aspx \|title=Biography \|publisher=Amanda Holden official website\|access-date=10 May 2010 }}</ref>

			She has appeared on British series such as '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web \|url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/biography.aspx \|title=Biography \|publisher=Amanda Holden official website\|access-date=10 May 2010}}</ref>
	In 2009, Holden appeared as Lizzie, the Ring Mistress in the BBC sitcom '']''. In April 2009, it was reported that the US network CBS had offered Holden the job of the one-time guest presenter on '']'', a daytime talk show. On 1 June 2009, she appeared with regular presenters ] and ]. Holden has since signed up with CBS as a British correspondent for ''The Early Show''.

			In 2009, Holden appeared as Lizzie, the Ring Mistress, in the BBC circus sitcom '']''. In April 2009 it was reported the US network CBS had offered Holden a job as one-time guest presenter on '']'', a daytime talk show. On 1 June 2009 she appeared with regular presenters ] and ]. Holden has since signed with CBS as a British correspondent for ''The Early Show''.
	From 2009 until 2014, Holden co-presented '']'' annually on ITV with ]. In January 2010, she presented her own four-part series, ''Amanda Holden's Fantasy Lives'', in which she tried out four of her dream jobs including working as a showgirl in Paris and a magician's assistant in Las Vegas.

			From 2009 until 2014 Holden co-presented '']'' annually on ITV with ]. In January 2010 she presented her own three-part series, ''Amanda Holden's Fantasy Lives'', in which she tried out three of her dream jobs.<ref>{{cite web\|date=1 October 2009\|title=ITV1 series to test Amanda Holden's talent in 'fantasy' jobs\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/oct/01/amanda-holden-fantasy-lives-itv1\|access-date=5 August 2022\|website=theguardian.com}}</ref>
	In 2010, Holden co-presented '']'' with ]. In 2011, Holden narrated the documentary '']'' on ITV. On 6 July 2012, Holden guest presented an episode of '']'', standing in for ]. She returned to guest present six further episodes of the show from 4–8 April and 4 July 2016.

			In 2010, Holden co-presented '']'' with ]. In 2011, Holden narrated the documentary '']'' on ITV. On 6 July 2012 Holden guest presented an episode of '']'', standing in for ]. She returned to guest present six further episodes of the show from 4 to 8 April and on 4 July 2016.
	In 2012, Holden presented talent show '']'' on ITV. On 24 March 2014, she hosted an episode of the ] show '']'' about the treatment for stillbirths and miscarriages.

			In 2012, Holden presented talent show '']'' on ITV. On 24 March 2014 she hosted an episode of the ] show '']'' about the treatment for stillbirths and miscarriages.
	]		]

	From 22 September to 18 December 2014, Holden filled in as a co-host on '']'' with ] during ]'s maternity leave. She took a short break in January and February 2015 to record the '']'' auditions. ] stood in for Holden during this time, before ~~she~~ ~~returning~~ to the show from 2 March until 17 July 2015.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/christine-bleakley-and-amanda-holden-return-itvs-morning-co-host-phillip-schofield \|~~title~~=~~Christine Bleakley~~ and ~~Amanda Holden~~ return ~~to ITV's This Morning to~~ co-host ~~with Phillip Schofield in 2015 \| press~~-~~centre \|website=Itv.com~~ \|date=10 December 2014 \|access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref> She returned to ''This Morning'' in 2017, to co-present numerous episodes with ].		From 22 September to 18 December 2014, Holden filled in as a co-host on '']'' with ] during ]'s maternity leave. She took a short break in January and February 2015 to record the '']'' auditions. ] stood in for Holden during this time, before the latter returned to the show from 2 March until 17 July 2015.<ref>{{cite web\|date=10 December 2014\|title=Christine Bleakley and Amanda Holden return to ITV's This Morning to co-host with Phillip Schofield in 2015\|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/christine-bleakley-and-amanda-holden-return-itvs-morning-co-host-phillip-schofield\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228224324/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/christine-bleakley-and-amanda-holden-return-itvs-morning-co-host-phillip-schofield\|archive-date=28 December 2014\|access-date=5 February 2015\|website=ITV.com}}</ref> She returned to ''This Morning'' in 2017, to co-present numerous episodes with ].

			Holden presented a six-part factual series for ITV called '']'', which worked alongside the ] finding homes for animals. The series aired in April and May 2015.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=5 March 2015\|title=ITV joins forces with the RSPCA for a brand new show, Give A Pet A Home, hosted by Amanda Holden\|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-joins-forces-rspca-brand-new-show-give-pet-home-hosted-amanda-holden\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150309100434/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-joins-forces-rspca-brand-new-show-give-pet-home-hosted-amanda-holden\|archive-date=9 March 2015\|website=ITV.com}}</ref>

			On 18 December 2015 Holden was part of the presenting team for ITV's Christmas telethon '']''. In 2016 she presented '']'', a factual series for the ] television channel.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Bullimore\|first=Emma\|date=30 September 2016\|title=Amanda Holden has something to tell you about her new show: 'I love eavesdropping!'\|url=https://www.whattowatch.com/news/amanda-holden-secrets-eavesdropping-418347\|access-date=1 August 2021\|website=What to Watch}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web\|last=Fletcher\|first=Harry\|date=1 March 2016\|title=Amanda Holden to host I've Got Something to Tell You\|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a785268/amanda-holden-will-get-big-confessions-out-of-ordinary-people-on-ive-got-something-to-tell-you/\|website=Digital Spy}}</ref> She appeared as Miss Pentangle in ]'s '']'' in 2017. Holden made a guest appearance in the Australian soap opera '']'' as ] in 2022. She began filming for the show in London during October 2021.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a37895593/neighbours-spoilers-amanda-holden-london-harlow/\|title=Neighbours casts Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden for special London storyline\|last=Lee\|first=Jess\|date=7 October 2021\|publisher=]\|access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref>
	Holden presented a six-part factual series for ITV called '']'' which worked alongside the ] finding homes for animals. The series aired in April and May 2015.<ref>{{cite press release\|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-joins-forces-rspca-brand-new-show-give-pet-home-hosted-amanda-holden\|title=ITV joins forces with the RSPCA for a brand new show, Give A Pet A Home, hosted by Amanda Holden\|publisher=]\|date=5 March 2015\|archive-date=9 March 2015\|archive-url=https://archive.is/eHtmJ\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

			In 2021, she started appearing in a new comedy mockumentary series from '']'' creator ]. The programme was called ''The Holden Girls: Mandy & Myrtle'' and featured Francis in drag with heavy make-up as Amanda's nan Myrtle. The show launched on the E4 channel with 601,938 viewers and was repeated on Channel 4. The show was axed after one series.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23442587.channel-4-axes-holden-girls-mandy-myrtle-one-series/ \| title=Channel 4 axes Holden Girls: Mandy & Myrtle after one series \| date=7 Apr 2023}}</ref>
	On 18 December 2015, Holden was part of the presenting team for ITV's Christmas telethon '']''. In 2016, she presented '']'', a factual series for the ] television channel.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/amanda-holden-secrets-eavesdropping-418347/\|title=Amanda Holden has something to tell you about her new show: 'I love eavesdropping!'\|date=30 September 2016\|website=Whatsontv.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a785268/amanda-holden-will-get-big-confessions-out-of-ordinary-people-on-ive-got-something-to-tell-you/\|title=Amanda Holden to host I've Got Something to Tell You\|date=1 March 2016\|website=Digitalspy.com}}</ref> She appeared as ] in ]'s '']'' in 2017.

	===Theatre===		===Theatre===
	Holden has appeared in several stage musicals and in 2004, was nominated for a ] for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in the West End production of '']'',<ref name="Bio" /> which closed earlier than expected in June 2004.<ref name="stage-E8821086257644">{{cite web \|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8821086257644/Thoroughly+Modern+Millie+Posts+Closing+Notices.html \|~~title=Thoroughly Modern Millie Posts Closing Notices \|website=Whatsonstage.com \|date=3 June 2004 \|access~~-~~date~~=~~10 May 2010~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615174845/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8821086257644/Thoroughly+Modern+Millie+Posts+Closing+Notices.html \|archive-date=15 June 2011 \|~~url~~-~~status~~=~~dead~~ }}</ref><ref name="stage-E8821086888021">{{cite web \|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/gossip/theatre/london/E8821086888021/Modern+Millie+Cast+Defends+Holden%3F%3F%3F.html \|~~title=Modern Millie Cast Defends Holden??? \|website=Whatsonstage.com \|date=10 June 2004 \|access~~-~~date~~=~~10 May 2010~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615174909/http://www.whatsonstage.com/gossip/theatre/london/E8821086888021/Modern+Millie+Cast+Defends+Holden%3F%3F%3F.html \|archive-date=15 June 2011 \|~~url~~-~~status~~=~~dead~~ }}</ref>		Holden has appeared in several stage musicals, and in 2004 was nominated for the ] for her performance in the ] production of '']'',<ref name="Bio" /> which closed earlier than expected in June 2004.<ref name="stage-E8821086257644">{{cite web\|last=Paddock\|first=Terri\|date=3 June 2004\|title=''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' Posts Closing Notices\|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8821086257644/Thoroughly+Modern+Millie+Posts+Closing+Notices.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615174845/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8821086257644/Thoroughly+Modern+Millie+Posts+Closing+Notices.html\|archive-date=15 June 2011\|access-date=10 May 2010\|website=Whatsonstage.com}}</ref><ref name="stage-E8821086888021">{{cite web\|date=10 June 2004\|title=''Modern Millie'' Cast Defends Holden???\|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/gossip/theatre/london/E8821086888021/Modern+Millie+Cast+Defends+Holden%3F%3F%3F.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615174909/http://www.whatsonstage.com/gossip/theatre/london/E8821086888021/Modern+Millie+Cast+Defends+Holden%3F%3F%3F.html\|archive-date=15 June 2011\|access-date=10 May 2010\|website=Whatsonstage.com}}</ref>

