TRICIA PENROSE

TRICIA PENROSE

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About TRICIA PENROSE

Patricia "Tricia" Penrose (born 9 April 1970, Kirkby, Merseyside) is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Gina Ward in ITV1's long-running 1960s drama Heartbeat, a role she has played continuously since 1993. She has also appeared in The Royal, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Boon and Dancin' Thru the Dark. Penrose has made several attempts to break into the music industry. She has released two singles – "Where Did Our Love Go?" (1996) and "Don't Wanna Be Alone" (2000) – neither of which was especially successful. In 2002 she reached the final of A Song for Europe (the competition to select the UK's Eurovision Song Contest entry) but did not win. She has also sung a number of times on Heartbeat. Penrose has several times expressed a desire to try new things, but has always returned to Heartbeat. In 2006, she signed a new contract with the show, thought to be worth £100,000. However, as of 2009, the future of the show is in doubt, and it is uncertain whether any more episodes will be made. In 2007, Penrose came second in the third series of Comic Relief Does Fame Academy on BBC1, beaten by reportedly approximately 5.76 million votes by Tara Palmer-Tomkinson. In 2008 she released an aerobics DVD. In July 2010, she was a contestant on the BBC programme Celebrity MasterChef, but she was eliminated at the first hurdle after serving up uncooked liver. She is married to TV presenter Mark Simpkin, with two sons, Jake (born 10 September 2003), and Freddy Jay (born 8 August 2008). She has an older brother called Paul and a long-lost sister Julie, whom she met for the first time only in 2001

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