Jenny Eclair

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Jenny Eclair (born Jenny Clare Hargreaves in Malaysia on 16 March 1960) is an English comedian, novelist, and actress, best known for her roles in Grumpy Old Women between 2004 and 2007, and in Loose Women in 2011 and 2012.

After an early appearance as a German hotel worker in Auf Wiedersehen Pet, she starred in the ITV drama The Bill and appeared in the early 1990s Channel 4 comedy series Packet of Three (as well as the follow-up series Packing Them In) with Frank Skinner.

In 1995, she became the first female solo winner of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival's Perrier Comedy Award.

In 1997, she played Josie in the stage play Steaming by Nell Dunn.

In 2001, she published her first novel, Camberwell Beauty.

She provided alternative commentary of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 for BBC Choice viewers, as part of the channel's Liquid Eurovision Party coverage.

She helped develop, and appeared on, BBC Two's Grumpy Old Women and its various spin-off shows and, in 2006, starred in the stage show Grumpy Old Women Live! with Dillie Keane and Linda Robson.

In 2005, she appeared in the reality show Comic Relief Does Fame Academy.

She appeared in the 2010 series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, finishing in third place behind Stacey Solomon and Shaun Ryder.

In 2012 she appeared in Celebrity MasterChef on BBC One.

In 2014, she took part in the second series of the ITV celebrity diving show Splash!.

[Source: Wikipedia, 27/09/2022.]