	Holden finished playing the role of ] in the original West End production of '']'', which began on 6 May 2011. The show opened at the ] on 14 June 2011.<ref name="bbc-10816624">{{cite news \| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10816624 \|title=Amanda Holden to star in Shrek musical \|~~publisher~~=BBC News \|date=30 July 2010 }}</ref> She starred with ], ] and ]. Holden departed the show on 3 October 2011, ten weeks earlier than planned, to focus on her unborn child and was replaced by ] singer ]. For this role, Holden won the ].<ref name="stage-E8831329493377">{{cite web \|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831329493377/Full+List%3A+2012+Whatsonstage.com+Award+winners.html \|title=Full List: 2012 Whatsonstage.com Award winners \|website=Whatsonstage.com \|date=19 February 2012 \|access-date=25 February 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223125532/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831329493377/Full+List:+2012+Whatsonstage.com+Award+winners.html \|archive-date=23 February 2012 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2016, Holden starred in a West End revival of '']''<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/bath-theatre/news/amanda-holden-stepping-out_39948.html\|~~title~~=~~Amanda~~ ~~Holden~~ ~~to lead the cast of Stepping Out~~\|website=Whatsonstage.com ~~\|access-date=15 December 2016~~}}</ref> and reprised her role when it opened at the ] in March 2017.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.boxoffice.co.uk/news/amanda-holden-and-tamzin-outhwaite-in-stepping-out-at-the-vaudeville-theatre-1325.aspx\|~~title~~=~~Amanda~~ ~~Holden and Tamzin Outhwaite in Stepping Out at the Vaudeville Theatre~~ \|website=Boxoffice.co.uk \|~~access~~-date=15 December 2016}}</ref>		Holden finished playing the role ] in the original West End production of '']'', which began on 6 May 2011. The show opened at the ] on 14 June 2011.<ref name="bbc-10816624">{{cite news \| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10816624 \|title=Amanda Holden to star in Shrek musical \|work=BBC News \|date=30 July 2010}}</ref> She starred with ], ], and ]. Holden departed the show on 3 October 2011, ten weeks earlier than planned, to focus on her unborn child and was replaced by ] singer ]. For this role, Holden won the ].<ref name="stage-E8831329493377">{{cite web \|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831329493377/Full+List%3A+2012+Whatsonstage.com+Award+winners.html \|title=Full List: 2012 Whatsonstage.com Award winners \|website=Whatsonstage.com \|date=19 February 2012 \|access-date=25 February 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223125532/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831329493377/Full+List:+2012+Whatsonstage.com+Award+winners.html \|archive-date=23 February 2012 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016 Holden starred in a West End revival of '']''<ref>{{cite web\|last=Cole\|first=Emily\|date=11 March 2016\|title=Amanda Holden to lead the cast of ''Stepping Out''\|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/bath-theatre/news/amanda-holden-stepping-out_39948.html\|access-date=15 December 2016\|website=Whatsonstage.com}}</ref> and reprised her role when it opened at the ] in March 2017.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Packer\|first=Chris\|date=23 September 2016\|title=Amanda Holden and Tamzin Outhwaite in Stepping Out at the Vaudeville Theatre\|url=http://www.boxoffice.co.uk/news/amanda-holden-and-tamzin-outhwaite-in-stepping-out-at-the-vaudeville-theatre-1325.aspx\|access-date=15 December 2016\|website=Boxoffice.co.uk\|archive-date=20 December 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220111823/http://www.boxoffice.co.uk/news/amanda-holden-and-tamzin-outhwaite-in-stepping-out-at-the-vaudeville-theatre-1325.aspx\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	===Film===		===Film===
	In 1996, Holden played Pamela in '']''. In 1999, she appeared as a shoe shop assistant in '']''. She was uncredited in the 2013 film '']''.		In 1996, Holden played Pamela in '']''. In 1999 she appeared as a shoe-shop assistant in '']''. She was uncredited in the 2013 film '']''.

	===Radio===		===Radio===
	~~It was announced in~~ April 2019 ~~that~~ Holden would replace ], as ~~the~~ co-host of ''Heart Breakfast'' with ], at the same time as it went national on 3 June.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Join Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden for the All New Heart Breakfast\|url=https://www.heart.co.uk/radio/heart-breakfast-jamie-theakston-amanda-holden/\|access-date=28 October 2020\|website=Heart\|~~language~~=en}}</ref>		In April 2019, it was announced Holden would replace ] as co-host of ''Heart Breakfast'' with ], at the same time as it went national on 3 June.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=3 June 2019\|title=Join Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden for the All New Heart Breakfast\|url=https://www.heart.co.uk/radio/heart-breakfast-jamie-theakston-amanda-holden/\|access-date=28 October 2020\|website=Heart\|archive-date=24 September 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924183143/https://www.heart.co.uk/radio/heart-breakfast-jamie-theakston-amanda-holden/\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	=== Music ===		===Music===
			In 2019, Holden signed a recording contract with ].<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Ingate\|first=Kathryn\|date=14 July 2019\|title=Amanda Holden revealed she is 'thrilled' to launch music career with HUGE record deal\|newspaper=]\|location=UK\|url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1153323/Amanda-Holden-singing-tightrope-Instagram-music-record-deal-news-latest\|access-date=14 July 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503210750/https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1153323/Amanda-Holden-singing-tightrope-Instagram-music-record-deal-news-latest\|archive-date=3 May 2020}}</ref> In 2020 she released her debut studio album, '']'', through ].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|date=2 October 2020\|title=Amanda Holden releases debut album Songs From My Heart\|url=https://www.heart.co.uk/radio/shows-presenters/heart-breakfast-jamie-theakston-amanda-holden/amanda-holden-releases-debut-album-songs-from-my-heart/\|access-date=2 October 2020\|website=Heart}}</ref> It reached number four on the ].
	In 2020, Holden released her debut studio album, '']'', through ], which reached number four on the ].

	=== Other work ===		===Other work===
	In July 2009, Holden became a gossip columnist for the ].<ref>{{cite web\|last=Hyde\|first=Marina\|date=7 July 2011\|title=Did the News of the World target Amanda Holden before giving her a job?\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2011/jul/07/news-of-world-amanda-holden\|access-date=12 September 2013\|work=The Guardian}}</ref>		In July 2009, Holden became a gossip columnist for the '']''.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Hyde\|first=Marina\|date=7 July 2011\|title=Did the News of the World target Amanda Holden before giving her a job?\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2011/jul/07/news-of-world-amanda-holden\|access-date=12 September 2013\|work=The Guardian}}</ref>

	From 2010 until 2012, Holden appeared in television commercial adverts for supermarket chain ]. Since 2012, she has appeared in ~~the~~ television ~~commercial adverts~~ for Danone Oykos low fat yoghurt.		From 2010 until 2012 Holden appeared in television commercial adverts for supermarket chain ]. Since 2012 she has appeared in television commercials for ] Oykos low-fat yoghurt.

	In October 2013, Amanda released her autobiography ~~called~~ ''No Holding Back''<ref>{{cite web\|date=7 November 2013\|title=Watch: Amanda Doesn't Hold Back\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/11/07/amanda-holden-autobiography-no-holding-back_n_4231598.html\|website=HuffPost UK}}</ref> which became a ''Sunday Times'' best-seller.		In October 2013, Amanda released her autobiography, ''No Holding Back'',<ref>{{cite web\|last=Percival\|first=Ash\|date=7 November 2013\|title=Watch: Amanda Doesn't Hold Back\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/11/07/amanda-holden-autobiography-no-holding-back_n_4231598.html\|website=HuffPost UK}}</ref> which became a '']'' best seller.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Brands: Amanda's Autobiography 'No Holding Back' - Official Amanda Holden Website\|url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/brands/amandas-autobiography-no-holding-back\|access-date=2021-10-21\|website=www.officialamandaholden.com}}</ref>

	In 2015, she was the new face of the ] Brighter Morning Challenge.<ref name="alpenmornings">{{cite web\|title=Welcome to Brighter Mornings with Amanda's ~~Challene~~\|url=http://www.alpenmornings.co.uk/amandas-challenge.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527175213/http://www.alpenmornings.co.uk/amandas-challenge.html\|archive-date=27 May 2015\|publisher=]}}</ref>		In 2015, she was the new face of the ] Brighter Morning Challenge.<ref name="alpenmornings">{{cite web\|title=Welcome to Brighter Mornings with Amanda's Challenge\|url=http://www.alpenmornings.co.uk/amandas-challenge.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527175213/http://www.alpenmornings.co.uk/amandas-challenge.html\|archive-date=27 May 2015\|publisher=]}}</ref>

			In 2021, she was the British spokesperson for the ]. She awarded UK's 12 jury points to France.
	In 2019, Holden signed a recording contract with ].<ref>{{Cite newspaper\|last=Ingate\|first=Kathryn\|date=14 July 2019\|title=Amanda Holden revealed she is 'thrilled' to launch music career with HUGE record deal\|newspaper=]\|location=UK\|url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1153323/Amanda-Holden-singing-tightrope-Instagram-music-record-deal-news-latest\|url-status=live\|access-date=14 July 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503210750/https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1153323/Amanda-Holden-singing-tightrope-Instagram-music-record-deal-news-latest\|archive-date=3 May 2020}}</ref>

