Denise van Outen (born Denise Outen May 27 1974) is a British television host and stage actress. Her most famous roles have been as a presenter for The Big Breakfast and as Roxie in the musical Chicago on both West End and Broadway.

Career

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Van Outen was born Denise Outen (the van was added later to give her name an interesting twist, and also to acknowledge her Dutch roots) in Basildon, Essex. She attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School and as a youngster appeared in the chorus of Les Misérables.

As a teenager she had brief roles on a number of television dramas including Kappatoo. She joined The Big Breakfast as a weather and travel reporter in 1995 and landed the presenting role in 1997. It proved to be her big breakthrough. Her feisty personality and sexy clothing played off well against the quick wit of Johnny Vaughan and together they recovered audience figures to near record levels. Van Outen gathered many male fans.

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