Amanda Holden

ITV 1

On graduating from Mountview Theatre School in July 1992, Amanda landed her first role in Granada’s In Suspicious Circumstances with Edward Woodward, followed by roles in EastEnders and the movie Virtual Sexuality with Rupert-Penry Jones.

Her film appearances include Intimate Relations and her theatre credits include Liesl Von Trapp in The Sound of Music; Cecily Cardew in The Importance of Being Earnest; and Elaine Harper in an Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
production of Arsenic and Old Lace.

In 1997 Amanda appeared in the comedy series We Know Where You Live with Simon Pegg, for Channel 5 TV; played a major role in an episode of Thief Takers.

She played the part of Mel in three series of the hit comedy Kiss me Kate -a-co-production by BBC TV and Carliton TV - starring Caroline Quentin and in 1999 went on to star as "Miss Titley" in all three series of ITV's popular comedy series The Grimleys. She also starred in BBC1 TV's Happy Birthday Shakespeare, a romantic comedy and in two series of Hearts and Bones, a drama series for BBC1 TV with Damien Lewis - about a group of friends from Coventry who are trying to make a living for themselves in London.

A new drama The Hunt was screened on ITV in 2001 and a 90-minute single drama - Now You See Her - for Sky One was also shown.

She played the leading role of Sarah Trevanion in three hugely successful series of ITV1's "Wild At Heart" with Stephen Tomkinson and is also one of the judges, alongside Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan, in ITV' hugely successful "Britain's Got Talent" - which regularly pulls in over 12 million viewers. She has recently starred in "Big Top" alongside Tony Robinson, John Thomson and Ruth Madoc for BBC1, "Fantasy Lives" for ITV1 and co-presented a brand new game show "The Door" with Chris Tarrant, also for ITV1. She works regularly in the States covering various showbussiness and news events for CBS.