	==~~Personal~~ ~~life~~==		==Charity work==
			Holden fronted the breast cancer awareness campaign of ].<ref name="shirt-709">{{cite web \| url=http://www.footballshirtculture.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=emailform&id=709 \| title=Pink Everton 07/08 Umbro charity football shirt \| publisher=Footballshirtculture.com \| date=7 October 2007 \| access-date=29 September 2011 \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311151948/http://www.footballshirtculture.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=emailform&id=709 \| archive-date=11 March 2012}}</ref> She is a patron of the football club's charity.<ref>{{cite web\|date=20 January 2016\|title=Charity: Amanda becomes Patron of Everton Charity\| url= http://www.officialamandaholden.com/charity/amanda-becomes-patron-of-everton-charity\| publisher= officialamandaholden.com }}</ref> In September 2011 Holden was sponsored to bake a cake for every child in the ].<ref>{{Cite news \| date=6 September 2011 \| title=Holden to bake charity cupcakes \| publisher=Belfast Telegraph \| url= https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/holden-to-bake-charity-cupcakes-28654452.html \| access-date=17 April 2020 \| issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
	Holden married comedian ] in June 1995. The couple separated temporarily in 2000 after Holden's affair with actor ]<ref name="bbc-2609359">{{cite news \|title=Holden and Katharine marriage ends \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2609359.stm \|publisher=BBC News \|date=27 December 2002 \|access-date=16 July 2010}}</ref> was the subject of press interest, before separating permanently in December 2002 and divorcing in 2003. Around this time, she alleges that she was sexually assaulted by an "unnamed famous comedian" at a public event.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Brian Logan \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/oct/15/amanda-holden-grope-claim-ricky-gervais-david-brent \|title=Amanda Holden reveals sexual assault by 'famous comedian' \| Stage \|work=The Guardian \|date=15 October 2013 \|access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref>

			On 13 April 2008 Holden ran the ] in four hours and thirteen minutes for the ].<ref name="justgiving">{{cite web \|url=http://www.justgiving.com/amandaholden \|title=Flora London Marathon: Amanda Holden Runs Wild for Born Free \|publisher=Justgiving.com \|access-date=29 September 2011}}</ref> Since 2013 she has presented the ] (RSPCA) Animal Hero Awards. Holden has raised money for ] and ] via The Big Brew Up.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Charity: Genes for Jeans Day \| publisher= officialamandaholden.com \| url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/charity/genes-for-jeans-day \| access-date=18 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \| title=Charity: The Big Brew Up \| publisher= officialamandaholden.com \| url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/charity/the-big-brew-up \| access-date=18 November 2020}}</ref>
	In 2006, Holden gave birth to her first child with her fiancé, record producer Chris Hughes.<ref name="showbiz-baby1">{{cite web \|url=http://showbiz.sky.com/Amandas-Baby-Named-Already \|title=Amanda's Baby Named Already \|work=Sky Living \|publisher=Sky (United Kingdom) \|date=23 January 2006 \|access-date=29 September 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124043538/http://showbiz.sky.com/Amandas-Baby-Named-Already \| archive-date=24 January 2009 }}</ref> She married Hughes at ],<ref name="times">''Sunday Times'', 10 January 2010.</ref> Somerset, on 10 December 2008 with former ] racing driver ] acting as best man. After a miscarriage in 2010, she suffered their son being stillborn at seven months in 2011.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/mar/25/this-much-know-amanda-holden\|title=This much I know: Amanda Holden\|author=Megan Conner\|work=The Guardian}}</ref> In 2012, despite medical complications, she gave birth to their second daughter.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.entertainmentwise.com/amanda-holden-tricked-husband-into-having-another-baby-following-the-tragedy-of-losing-their-son/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015061651/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/129215/Amanda-Holden-Tricked-Husband-Into-Having-Another-Baby-Following-The-Tragedy-Of-Losing-Their-Son\|url-status=dead\|title=Amanda Holden 'Tricked' Husband Into Having Another Baby Following The Tragedy Of Losing Their Son \|website=Entertainmentwise.com\|date=2 June 2017\|archive-date=15 October 2013}}</ref> Holden and Hughes live in ].<ref>{{cite web\|date=30 May 2018\|title=We Were Stunned At Amanda Holden's Stunning Surrey Home\|url=https://www.essentialsurrey.co.uk/news/amanda-holden-stunning-surrey-home/\|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> Holden also owns a cottage in the ] which she has been renovating since 2017.<ref>{{cite web\|date=13 June 2018\|title=Take a peek inside Amanda Holden's 2 incredible Surrey and Cotswolds homes\|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/gallery/2018061349428/amanda-holden-house-surrey-cotswolds/11/\|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=20 March 2020\|title=Amanda Holden’s homes in Surrey and the Cotswolds: See photos\|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/gallery/2020032086634/amanda-holden-home-in-surrey-and-cotswolds-photos/1/\|access-date=17 April 2020\|website=HELLO!\|language=en}}</ref>

			In 2013 she became a celebrity ambassador for ] following her work with ] campaign that she and fellow ambassador ] supported together.<ref>{{cite web \| last=Hooper \| first=Abi \| date=13 September 2013 \| title=Paul O'Grady and Amanda Holden team up in aid of rescue dog campaign with pedigree \| url= http://www.closeronline.co.uk/2013/09/paul-o-grady-and-amanda-holden-team-up-in-aid-of-rescue-dogs \|access-date=5 February 2015 \| publisher=Closer}}</ref>
	In 2010, Holden campaigned to keep a ] supermarket out of ]. Residents of her hometown later accused her of a double standard in November 2010 when she signed a deal to appear in advertisements for ], the UK supermarket chain.<ref name="echo-8496533">{{cite newspaper \|url= http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8496533.Britain___s_Got_Talent_judge_Amanda_s_Tesco_deal_angers_traders/ \|title= Amanda Holden accused of double standards over Bishop's Waltham store plans \|first=Tara \|last=Russell \|newspaper= Daily Echo\|location=Southampton, UK \|date=4 November 2010 \|access-date=29 September 2011}}</ref>

			In June 2018 Holden was photographed underwater by Zena Holloway.<ref>{{Cite web \| date=1 June 2018 \| title=Amanda Holden Goes Underwater To Protest SeaWorld \| url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/vegan/amanda-holden-goes-underwater-to-protest-seaworld-1146648.html \| publisher=Femalefirst.co.uk}}</ref> She posed as a mermaid in an awareness campaign for ] (PETA) to highlight the "disgusting treatment" of ] at ]. Holden has also posed nude for PETA in a campaign to promote ].<ref>{{Cite web \| title=Charity: Amanda poses Nude to promote vegetarianism for PETA \| publisher= officialamandaholden.com \|url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/charity/amanda-poses-nude-to-promote-vegetarianism-for-peta \| access-date=18 November 2020}}</ref>
	In December 2016, Holden's ancestry was the subject of a BBC programme in the '']'' series.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Who Do You Think You Are? programme\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04hjbdc\|website=BBC\|access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref> The investigation discovered that her ] 5x great-grandfather Collin Thomas served a year's imprisonment, after breaking his apprenticeship as a ], by enlisting in the ] and leaving the ] aged 15. Ten years later, while serving in the ] after the ], he met and married a ] woman and began a family near ], France, before then moving his wife and eldest children back to Great Britain.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Feature article on TheGenealogist.co.uk \|url=https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2016/who-do-you-think-you-are/amanda-holden-378 \|website=TheGenealogist \|access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref> In addition, it transpired that her grandfather Frank Holden, a psychiatric nurse, was aboard the ], when it was bombed by the ] ] in June 1940 outside the port of ] and sank with the loss of thousands of lives.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/12/01/do-think-amanda-holdens-french-forebears-had-talent-review/\|title=Who Do You Think You Are? Amanda Holden's French forebears had talent, too: review\|newspaper=The Telegraph\|access-date=15 December 2016\|date=December 2016\|last1=O'Donovan\|first1=Gerard}}</ref> Frank Holden committed suicide in his 70s.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/738924/Who-Do-You-Think-You-Are-Amanda-Holden-Lancastria-grandad-suicide \|title = Who do You Think You Are: Amanda Holden fans 'cry their hearts out' over grandad's suicide\|date = 2 December 2016}}</ref>

			In 2020 Holden raised money for the ] (NHS) during the ].<ref>{{Cite web \| last=Rodger \| first=James \| date=1 May 2020 \| title=Amanda Holden releasing debut single to raise money for NHS \| url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/amanda-holden-releasing-debut-single-18181528 \| access-date=18 November 2020 \| publisher=BirminghamLive}}</ref>
	Holden has been a long-standing fan of English Premier League Football Club ], attending home and away games when her schedule allows.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/evertons-talent-amanda-holden-proves-5587766\|title=Everton's Got Talent as Amanda Holden proves to be the lucky charm\|first=Simon\|last=Keegan\|date=26 April 2015\|website=Mirror.co.uk\|access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref> She has been ] since she was thirteen.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Ruby Le Galle \|url=http://www.peta.org.uk/blog/amanda-holden-veggie-animals-leave-off-plate/ \|title=Amanda Holden: 'The Best Thing You Can Do for Animals Is to Just Leave Them off Your Plate' \|work=People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals \|date=26 May 2016 \|access-date=26 May 2016}}</ref>

			==Personal life==
	She is a grand niece of actress ].
			In 1992 while they were both appearing in '']'' Holden dated ].<ref>{{cite book\| first= Jim \|last= Maloney \| title= Amanda Holden \| publisher= Kings Road Publishing \| year= 2011\| page= 22 \| isbn= 9781843587491}}</ref> She married the comedian ] in June 1995. The couple separated temporarily in 2000 after Holden's affair with actor ].<ref name="bbc-2609359">{{cite news \|title=Holden and Katharine marriage ends \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2609359.stm \|publisher=BBC News \|date=27 December 2002 \|access-date=16 July 2010}}</ref> Holden and Dennis separated permanently in December 2002 and divorced in 2003. Around this time, she alleged that she was sexually assaulted by an "unnamed famous comedian" at a public event.<ref>{{cite web \| author= Logan \| first=Brian \| date=15 October 2013 \| title=Amanda Holden reveals sexual assault by 'famous comedian' \| url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/oct/15/amanda-holden-grope-claim-ricky-gervais-david-brent\|access-date=5 February 2015 \| work=The Guardian}}</ref>

