Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English actress Jennifer Ellison.
Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Jennifer Lesley Ellison is an English actress, former glamour model, television personality, dancer and singer. Ellison is perhaps best known for playing Emily Shadwick in the television soap opera Brookside until 2003, and as Meg Giry in the 2004 film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera. Ellison also starred on the reality television show Dance Mums with Jennifer Ellison, the UK version of the American show Dance Moms.
I was born and brought up in Liverpool with my clever little sister Jemma, who is 14 and wants to be a vet. My mum Jane is an administrator and my dad Peter is a taxi driver.
Everyone thinks that just because you have a Scouse accent, then you must be 'on the rob'.
If the press see you looking normal they can suddenly be 'oh, she's got a spot on her face, she's having a bad day'. That can be quite cruel.
Dad worked in a warehouse when I was little and I didn't see him for three years as he was doing all the overtime God gave him to buy me new ballet shoes, or a new tutu.
I don't do faddy diets any more. I once did a no-carbs diet a few years ago but it made me depressed. I couldn't be doing with that!
My name's Jennifer Ellison and one day I'm going to be famous!
If it's supposed to be a really passionate snog, you slip the tongue in.
I used to be such a daredevil but now I'm much more cautious.
I want to be a young mum and if I didn't have to work I'd have them tomorrow. I'd like three!
I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up.
Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.
I'm very close to my family. Not like these big stars - not mentioning any names - who lose the plot and don't know who they are.
I would snack on crisps and chocolate and my meals weren't the best. I ate lots of steak with creamy sauces, chips and peas, washed down with wine and a pudding.
When I found out I was pregnant, I was over the moon about it, but I was upset I wasn't married!
I love performing on stage the most. It's getting that instant reaction from a live audience. There are no boundaries, you can take your character as far as you want to, you can be the craziest person ever.
I had absolutely no idea how I had ballooned during my pregnancy. All I thought about was eating plenty of food to keep my baby healthy.
I'd already put on a bit of weight before I got pregnant.
I don't find it a struggle to maintain a healthy diet now as my palate has changed. I don't crave rich food.
I want to have a family and I'd like to live in a lovely big house, with a massive driveway and gates and loads of kids.
I came out of the womb born to sing and dance. I have to follow my heart.
I eat a lot of chicken with salad or salmon with salad.
I'm an addict for underwear.
Going home and spending time with your family and your real friends keeps you grounded.
I want to be the best mum and I want everything to be perfect - I want a fairy tale really.
I wanted to have a go at a pop career. My first single, 'Baby I Don't Care', was a hit, and the second, 'Bye Bye Boy', reached the Top 20.
I always wanted to act and sing, but my first love was ballet.
I think because I did a lot of modelling and appeared in lads mags a lot of women didn't necessarily warm to me. But now I have been through childbirth, post-natal depression and struggled with my weight, women seem to relate to me a lot more.
I was performing from the age of three.
I got a mortgage at 17! I didn't even know you could get a mortgage at 17.
I just wanted to perform, to sing, dance and act.
The prima ballerinas who taught me were far more scary than Gordon Ramsay. They'd scream at me and pull my legs and arms, so after them Gordon was a piece of cake.
I'm comfortable with my body but I don't like my bum - I think it's too big.
I want to tell people that I had post-natal depression because there is so much stigma around the subject and there shouldn't be.
I recently went mad and spent 1,000 in one afternoon on bras and knickers. I love classy, lacy stuff that makes you feel dead sexy knowing you've got it on. I've never worn stockings and suspenders, though. But I could imagine they'd make you feel really sexy worn under something formal. I think I'll save that experience and wear them under my wedding dress.