Biography

Mother, with husband Azuka Ononye, of daughters Azura Sienna Ononye (b. October 2013) and Anaya Safiya Ononye (b. August 20, 2019).

She won the fifth series of Strictly Come Dancing (2004) with her professional partner Matthew Cutler.

Her favorite male rapper is Eminem.

In 2017, she married Azuka Ononye after 5 years together.

As of September 2009, she has replaced Arlene Phillips as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing (2004).

Fair play to women if they want to empower themselves or want to go out and buy all their little sex toys. Not my cup of tea personally--I'm quite old-fashioned, which would probably bore the pants off a lot of people. I like my serious relationships. I have a healthy sex life and I don't need any tools. My man does a perfectly good job himself!

I make a conscious decision not to vote as I don't trust anybody that runs the country because you give somebody too much power and they let it go to their heads. Tony Blair is only the front man. He's not necessarily the man that actually pulls the strings

I believe if a child is in a secure, stable environment they can go out into the world fearless. But if a child doesn't have that feeling of security because of the uncertainties around them, it affects them. Probably some of the greatest songwriters in the world are insecure people because they have inner fears.

It sounds terrible but when I go on the treadmill I listen to my album. I say to myself, 'You can't get off till you've done the whole thing'. I think about the stamina and endurance I'll need when I'm on stage.

Yesterday I trained so hard it reduced me to tears. I was doing body conditioning, or torture as I call it. It's all psychological though - you have to push through with your mind. The hardest thing with exercise is starting but I'm trying to change my way of thinking about it. I know that I need to do it because of my work. If I don't work out, I feel so sluggish and I can't sleep at night.