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| name = Jodi Albert |
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| caption = Albert with husband [[Kian Egan]] |
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| birth_name = Jodi |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|7|22}} |
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| birth_place = [[Chingford]], London, |
| birth_place = [[Chingford]], London, United Kingdom |
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| occupation = Singer, actress |
| occupation = Singer, actress |
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* [[Universal Records|Universal]] |
* [[Universal Records|Universal]] |
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* [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] |
* [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] |
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* [[RCA Records|RCA]]}} |
* [[RCA Records|RCA]]}} |
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* [[Girl Thing]] |
* [[Girl Thing]] |
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* [[Wonderland (band)|Wonderland]]}} |
* [[Wonderland (band)|Wonderland]]}} |
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'''Jodi |
'''Jodi Albert''' (born 22 July 1983) is a British actress and singer, best known for playing [[Debbie Dean]] in the [[Channel 4]] soap opera ''[[Hollyoaks]]'', as a member of Simon Cowell's British [[girl group]] [[Girl Thing]], and as a member of Irish girl group [[Wonderland (band)|Wonderland]]. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Albert attended the independent, |
Jodi Albert attended the independent, [[Sylvia Young Theatre School]],<ref name="=IMDB">{{cite web | title = Biography for Jodi Albert | publisher = Internet Movie Database | url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1307799/bio |
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| access-date=14 May 2013}}</ref> and shared lessons with [[Lee Ryan]], [[Matt Willis]], [[Billie Piper]], and [[Amy Winehouse]]. At the age of ten, she was cast in the starring role of Young Cosette in ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'' at London's [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]]. |
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Jodi signed her first recording contract at age 15 years old to Simon Cowell's group [[Girl Thing]]. They had a top ten hit and their album went gold in Asia and Australia. Girl Thing subsequently reunited for the second series of ''[[The Big Reunion]]''. |
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==Career== |
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After leaving school, Albert was in the short-lived British-Dutch girl band [[Girl Thing]],<ref name="=IMDB"/> that had a top ten hit in the United Kingdom in 2000 with the song ''Last One Standing.'' |
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In 2002, Albert joined the cast of the soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' on Channel 4, playing Debbie Dean. She left in 2005 |
In 2002, Albert joined the cast of the soap opera ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' on Channel 4, playing Debbie Dean. She left in 2005 but returned for guest appearances in 2005 and 2006. In 2005, Albert won the [[British Soap Award]] for ''Sexiest Female'' for her role in ''Hollyoaks.'' After leaving ''Hollyoaks,'' she appeared in [[Five (TV)|Five]] sitcom ''[[Respectable (TV series)|Respectable]];'' ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]], and'' ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]'' for the [[BBC]]; and the British film ''[[Popcorn (2007 film)|Popcorn]]'', opposite ex-''[[EastEnders]]'' star [[Jack Ryder (actor)|Jack Ryder]]. |
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⚫ | In 2008, Albert signed her second record deal and became part of the Irish-based girl group ''[[Wonderland (band)|Wonderland]],'' who wrote and helped create their successful UK top ten 10 album Wonderland, she was heavily involved in the creative part of this band formed with [[Kian Egan]], in partnership with music manager [[Louis Walsh]]. |
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After leaving ''Hollyoaks,'' Albert appeared in the reality television series ''[[California Dreaming (TV series)|California Dreaming]]'', in a bid to make it in Hollywood, leaving the series before its conclusion. Since then, she has appeared in: [[Five (TV)|Five]] sitcom ''[[Respectable (TV series)|Respectable]];'' ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' and ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]'' for the [[BBC]]; and the British film ''[[Popcorn (2007 film)|Popcorn]]'', opposite ex-''[[EastEnders]]'' star [[Jack Ryder (actor)|Jack Ryder]]. |