			In 2006 Holden gave birth to her first child conceived with her then fiancé, record producer Chris Hughes.<ref name="showbiz-baby1">{{cite web \|url=http://showbiz.sky.com/Amandas-Baby-Named-Already \|title=Amanda's Baby Named Already \|work=Sky Living \|publisher=Sky (United Kingdom) \|date=23 January 2006 \|access-date=29 September 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124043538/http://showbiz.sky.com/Amandas-Baby-Named-Already \| archive-date=24 January 2009}}</ref> She married Hughes at ],<ref name="times">''Sunday Times'', 10 January 2010.</ref> Somerset, on 10 December 2008 with former ] racing driver ] acting as best man. After a miscarriage in 2010, she suffered the stillbirth of their son at seven months in 2011.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Conner\|first=Megan\|date=24 March 2012\|title=This much I know: Amanda Holden\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/mar/25/this-much-know-amanda-holden\|work=The Guardian}}</ref> In 2012, despite medical complications, she gave birth to their third child.<ref>{{Cite web \| last=Lockley \| first=Hannah \| date=2 June 2017 \| title=Amanda Holden 'Tricked' Husband Into Having Another Baby Following The Tragedy Of Losing Their Son \| url= https://www.entertainmentwise.com/amanda-holden-tricked-husband-into-having-another-baby-following-the-tragedy-of-losing-their-son/ \| url-status=dead \| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131015061651/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/129215/Amanda-Holden-Tricked-Husband-Into-Having-Another-Baby-Following-The-Tragedy-Of-Losing-Their-Son \| archive-date=15 October 2013\| publisher= Entertainmentwise.com}}</ref>
	=== Charity work ===
	Holden fronted ] breast cancer awareness campaign, sporting a limited edition baby pink club shirt, the colour of breast cancer awareness.<ref name="shirt-709">{{cite web \|url=http://www.footballshirtculture.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=emailform&id=709 \|title=Pink Everton 07/08 Umbro charity football shirt \|website=Footballshirtculture.com \|date=7 October 2007 \|access-date=29 September 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311151948/http://www.footballshirtculture.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=emailform&id=709 \|archive-date=11 March 2012 }}</ref> She is a patron of the football club's charity, ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/charity/amanda-becomes-patron-of-everton-charity\|title=Charity: Amanda becomes Patron of Everton Charity \|publisher=Amanda Holden Official Website}}</ref> In September 2011, Holden was sponsored to bake a cake for every child in the ].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/holden-to-bake-charity-cupcakes-28654452.html\|title=Holden to bake charity cupcakes\|work=belfasttelegraph\|access-date=17 April 2020\|language=en-GB\|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

			Holden and Hughes reside in ], ].<ref>{{cite web \| date=30 May 2018\|title=We Were Stunned At Amanda Holden's Stunning Surrey Home\|url=https://www.essentialsurrey.co.uk/news/amanda-holden-stunning-surrey-home/ \| access-date=2 October 2018 \| archive-date=2 October 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002215007/https://www.essentialsurrey.co.uk/news/amanda-holden-stunning-surrey-home/\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=updated \|first=Heather Young last \|date=2018-05-11 \|title=Amanda Holden invites fans behind the scenes of her stylish Surrey home \|url=https://www.idealhome.co.uk/news/amanda-holdens-house-surrey-203008 \|access-date=2023-04-28 \| publisher=Ideal Home }}</ref> Holden also owns a cottage in ], ] which she has been renovating since 2017.<ref>{{cite web\| last=Best\|first=Chloe\|date=13 June 2018\|title=Take a peek inside Amanda Holden's 2 incredible Surrey and Cotswolds homes\|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/gallery/2018061349428/amanda-holden-house-surrey-cotswolds/11/\|access-date=2 October 2018\|website=HELLO!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Best\|first=Chloe\|date=20 March 2020\|title=Amanda Holden's homes in Surrey and the Cotswolds: See photos \|url= https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/gallery/2020032086634/amanda-holden-home-in-surrey-and-cotswolds-photos/1/ \| publisher= hellomagazine.com\| access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=by Hannah Currie \|first=Brogan-Leigh Hurst \|date=2022-06-28 \|title=The Cotswolds countryside cottage home to Amanda Holden \|url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/cotswolds-countryside-cottage-home-britains-7261259 \|access-date=2023-04-28 \|publisher=GloucestershireLive }}</ref>
	On 13 April 2008, Holden ran the ] in 4 hours and 13 minutes, in the name of the ],<ref name="justgiving">{{cite web \|url=http://www.justgiving.com/amandaholden \|title=Flora London Marathon – Amanda Holden Runs Wild for Born Free!! \|website=Justgiving.com \|access-date=29 September 2011}}</ref> having collected public and celebrity sponsors online. Since 2013, she has presented the ]'s . Holden has raised money for ] and ] via .<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Charity: Genes for Jeans Day - Official Amanda Holden Website\|url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/charity/genes-for-jeans-day\|access-date=18 November 2020\|website=www.officialamandaholden.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Charity: The Big Brew Up - Official Amanda Holden Website\|url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/charity/the-big-brew-up\|access-date=18 November 2020\|website=www.officialamandaholden.com}}</ref>

			In December 2016 Holden's ancestry was the subject of a BBC programme in the '']'' series.<ref>{{cite web \| date=24 November 2016 \| title= Amanda Holden 'I'd love to find out about the kind of man he was'\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04hjbdc \| access-date=1 December 2016 \| publisher=BBC}}</ref> The investigation discovered that her ] 5x great-grandfather, Collin Thomas, served a year's imprisonment after breaking his apprenticeship as a ] by enlisting in the ] and leaving the ] aged 15. Ten years later, while serving in the ] after the ], he met and married a ] woman and began a family near ], France, then moved his wife and eldest children back to Great Britain.<ref name="wdytyam">{{cite web\|url=https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/amanda-holden/\|title=Amanda Holden\| work=Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine\|access-date=2 December 2021}}</ref> Holden also learned that her grandfather Frank Holden was aboard the ] when it was bombed by the ] in June 1940 outside the port of ].<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/12/01/do-think-amanda-holdens-french-forebears-had-talent-review/ \| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/12/01/do-think-amanda-holdens-french-forebears-had-talent-review/ \| archive-date=11 January 2022 \|url-access=subscription \| url-status=live \| title=Who Do You Think You Are? Amanda Holden's French forebears had talent, too: review \| newspaper=The Telegraph \| access-date=15 December 2016\| date=December 2016\| last1= O'Donovan\| first1=Gerard}}</ref>
	In 2013, she became a celebrity ambassador for ], following her work with Pedigree's 'Buy One, Feed One' campaign that she, along with ] have been supporting together. O'Grady is also an ambassador for ].<ref>{{cite web\|last=Hooper \|first=Abi \|url=http://www.closeronline.co.uk/2013/09/paul-o-grady-and-amanda-holden-team-up-in-aid-of-rescue-dogs \|title=Paul O'Grady and Amanda Holden team up in aid of rescue dog campaign with pedigree \| Showbiz \|work=Closer \|date=13 September 2013 \|access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref>

			In 2010 Holden campaigned to keep a ] supermarket out of ]. Residents of her hometown then accused her of a ] in November 2010 when she signed a deal to appear in advertisements for ], another UK supermarket chain.<ref name="echo-8496533">{{cite news \| url= http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8496533.Britain___s_Got_Talent_judge_Amanda_s_Tesco_deal_angers_traders/ \| title= Amanda Holden accused of double standards over Bishop's Waltham store plans \| first=Tara \| last=Russell \| newspaper= Daily Echo \|date=4 November 2010 \| access-date=29 September 2011}}</ref>
	In June 2018, Holden was photographed underwater by Zena Holloway.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/vegan/amanda-holden-goes-underwater-to-protest-seaworld-1146648.html\|title=Amanda Holden Goes Underwater To Protest SeaWorld\|website=Femalefirst.co.uk}}</ref> She posed as a mermaid in an awareness campaign for ] (PETA) to highlight the 'disgusting treatment' of orcas at ]. Holden has also posed nude for PETA in a campaign to promote ].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Charity: Amanda poses Nude to promote vegetarianism for PETA - Official Amanda Holden Website\|url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/charity/amanda-poses-nude-to-promote-vegetarianism-for-peta\|access-date=18 November 2020\|website=www.officialamandaholden.com}}</ref>

			Holden is a fan of English Premier League football club ], attending home and away games when her schedule allows.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/evertons-talent-amanda-holden-proves-5587766 \| title=Everton's Got Talent as Amanda Holden proves to be the lucky charm \| first=Simon \| last=Keegan \| date=26 April 2015 \| publisher=Mirror.co.uk \| access-date=7 August 2018 }}</ref> She is a ].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Wilkins\|first=Bridie\|date=2022\|title=Amanda Holden's relatable diet revealed: what does the star eat daily?\|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/cuisine/20220405137213/amanda-holden-age-defying-diet-revealed/\|website=Hello Magazine\|language=en-GB\|archive-date=April 2, 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402205338/https://www.hellomagazine.com/cuisine/20220405137213/amanda-holden-age-defying-diet-revealed/\|url-status=live}}</ref>
	In 2020, Holden raised money for the ] (NHS) during the ].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Rodger\|first=James\|date=1 May 2020\|title=Amanda Holden releasing debut single to raise money for NHS\|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/amanda-holden-releasing-debut-single-18181528\|access-date=18 November 2020\|website=BirminghamLive\|language=en}}</ref>

	=== February 2021 - Journey to Cornwall during strict national Covid lockdown ===
	On 14 February 2021, mirroring Holden's 2010 hypocrisy and arbitrary judgement over the Tesco/Sainsbury's controversy in Bishop's Waltham, the BBC reported<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56058923 \| title=Amanda Holden 'devastated' at lockdown rule break \| publisher = BBC \| access-date = 15 February 2021}}</ref> Holden breached strict national Covid lockdown laws<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/04/tier-4-covid-rules-in-england-latest-restrictions-explained \| title=Tier 4 Covid rules in England: latest restrictions explained \| publisher = Guardian Newspaper\| access-date =14 February 2021}}</ref> to travel more than 200 miles to visit her father in Cornwall, immediately before her fiftieth birthday. At the time, there had been more than 117,000<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths\|title=Deaths within 28 days of positive test by date of death \|publisher= UK Government\|access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref> well-publicised Covid deaths in the UK, and an average of more than 915 deaths per day in the preceeding month. Holden was reported to the police by her father's neighbours, proving there was immediate support for her father on hand. Holden's risky journey flew in the face of her claim to support NHS Covid-19 fund-raising, when in reality she had no consideration for the many lives she was risking on the needless Cornwall journey. The local Cornwall council urged "Everyone stick to the rules".

