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Kéllé Bryan (born 12 March 1975) is an English singer and actress, known as a member of girl group Eternal. In 2018, she began portraying the role of Martine Deveraux in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, a role she played until 2022. She is also part of the Loose Women panel.

Kéllé Bryan
Bryan in 2019
Born	Kéllé Bryan (1975-03-12) 12 March 1975 (age 47) Plaistow, Greater London, England
Occupation	Singer actress
Years active	1991–present
Spouses	Jay Gudgeon ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	2
Musical career
Genres	R&B gospel soul
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	EMI Mercury
Musical artist
Website	www.kellebryan.co.uk

Early and personal life

Bryan was born on 12 March 1975 in Plaistow, Greater London.[1] Aged 11, Bryan joined the Italia Conti Academy stage school, where she completed eight years of performing arts and qualified as a dance teacher. While at the school, she met Louise Nurding – the pair met record producer Denis Ingoldsby, who was forming a girl group.[2]

Bryan was diagnosed with lupus in 1998 and is a patron of St Thomas' Lupus Trust.[3] In 2010, she married Jay Gudgeon.[4] The pair have two children together.[5] In 2014, Bryan began to suffer heavy symptoms of her lupus. She lost a lot of hair, her sight, hearing and movement deteriorated, and she was unable to speak. She then had a seizure, and the doctors confirmed that her lupus was affecting her brain.[6] After the seizure, Bryan had to relearn how to read and write, and continues to struggle with short term memory loss.[7]

Career

Bryan appeared in ITV's The Bill, and on 31 March 1992 she appeared as Debbie in BBC's EastEnders who was a college friend of Lloyd Tavernier (Garey Bridges).[8] In 1993, Bryan and Nurding, together with sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett formed the 1990s British R&B girl group Eternal. Eternal sold millions of albums, including 16 consecutive top 15 UK chart singles such as "Stay", "Just a Step from Heaven", "Oh Baby I", "Power of a Woman", "I Am Blessed", "Someday", "Don't You Love Me", "I Wanna Be the Only One" and "Angel of Mine". Following her departure from Eternal, Bryan signed a record deal with Mercury Records and began work on her debut solo album, Breakfast in Bed, which was never released.[9] In 2006, Bryan was a contestant on Love Island 2, finishing as the female runner-up.[9]

In 2008, she contributed backing vocals to "I Found Love", the debut single by Lankai. Bryan also had starring roles in the musical comedy, The X-Tra Factor and a film called The Naked Poet, playing the part of Michelle.[10] In 2012, she played the part of Fran in the BBC comedy Me and Mrs Jones.[11] Bryan joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks in September 2018, portraying the role of Martine Deveraux.[12] From May 2019, she has been appearing regularly on ITV's show Loose Women.[13] After four years of appearing on Hollyoaks, Bryan announced her exit from the show on 3 June 2022 with her final scenes airing that same day.[14]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details
Breakfast in Bed	Unreleased Label: Mercury

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		UK[15]
"Higher Than Heaven"	1999	14	Non-album single
"I Wanna Know"	2000	—	Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	EastEnders	Debbie	1 episode
2006	Celebrity Love Island	Herself	Runner-up
2007	The Virus	Nurse	Short film
2009	The Brothers	Jen	Main role
2012	Me and Mrs Jones	Fran	Main role
2012	Rocket's Island	Wendy Sparks	3 episodes
2016	The Naked Poet	Michelle	Film
2018–2022	Hollyoaks	Martine Deveraux	Series regular
2019–present	Loose Women	Herself	Panelist

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue
2005–2006	Jack and the Beanstalk	Jill	Buxton Opera House
2006–2007	Cinderella	Cinderella	Catford Theatre
2007–2008	Cinderella	Cinderella	Oakengates Theatre
2008–2009	Aladdin	Princess Jasmine	Rickmansworth Watersmeet Theatre
2009–2010	Cinderella	Cinderella	Derby Assembly Rooms
2010–2011	Cinderella	Cinderella	The Playhouse, Weston Super Mare

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2020	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress	Nominated	[16]
2020	I Talk Telly Awards	Best Soap Performance	Nominated	[17]
2021	26th National Television Awards	Serial Drama Performance	Nominated	[18]
2021	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress	Nominated	[19]
2021	Inside Soap Awards	Best Partnership (shared with Richard Blackwood)	Nominated	[19]
2021	I Talk Telly Awards	Best Soap Performance	Nominated	[20]
2022	The British Soap Awards	Best Leading Performer	Nominated	[21]

References

External links

• Official website
• Kéllé Bryan at IMDb

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