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==
	===~~Television~~===		===As actress===
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|-		\|-
Line 123:		Line 125:
	! Role		! Role
	! Notes		! Notes
	\|-
	\| 1991
	\| '']''
	\| Contestant
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1993		\| 1993
	\| ''In Suspicious Circumstances''		\| '']''
	\| Alice Meadows		\| Alice Meadows
			\| 1 episode
	\| Episode: "Falling Starr"
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1994		\| 1994
	\| '']''		\| '']''
			\| Carmen
	\| ]
	\| 5 episodes		\| 4 episodes
			\|-
			\| 1996
			\| ]
			\| Pamela
			\| Supporting role
	\|-		\|-
	\| rowspan="3" \| 1997		\| rowspan=3\|1997
	\| ''We Know Where You Live''		\| ''We Know Where You Live''
	\| Various ~~Characters~~		\| Various
	\| 12 episodes		\| 12 episodes
	\|-		\|-
	\| '']''		\| '']''
	\| ~~Julia~~		\| Jane
			\| rowspan=2\|1 episode
	\| Episode: "Mr. Friday Night"
	\|-		\|-
	\| '']''		\| '']''
	\| Camilla Barker		\| Camilla Barker
	\| Episode: "One Last Hurrah"
	\|-		\|-
	\| rowspan="3" \| 1998		\| rowspan=3\|1998
	\| '']''		\| ]
	\| Various ~~Characters~~		\| Various
	\| 5 episodes		\| 5 episodes
	\|-		\|-
	\| '']''		\| '']''
	\| Petra		\| Petra
	\| 2 ~~episodes~~: "The Problem at Gallows Gate~~: Parts 1 & 2~~"		\| 1 episode: "The Problem at Gallows Gate"
	\|-		\|-
	\| '']''		\| '']''
	\| Girl 2		\| Girl 2
			\| 1 episode
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1998–2001		\| 1998–2001
	\| '']''		\| '']''
	\| Mel		\| Mel
			\| rowspan="6" \| 22 episodes
	\|
			\|-
			\| rowspan="4" \|1999
			\| ]
			\| Nurse
	\|-		\|-
	\| rowspan="2" \| 1999
	\| '']''		\| '']''
	\| Various ~~Characters~~		\| Various
			\|-
	\| 4 episodes
			\| '']''
			\| Shoe Shop Assistant
	\|-		\|-
	\| '']''		\| '']''
	\| Geordie's Girlfriend		\| Geordie's Girlfriend
	\| TV film
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1999–2001		\| 1999–2001
	\| '']''		\| '']''
	\| Geraldine Titley		\| Geraldine Titley
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2000		\| 2000
	\| ''Happy Birthday Shakespeare''		\| ''Happy Birthday Shakespeare''
	\| Alice		\| Alice
	\| TV ~~film~~		\|TV movie
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2000–2001		\| 2000–2001
	\| '']''		\| '']''
	\| Louise ~~Slaney~~		\| Louise Stanley
	\| 13 episodes		\| 13 episodes
	\|-		\|-
	\| rowspan="2" \| 2001		\| rowspan=2\|2001
	\| ''The Hunt''		\| ''The Hunt''
	\| Sarah Campbell		\| Sarah Campbell
	\| TV ~~film~~		\| rowspan=2\|TV movie
	\|-		\|-
	\|'']''		\| ''Now You See Her''
			\| Jessica
	\| rowspan="2" \|Guest Presenter
	\|2 episodes
	\|-		\|-
			\| 2002
	\| 2002–2003
	\| '']''		\| ''Celebs''
			\| Debs Bloke
	\| 5 episodes
			\| 6 episodes
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2002–2004		\| 2002–2004
	\| '']''		\| '']''
	\| Mia Bevan		\| Mia Bevan
			\| 13 episodes
	\| Main role
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~rowspan="3" \|~~ 2003		\|2003
			\|'']''
	\| '']''
			\|Police Officer
	\| Presenter
			\|TV movie
	\|
	\|-		\|-
			\| rowspan=3\|2004
	\| ''The National Music Awards 2003''
	\|Herself
	\|TV Special
	\|-
	\| '']''
	\| Police Officer
	\| TV film
	\|-
	\| rowspan="3" \| 2004
	\| '']''		\| '']''
	\| Alice		\| Alice
			\| 6 episodes
	\| Lead role; one series
	\|-		\|-
	\| '']''		\| '']''
Line 234:		Line 230:
	\| 1 episode		\| 1 episode
	\|-		\|-
	\| '']''		\| ]
	\| Lucy Eyelesbarrow		\| Lucy Eyelesbarrow
	\| ~~Episode~~: "4:50 ~~from~~ Paddington"		\|1 episode: "4.50 From Paddington"
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2006–2008		\| 2006–2008
	\| '']''		\| ]
	\| Sarah Trevanion		\| Sarah Trevanion
			\| 23 episodes
	\| Main role
			\|-
			\| 2009
			\| ]
			\| Lizzie
			\| 6 episodes
			\|-
			\|2013
			\|]
			\|Amanda Holden
			\|Uncredited
			\|-
			\| 2014
			\| '']''
			\| Sally the Dog (voice)
			\|
			\|-
			\| 2017–2018
			\| '']''
			\| Miss Pentangle
			\| 2 episodes
			\|-
			\| 2018
			\| '']''
			\| Shop Assistant
			\| rowspan="2" \|1 episode
			\|-
			\| 2019
			\| '']''
			\| Rufina
			\|-
			\| 2021
			\| ''The Holden Girls: Mandy and Myrtle''
			\| Amanda Holden
			\| 1 series
			\|-
			\| 2022
			\| '']''
			\| ]
			\| 3 episodes
			\|}

			===As herself===
			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
			! Year
			! Title
			! Role
			! Notes
			\|-
			\| 1991
			\| '']''
			\| Contestant
			\| rowspan="3" \|1 episode
			\|-
			\|1998
			\|'']''
			\|Guest Presenter
			\|-
			\|2000
			\|'']''
			\| rowspan="2" \|Guest
			\|-
			\|2000–2020
			\|'']''
			\|5 episodes
			\|-
			\| 2001
			\| '']''
			\| Guest Presenter
			\|1 episode
			\|-
			\| 2001–2007
			\| '']''
			\| rowspan="2" \| Guest
			\| 4 episodes
			\|-
			\|2002
			\|]
			\|1 episode
			\|-
			\| 2002–2003
			\| '']''
			\| Guest Presenter
			\| 5 episodes
			\|-
			\| rowspan="2" \|2003
			\| '']''
			\| Guest
			\|1 episode
			\|-
			\| ''Greasemania''
			\| Presenter
			\|TV special
			\|-
			\| 2003, 2007
			\| ]
			\| rowspan="4" \|Guest
			\| 2 episodes
			\|-
			\| 2004–2008
			\| '']''
			\| 5 episodes
			\|-
			\| 2005, 2009
			\| '']''
			\| 2 episodes
			\|-
			\|2007
			\|'']''
			\|1 episode
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2007–present		\| 2007–present
	\| '']''		\| '']''
	\| Judge		\| Judge
			\|
	\| Head Judge (2020)
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2008		\| rowspan="3" \|2008
			\| '']''
	\| ''When Britain First Had Talent''
			\| rowspan="2" \| Guest
	\| Herself
			\| rowspan="2" \| 1 episode
	\| TV documentary
	\|-		\|-
			\|'']''
	\| rowspan="3" \| 2009
	\| ''Out of My Depth''
	\| Trainee Midwife<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-television-life-bbc1-out-of-my-depth-itv1-1840773.html\|title=Last Night's Television – Life, BBC1; Out Of My Depth, ITV1\|date=15 December 2009\|website=]\|access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref>
	\|
	\|-		\|-
			\| ]
	\| '']''
			\| Sous Chef
	\| Lizzie
	\| 6 ~~episodes~~		\| TV special
	\|-		\|-
			\| rowspan="5" \|2009
	\| '']''
			\|''Celebrating ]''
	\| Herself
			\|Co-presenter
	\| Episode: "That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown"
			\|With ]
	\|-		\|-
			\|''Out of My Depth''
	\| 2009–2014
	\| '']''
	\|Presenter		\|Presenter
			\|Documentary
	\|TV Special
	\|-		\|-
			\| '']''
	\| rowspan="3" \| 2010
			\| rowspan="3" \|Guest
	\| '']''
			\| 2 episodes
	\|Co-Presenter
	\| Two-part celebrity series
	\|-		\|-
			\|'']''
	\| ''Amanda Holden's Fantasy Lives''
			\|1 episode
			\|-
			\|'']''
			\|1 episode: "That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown"
			\|-
			\|2009–2010
			\|'']''
			\|Guest Presenter
			\|3 episodes
			\|-
			\|2009–2014
			\|'']''
	\|Presenter		\|Presenter
			\|TV special
	\| TV documentary series
	\|-		\|-
			\| 2009–2016
	\|]
			\| '']''
			\|Guest
			\| rowspan="2" \|5 episodes
			\|-
			\| 2009–2020
			\| '']''
	\|Guest Presenter		\|Guest Presenter
	\|3 episodes
	\|-		\|-
			\| rowspan="2" \|2010
	\| 2011
			\|''Amanda Holden's Fantasy Lives''
	\| '']''
			\|Presenter
			\|
			\|-
			\|]
			\|Co-presenter
			\|With ]
			\|-
			\| 2010–2015
			\| '']''
			\|Guest
			\| 4 episodes
			\|-
			\| 2010–2019
			\| '']''
	\| rowspan="3" \|Presenter		\| rowspan="3" \|Presenter
			\|
	\| TV documentary
	\|-		\|-
			\|2011
	\| 2012
			\|'']''
	\| '']''
			\|TV special
	\|One series
	\|-		\|-
	\| rowspan="2" \| ~~2014~~		\| rowspan="2" \|2012
	\| '']''		\|]
			\|1 series
	\|TV documentary
	\|-		\|-
	\| '']''		\| '']''
			\|Guest
	\|Contestant
			\|4 episodes
	\|1 episode
	\|-		\|-
			\| 2012–2020
	\| 2014, 2016
	\| '']''		\| '']''
	\|Guest Presenter		\| Guest Presenter
	\|9 episodes		\| 9 episodes
	\|-		\|-
			\| 2013–2017
	\| 2014–2015, 2017
	\| '']''		\| '']''
			\| Guest Announcer
	\|Co-Presenter
			\| 7 episodes
	\|Alongside ]
	\|-		\|-
	\| rowspan="2" \| ~~2015~~		\| rowspan="2" \|2014
			\|]
	\| '']''<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.reveal.co.uk/lifestyle/news/a633448/amanda-holden-to-host-tv-that-will-transform-celebs-into-rscpa-volunteers.html\|title=Amanda Holden to host TV that will transform celebs into RSCPA volunteers\|work=Reveal}}</ref>
			\|Celebrity Contestant
	\| rowspan="3" \|Presenter
			\|Celebrity edition; 1 episode
	\| One series
	\|-		\|-
			\|'']''
	\| '']''
			\|Presenter
	\|TV Special
			\|TV documentary
	\|-		\|-
			\|2014–2015, 2017–2018
	\| 2016
			\|]
	\| '']''<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a785268/amanda-holden-will-get-big-confessions-out-of-ordinary-people-on-ive-got-something-to-tell-you/\|title=Amanda Holden will get big confessions out of ordinary people on I've Got Something to Tell You\|author=Harry Fletcher\|date=1 March 2016\|work=]}}</ref>
			\|Co-presenter
	\|
			\|With ], ] and ]
	\|-		\|-
			\| rowspan="4" \|2015
	\| 2017–2018
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\| rowspan="2" \|Presenter
	\| Miss Pentangle<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a803643/amanda-holden-joins-worst-witch-remake-first-picture/\|title=Amanda Holden will appear in The Worst Witch remake\|date=4 August 2016\|website=]\|access-date=15 December 2016}}</ref>
			\|1 series
	\|
	\|-		\|-
			\|'']''
	\|2018
			\|TV special
	\|'']''
	\|Herself
	\|Episode: "Pretty Woman"
	\|-		\|-
			\|'']''
	\| rowspan="3" \|2019
			\| rowspan="3" \|Guest
	\| '']''
			\| rowspan="2" \|1 episode
	\| Rufina
	\| Episode: "The Banquet"
	\|-		\|-
	\| '']''		\|'']''
	\| Herself
	\|
	\|-		\|-
			\| rowspan="2" \| 2016
			\| ]
			\| TV documentary
			\|-
			\|'']''
			\|Presenter
			\|1 series
			\|-
			\|2018
			\|''Child of Mine''
			\|Narrator
			\|TV documentary
			\|-
			\| rowspan="4" \|2019
	\| '']''		\| '']''
	\| Judge		\| Judge
			\|1 series
	\|
	\|-		\|-
			\|]
	\|}
			\|Guest

			\| rowspan="2" \|1 episode
	====Guest appearances====
	{{div col \|colwidth=30em}}
	* '']'' (1998)
	*'']'' (2000, 2002, 2013, 2020)
	* '']'' (2002)
	*'']'' (2003)
	*'']'' (2007)
	* '']'' (2007)
	*'']'' (2009, 2012, 2013, 2014)
	*'']'' (2009, 2013)
	*'']'' (2009, 2013)
	*'']'' (2009)
	*'']'' (2010)
	*'']'' (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015)
	*'']'' (2011, 2013)
	*'']'' (2011)
	*'']'' (2012)
	*'']'' (2013)
	*'']'' (2013, 2018)
	*'']'' (2013)
	*'']'' (2016)
	*'']'' (2016)
	*'']'' (2016)
	* '']'' (2017)
	*'']'' (2018)
	*'']'' (2019)
	*'']'' (2019)
	* '']'' (2020){{div col end}}

	===Film===
	{\| class="wikitable"
	\|-		\|-
			\|]
	! Year
			\|Contestant
	! Title
	! Role
	! Notes
	\|-		\|-
			\| '']''
	\| 1996
			\| Panellist
	\| '']''
			\| 3 episodes
	\| Pamela
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| rowspan="2" \| ~~1999~~		\| rowspan="3" \|2021
			\| ''DNA Journey''
	\| '']''
			\| rowspan="2" \| Guest
	\| Nurse
			\| TV documentary
	\|
	\|-		\|-
			\|''Musicals: The Greatest Show''
	\| '']''
			\|TV special
	\| Shoe shop assistant
	\|
	\|-		\|-
			\|'']''
	\| 2013
			\|UK Spokesperson
	\| '']''
			\|Annual programme
	\| Herself / Judge
	\| Uncredited
	\|-		\|-
			\|2021–2022
	\| 2014
			\| ]
	\| '']''
			\| rowspan="2" \| Judge
	\| Sally the Dog
			\|2 series
	\|Voice role
			\|-
			\|2022
			\|''Britain's Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician''
			\|TV special
			\|-
			\| rowspan="4" \|2023
			\|''Amanda and Alan's Italian Job''
			\|Co-presenter
			\|Co-star with ]
			\|-
			\|'']''
			\|Guest
			\|1 episode
			\|-
			\|''Sing for the King: The Search for the Coronation Choir''<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001lmq2\|title=Sing for the King: The Search for the Coronation Choir\|website=bbc.co.uk\|accessdate=30 April 2023}}</ref>
			\|Celebrity Mentor
			\|With ], ] & ]
			\|-
			\|''Sex: A Bonkers History''<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.history.co.uk/shows/sex-a-bonkers-history\|title=Sex: A Bonkers History\|website=history.co.uk\|accessdate=3 September 2023}}</ref>
			\|Co-presenter
			\|Alongside ]
			\|-
			\|2024
			\|'']''
			\|Guest judge
			\|], Episode 6: "]"
			\|-
			\|TBA
			\| ''Amanda & Alan's Spanish Job''
			\| Co-presenter
			\|Alongside ]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/amanda-and-alans-spanish-job\|title=Amanda Holden and Alan Carr head off to sunny Spain for their biggest renovation project yet in Amanda & Alan's Spanish Job\|website=bbc.co.uk/mediacentre\|date=20 April 2024}}</ref>
	\|}		\|}

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	! Year		! Year
	! ~~Title~~		! Advert
	! Role		! Role
			!Notes
	! Description
			\|-
			\|2001
			\|]
			\| rowspan="6" \|Herself
			\|
			\|-
			\|2010
			\|]
			\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2010–2012		\| 2010–2012
			\| ]
	\| ]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.retail-week.com/tesco-christmas-tv-ad-stars-amanda-holden/5018830.article\|title=Tesco Christmas TV ad stars Amanda Holden\|work=Retail Week}}</ref>
			\|<ref>{{cite web \|last=Creevy \|first=Jennifer \|date=1 November 2010 \|title=Tesco Christmas TV ad stars Amanda Holden \|url=http://www.retail-week.com/tesco-christmas-tv-ad-stars-amanda-holden/5018830.article \|work=Retail Week}}</ref>
	\| rowspan="3" \| Herself
	\| Supermarket chain
	\|-		\|-
			\| 2012–2014
	\| 2012–present
	\| Danone Oykos		\| Danone Oykos
			\|
	\| Low fat yoghurt
	\|-		\|-
			\| 2015–2016
	\| 2015–present
			\| ]
	\| ]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/gallery/alpen-campaign-2015\|title=Alpen Campaign\|publisher=Amanda Holden official website}}</ref>
			\|<ref>{{cite web \|date=11 October 2015 \|title=Alpen Campaign \|url=http://www.officialamandaholden.com/gallery/alpen-campaign-2015 \|website=officialamandaholden.com}}</ref>
	\| Healthy Granola
			\|-
			\|2021–present
			\|J D Williams
			\|
	\|}		\|}

	== ~~Discography~~ ==		==Theatre==
	=== Albums ===
	*'']'' (2020)

	=== Singles ===
	* "]" (single in aid of ]) (2020), ]
	* "With You" (2020), Virgin EMI

	== Theatre ==
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	\|-		\|-
			\|1994
	\|2004
	\|]		\|]
			\|Elaine Harper
	\|Millie Dillmount
	\|]; ]		\|]
	\|-		\|-
			\| 1996–1997
	\|2011
	\|'']''		\| '']''
	\|Princess ~~Fiona~~		\| Princess Jasmine
	\|~~West End;~~ ]		\| ]
			\|-
			\| 1998
			\|'']''
			\| Cecily Cardew
			\| UK tour
			\|-
			\| 1999
			\| '']''
			\| Liesl Von Trapp
			\| ]
			\|-
			\| 2003–2004
			\| '']''
			\| Millie
			\| rowspan=2\| ], ]
			\|-
			\| 2011
			\| '']''
			\| Princess Fiona
			\|-
			\| rowspan=2\|2016
			\| ]
			\| Vera
			\| UK tour
	\|-		\|-
			\| '']''
	\|2016–2017
			\| Fairy Godmother
	\|]
			\| ]
	\|Vera
	\|West End; ], ]
	\|}		\|}

	== Radio ==		==Radio==
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|-		\|-
	! Year !! Programme !! Channel !! Notes		! Year !! Programme !! Channel
			!Notes
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2019–present \|\| ''Heart UK Breakfast with Jamie and Amanda'' \|\| ] \|\|		\| 2019–present \|\| ''Heart UK Breakfast with Jamie and Amanda'' \|\| ]
			\|Weekday mornings
	\|}		\|}

	== ~~Bibliography~~ ==		==Discography==
			===Albums===
			*'']'' (2020)

			===Singles===
			* "]" (single in aid of ]) (2020), ]
			* "With You" (2020), Virgin EMI
			* "Home For Christmas" (2020) ]{{citation needed\|date=April 2022}}

			==Bibliography==
	*''No Holding Back'' (autobiography)		*''No Holding Back'' (autobiography)
	*''The Curious Tale of Fi-Rex'' (novel) (co-writer)		*''The Curious Tale of Fi-Rex'' (novel) (co-writer)

	== References ==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
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	* {{IMDb name\|id=0390155\|name=Amanda Holden}}		* {{IMDb name\|id=0390155\|name=Amanda Holden}}
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British actress, media personality, and singer (born 1971) For the writer, see Amanda Holden (writer).

Amanda Holden
Holden in 2014
Born	Amanda Louise Holden (1971-02-16) 16 February 1971 (age 53) Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Education	Swanmore College Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Occupations	Media personality actress singer
Years active	1991–present
Employers	ITV Heart
Spouses	Les Dennis (m. 1995; div. 2003) Chris Hughes (m. 2008)
Children	3
Website	officialamandaholden.com

Amanda Louise Holden (born 16 February 1971) is an English media personality, actress and singer. Since 2007, she has been a judge on the television talent competition show Britain's Got Talent on ITV. She also co-hosts the national Heart Breakfast radio show with Jamie Theakston on weekday mornings.

Holden grew up in Bishop's Waltham and took an interest in acting and musical theatre while at school. She played the title role in the musical stage show Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2004, for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. Her acting credits on television include The Grimleys (1998–2001), Kiss Me Kate (1999–2001), Cutting It (2002–2004), Wild at Heart (2006–2008), and Big Top (2009). Holden has also presented various television shows for ITV, including The Sun Military Awards (2009–2014), Superstar (2012), This Morning (2014–2015, 2017), Text Santa (2015), and Give a Pet a Home (2015).

In 2013, Holden released her autobiography, No Holding Back, which became a Sunday Times bestseller. In 2020, she released her debut studio album, Songs from My Heart, which reached the top 5 on the UK Albums Chart.

Early life

Holden was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and spent much of her childhood in Bishop's Waltham, and aged nine she joined Bishop's Waltham Little Theatre Company.

She attended the secondary community school Swanmore College. At age 16, she relocated to Bournemouth, before moving to South London to attend Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Career

Television

Holden's first television appearance was as a contestant on the game show Blind Date in 1991. From 2006 to 2008, Holden appeared as Sarah Trevanian in three series of ITV's Wild at Heart co-starring Stephen Tompkinson.

In 1997, she was a cast member of pioneering Channel 5 sketch show, "We Know Where You Live" alongside Simon Pegg, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ella Kenion, Fiona Allen and Jeremy Fowlds.

Holden's other TV credits include three series of the comedy Kiss Me Kate with Caroline Quentin and Chris Langham, three series of ITV's The Grimleys, one series of Mad About Alice, Celeb with Harry Enfield, BBC series Hearts and Bones with Damian Lewis, the Jonathan Creek episode "The Problem at Gallowes Gate", and a Boxing Day special Agatha Christie's Marple episode "4.50 From Paddington" opposite Geraldine McEwan and John Hannah. She co-starred with Bill Nighy and Tom Courtenay in Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill, a comedy drama by Jack Rosenthal. Holden is a judge on Britain's Got Talent along with Simon Cowell, Bruno Tonioli, and Alesha Dixon. She joined the show in 2007.

She has appeared on British series such as Smack the Pony, EastEnders, Hearts and Bones, and Cutting It.

In 2009, Holden appeared as Lizzie, the Ring Mistress, in the BBC circus sitcom Big Top. In April 2009 it was reported the US network CBS had offered Holden a job as one-time guest presenter on The Early Show, a daytime talk show. On 1 June 2009 she appeared with regular presenters Harry Smith and Maggie Rodriguez. Holden has since signed with CBS as a British correspondent for The Early Show.

From 2009 until 2014 Holden co-presented A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards annually on ITV with Phillip Schofield. In January 2010 she presented her own three-part series, Amanda Holden's Fantasy Lives, in which she tried out three of her dream jobs.

In 2010, Holden co-presented The Door with Chris Tarrant. In 2011, Holden narrated the documentary The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song on ITV. On 6 July 2012 Holden guest presented an episode of Lorraine, standing in for Lorraine Kelly. She returned to guest present six further episodes of the show from 4 to 8 April and on 4 July 2016.

In 2012, Holden presented talent show Superstar on ITV. On 24 March 2014 she hosted an episode of the Channel 4 show Dispatches about the treatment for stillbirths and miscarriages.

From 22 September to 18 December 2014, Holden filled in as a co-host on This Morning with Phillip Schofield during Holly Willoughby's maternity leave. She took a short break in January and February 2015 to record the Britain's Got Talent auditions. Christine Lampard stood in for Holden during this time, before the latter returned to the show from 2 March until 17 July 2015. She returned to This Morning in 2017, to co-present numerous episodes with Ben Shephard.

Holden presented a six-part factual series for ITV called Give a Pet a Home, which worked alongside the RSPCA finding homes for animals. The series aired in April and May 2015.

On 18 December 2015 Holden was part of the presenting team for ITV's Christmas telethon Text Santa. In 2016 she presented I've Got Something To Tell You, a factual series for the W television channel. She appeared as Miss Pentangle in CBBC's The Worst Witch in 2017. Holden made a guest appearance in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Harriet Wallace in 2022. She began filming for the show in London during October 2021.

In 2021, she started appearing in a new comedy mockumentary series from Bo' Selecta! creator Leigh Francis. The programme was called The Holden Girls: Mandy & Myrtle and featured Francis in drag with heavy make-up as Amanda's nan Myrtle. The show launched on the E4 channel with 601,938 viewers and was repeated on Channel 4. The show was axed after one series.

Theatre

Holden has appeared in several stage musicals, and in 2004 was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in the West End production of Thoroughly Modern Millie, which closed earlier than expected in June 2004.

Holden finished playing the role Princess Fiona in the original West End production of Shrek The Musical, which began on 6 May 2011. The show opened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 14 June 2011. She starred with Nigel Lindsay, Richard Blackwood, and Nigel Harman. Holden departed the show on 3 October 2011, ten weeks earlier than planned, to focus on her unborn child and was replaced by Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh. For this role, Holden won the WhatsOnStage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical. In 2016 Holden starred in a West End revival of Stepping Out and reprised her role when it opened at the Vaudeville Theatre in March 2017.

Film

In 1996, Holden played Pamela in Intimate Relations. In 1999 she appeared as a shoe-shop assistant in Virtual Sexuality. She was uncredited in the 2013 film One Chance.

Radio

In April 2019, it was announced Holden would replace Emma Bunton as co-host of Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston, at the same time as it went national on 3 June.

Music

In 2019, Holden signed a recording contract with Virgin EMI Records. In 2020 she released her debut studio album, Songs from My Heart, through Universal Music. It reached number four on the UK Albums Chart.

Other work

In July 2009, Holden became a gossip columnist for the News of the World.

From 2010 until 2012 Holden appeared in television commercial adverts for supermarket chain Tesco. Since 2012 she has appeared in television commercials for Danone Oykos low-fat yoghurt.

In October 2013, Amanda released her autobiography, No Holding Back, which became a Sunday Times best seller.

In 2015, she was the new face of the Alpen Brighter Morning Challenge.

In 2021, she was the British spokesperson for the Eurovision Song Contest. She awarded UK's 12 jury points to France.

Charity work

Holden fronted the breast cancer awareness campaign of Everton F.C.. She is a patron of the football club's charity. In September 2011 Holden was sponsored to bake a cake for every child in the Great Ormond Street Hospital.

On 13 April 2008 Holden ran the London Marathon in four hours and thirteen minutes for the Born Free Foundation. Since 2013 she has presented the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) Animal Hero Awards. Holden has raised money for Jeans for Genes and SSAFA via The Big Brew Up.

In 2013 she became a celebrity ambassador for Battersea Dogs & Cats Home following her work with Pedigree Petfoods campaign that she and fellow ambassador Paul O'Grady supported together.

In June 2018 Holden was photographed underwater by Zena Holloway. She posed as a mermaid in an awareness campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to highlight the "disgusting treatment" of orca at SeaWorld. Holden has also posed nude for PETA in a campaign to promote vegetarianism.

In 2020 Holden raised money for the National Health Service (NHS) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personal life

In 1992 while they were both appearing in The Sound of Music Holden dated George Asprey. She married the comedian Les Dennis in June 1995. The couple separated temporarily in 2000 after Holden's affair with actor Neil Morrissey. Holden and Dennis separated permanently in December 2002 and divorced in 2003. Around this time, she alleged that she was sexually assaulted by an "unnamed famous comedian" at a public event.

In 2006 Holden gave birth to her first child conceived with her then fiancé, record producer Chris Hughes. She married Hughes at Babington House, Somerset, on 10 December 2008 with former Formula One racing driver David Coulthard acting as best man. After a miscarriage in 2010, she suffered the stillbirth of their son at seven months in 2011. In 2012, despite medical complications, she gave birth to their third child.

Holden and Hughes reside in Petersham, Surrey. Holden also owns a cottage in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire which she has been renovating since 2017.

In December 2016 Holden's ancestry was the subject of a BBC programme in the Who Do You Think You Are? series. The investigation discovered that her Cornish 5x great-grandfather, Collin Thomas, served a year's imprisonment after breaking his apprenticeship as a cordwainer by enlisting in the Royal Navy and leaving the United Kingdom aged 15. Ten years later, while serving in the British Army after the Peninsular War, he met and married a French woman and began a family near Bordeaux, France, then moved his wife and eldest children back to Great Britain. Holden also learned that her grandfather Frank Holden was aboard the RMS Lancastria when it was bombed by the Wehrmacht in June 1940 outside the port of Saint-Nazaire.

In 2010 Holden campaigned to keep a Sainsbury's supermarket out of Bishop's Waltham. Residents of her hometown then accused her of a double standard in November 2010 when she signed a deal to appear in advertisements for Tesco, another UK supermarket chain.

Holden is a fan of English Premier League football club Everton F.C., attending home and away games when her schedule allows. She is a pescetarian.

Filmography

As actress

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	In Suspicious Circumstances	Alice Meadows	1 episode
1994	EastEnders	Carmen	4 episodes
1996	Intimate Relations	Pamela	Supporting role
1997	We Know Where You Live	Various	12 episodes
	The Bill	Jane	1 episode
	Thief Takers	Camilla Barker	1 episode
1998	Goodness Gracious Me	Various	5 episodes
	Jonathan Creek	Petra	1 episode: "The Problem at Gallows Gate"
	Hale and Pace	Girl 2	1 episode
1998–2001	Kiss Me Kate	Mel	22 episodes
1999	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Nurse
	Smack the Pony	Various
	Virtual Sexuality	Shoe Shop Assistant
	The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything	Geordie's Girlfriend
1999–2001	The Grimleys	Geraldine Titley
2000	Happy Birthday Shakespeare	Alice	TV movie
2000–2001	Hearts and Bones	Louise Stanley	13 episodes
2001	The Hunt	Sarah Campbell	TV movie
2001	Now You See Her	Jessica	TV movie
2002	Celebs	Debs Bloke	6 episodes
2002–2004	Cutting It	Mia Bevan	13 episodes
2003	Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill	Police Officer	TV movie
2004	Mad About Alice	Alice	6 episodes
	French and Saunders	Cordelia Lear	1 episode
	Marple	Lucy Eyelesbarrow	1 episode: "4.50 From Paddington"
2006–2008	Wild at Heart	Sarah Trevanion	23 episodes
2009	Big Top	Lizzie	6 episodes
2013	One Chance	Amanda Holden	Uncredited
2014	Pudsey the Dog: The Movie	Sally the Dog (voice)
2017–2018	The Worst Witch	Miss Pentangle	2 episodes
2018	The Keith and Paddy Picture Show	Shop Assistant	1 episode
2019	Plebs	Rufina	1 episode
2021	The Holden Girls: Mandy and Myrtle	Amanda Holden	1 series
2022	Neighbours	Harriet Wallace	3 episodes

As herself

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Blind Date	Contestant	1 episode
1998	Wish You Were Here...?	Guest Presenter
2000	It's Only TV...but I Like It	Guest
2000–2020	Loose Women	Guest	5 episodes
2001	SMTV	Guest Presenter	1 episode
2001–2007	Richard & Judy	Guest	4 episodes
2002	This Is Your Life	Guest	1 episode
2002–2003	Top of the Pops	Guest Presenter	5 episodes
2003	The Kumars at No. 42	Guest	1 episode
2003	Greasemania	Presenter	TV special
2003, 2007	Parkinson	Guest	2 episodes
2004–2008	GMTV		5 episodes
2005, 2009	The Paul O'Grady Show		2 episodes
2007	The Dame Edna Treatment		1 episode
2007–present	Britain's Got Talent	Judge
2008	TV Burp	Guest	1 episode
	Celebrity Ding Dong	Guest	1 episode
	Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live!	Sous Chef	TV special
2009	Celebrating the Carpenters	Co-presenter	With Ronan Keating
	Out of My Depth	Presenter	Documentary
	Hell's Kitchen	Guest	2 episodes
	Angela and Friends		1 episode
	Bookaboo		1 episode: "That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown"
2009–2010	The Early Show	Guest Presenter	3 episodes
2009–2014	The Sun Military Awards	Presenter	TV special
2009–2016	Alan Carr: Chatty Man	Guest	5 episodes
2009–2020	The One Show	Guest Presenter	5 episodes
2010	Amanda Holden's Fantasy Lives	Presenter
2010	The Door	Co-presenter	With Chris Tarrant
2010–2015	The Graham Norton Show	Guest	4 episodes
2010–2019	A League of their Own	Presenter
2011	The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song		TV special
2012	Superstar		1 series
2012	The Talent Show Story	Guest	4 episodes
2012–2020	Lorraine	Guest Presenter	9 episodes
2013–2017	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	Guest Announcer	7 episodes
2014	Deal or No Deal	Celebrity Contestant	Celebrity edition; 1 episode
2014	Dispatches: Exposing Hospital Heartache	Presenter	TV documentary
2014–2015, 2017–2018	This Morning	Co-presenter	With Phillip Schofield, Ben Shephard and Rylan Clark
2015	Give a Pet a Home	Presenter	1 series
	Text Santa	Presenter	TV special
	The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies	Guest	1 episode
	Jamie & Jimmy's Friday Night Feast		1 episode
2016	Who Do You Think You Are?		TV documentary
2016	I've Got Something To Tell You	Presenter	1 series
2018	Child of Mine	Narrator	TV documentary
2019	Britain's Got Talent: The Champions	Judge	1 series
	Shopping with Keith Lemon	Guest	1 episode
	Blockbusters	Contestant	1 episode
	Celebrity Juice	Panellist	3 episodes
2021	DNA Journey	Guest	TV documentary
	Musicals: The Greatest Show	Guest	TV special
	Eurovision Song Contest 2021	UK Spokesperson	Annual programme
2021–2022	I Can See Your Voice	Judge	2 series
2022	Britain's Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician	Judge	TV special
2023	Amanda and Alan's Italian Job	Co-presenter	Co-star with Alan Carr
	Celebrity Hunted	Guest	1 episode
	Sing for the King: The Search for the Coronation Choir	Celebrity Mentor	With Gareth Malone, Motsi Mabuse & Rose Ayling-Ellis
	Sex: A Bonkers History	Co-presenter	Alongside Dan Jones
2024	RuPaul's Drag Race UK	Guest judge	Series 6, Episode 6: "Snatch Game"
TBA	Amanda & Alan's Spanish Job	Co-presenter	Alongside Alan Carr

Television advertisements

Year	Advert	Role
2001	PETA	Herself
2010	News of the World
2010–2012	Tesco
2012–2014	Danone Oykos
2015–2016	Alpen
2021–present	J D Williams

Theatre


Year	Title	Role	Theatre/company
1994	Arsenic and Old Lace	Elaine Harper	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
1996–1997	Aladdin	Princess Jasmine	Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
1998	The Importance of Being Earnest	Cecily Cardew	UK tour
1999	The Sound of Music	Liesl Von Trapp	Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth
2003–2004	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Millie	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
2011	Shrek the Musical	Princess Fiona	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
2016	Stepping Out	Vera	UK tour
2016	Cinderella	Fairy Godmother	London Palladium

Radio

Year	Programme	Channel	Notes
2019–present	Heart UK Breakfast with Jamie and Amanda	Heart	Weekday mornings

Discography

Albums

Songs from My Heart (2020)

Singles

"Over the Rainbow" (single in aid of NHS Charities Together) (2020), Virgin EMI
"With You" (2020), Virgin EMI
"Home For Christmas" (2020) Universal Music Group

Bibliography

No Holding Back (autobiography)
The Curious Tale of Fi-Rex (novel) (co-writer)

References

"College Days". The Guardian. 1 May 2001. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2018. Born February 16, 1971
"Brands: Amanda's Autobiography 'No Holding Back' – Official Amanda Holden Website". www.officialamandaholden.com. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
"Amanda Holden releases debut album Songs From My Heart". Heart. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
"Amanda Holden on growing up in Bishop's Waltham, her charity work and her weakness for latte and cake". 10 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
"Britain's Got Talent star Amanda Holden comes home". Daily Echo. Southampton, UK. 7 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
Phillips, Bethan (20 December 2011). "Plaque Honour for Amanda Holden's Old Home". Daily Echo. Southampton, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
"Amanda Holden awarded Honorary Doctorate at Mountview Graduation 2019". Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
"Biography - Official Amanda Holden Website". www.officialamandaholden.com. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^ "Biography". Amanda Holden official website. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
"ITV1 series to test Amanda Holden's talent in 'fantasy' jobs". theguardian.com. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
"Christine Bleakley and Amanda Holden return to ITV's This Morning to co-host with Phillip Schofield in 2015". ITV.com. 10 December 2014. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
"ITV joins forces with the RSPCA for a brand new show, Give A Pet A Home, hosted by Amanda Holden". ITV.com. 5 March 2015. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015.
Bullimore, Emma (30 September 2016). "Amanda Holden has something to tell you about her new show: 'I love eavesdropping!'". What to Watch. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
Fletcher, Harry (1 March 2016). "Amanda Holden to host I've Got Something to Tell You". Digital Spy.
Lee, Jess (7 October 2021). "Neighbours casts Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden for special London storyline". Digital Spy. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
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