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⚫ | Albert has posed for numerous photoshoots for several men's magazines including ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' and ''[[FHM]]'' and is featured in ''Maxim''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "Girls of ''Maxim''" gallery,<ref name="girlsofmaxim">{{cite web|url=http://www.maximonline.com/girls_of_maxim/pictures_and_bio/1093/JodiAlbert.girl?src=wiki |title=Girls of Maxim Gallery |access-date=17 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930153726/http://www.maximonline.com/girls_of_maxim/pictures_and_bio/1093/JodiAlbert.girl?src=wiki |archive-date=30 September 2007 }}</ref> also being named three times in [[FHM's 100 Sexiest Women (UK)|''FHM''{{'s}} 100 Sexiest Women]] list: #93 in 2003;<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sexiest Women in the World 2003 |work=FHM |url=http://www.fhm.com/girls/The-Sexiest-Women-In-The-World-2003-20070307 |access-date=13 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719044845/http://www.fhm.com/girls/The-Sexiest-Women-In-The-World-2003-20070307 |archive-date=19 July 2013 }}</ref> No. 73 in 2004;<ref>{{cite web | title = The Sexiest Women in the World 2004 | work = FHM | url = http://www.fhm.com/girls/The-Sexiest-Women-In-The-World-2004-20070307 | access-date = 13 May 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130801024421/http://www.fhm.com/girls/The-Sexiest-Women-In-The-World-2004-20070307 | archive-date = 1 August 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> and No. 65 in 2005.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Sexiest Women in the World 2005 | work = FHM | url = http://www.fhm.com/girls/The-Sexiest-Women-In-The-World-2005-20070307 | access-date = 13 May 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130807224454/http://www.fhm.com/girls/The-Sexiest-Women-In-The-World-2005-20070307 | archive-date = 7 August 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> |
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⚫ | Albert has posed for numerous photoshoots for several men's magazines including ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' and ''[[FHM]]'' and is featured in ''Maxim''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Albert married [[Kian Egan]], a member of the Irish [[boy band]] [[Westlife]], on 9 May 2009, in [[Barbados]].<ref name="kianegan"> |
Albert married [[Kian Egan]], a member of the Irish [[boy band|vocal group]] [[Westlife]], on 9 May 2009, in [[Barbados]].<ref name="kianegan"> |
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{{cite web | title = Boys and girls come out to play in Dublin | work = Hello | publisher = HELLO! | date = 2 February 2007 | url = http://www.hellomagazine.com/music/2007/02/02/meteor-music-awards/ | |
{{cite web | title = Boys and girls come out to play in Dublin | work = Hello | publisher = HELLO! | date = 2 February 2007 | url = http://www.hellomagazine.com/music/2007/02/02/meteor-music-awards/ | access-date = 13 May 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121012040029/http://www.hellomagazine.com/music/2007/02/02/meteor-music-awards/ | archive-date = 12 October 2012 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> |
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<ref name="engagement">{{cite news |title= Westlife's Kian to marry actress |publisher=BBC News | date=4 January 2008 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7172275.stm |access-date= 14 May 2013}}</ref> On 31 July 2011, the couple announced they were expecting their first baby. The birth of their son, Koa, was announced on 20 December 2011.<!-- WP:RS needed; removed link to WP:SPS (Twitter, FB, WP)--> In November 2014, it was announced that they were expecting their second child.<ref>{{cite web | title= Baby News! Kian Egan and Jodi Albert expecting second child | work = The Irish Independent | date = 14 November 2014 | url=http://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/baby-news-kian-egan-and-jodi-albert-expecting-second-child-30744884.html | access-date= 18 January 2015}}</ref> |
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In February 2015 her mother Eileen died |
In February 2015 her mother Eileen died suffering from cancer for eight years. On 21 May 2015, Albert gave birth to her second child, a son named Zekey.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/jodi-albert-mum-loses-battle-with-cancer/| work= evoke.ie| title= 'My beautiful little mummy has passed away peacefully' Jodi Albert's mother loses battle with cancer| date= 25 February 2015| access-date= 25 February 2015| archive-date= 4 September 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170904112638/http://evoke.ie/showbiz/jodi-albert-mum-loses-battle-with-cancer| url-status= dead}}</ref> On 30 March 2017, Jodi announced on her Instagram that they were expecting their third child. Their third son Cobi Egan was born on 29 September 2017. The family live in [[Strandhill]], [[County Sligo]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/judge-tells-westlifes-kian-egan-raise-wall-up-to-keep-fans-at-bay-29768758.html|title=Judge tells Westlife's Kian Egan 'raise wall up' to keep fans at bay|newspaper=[[Belfast Telegraph]]|via=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk}}</ref> |
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==Filmography== |
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| 2002-2004 |
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| ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' |
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| Debbie Dean |
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| 2003 |
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| ''The Debt'' |
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| Sophie Stokes |
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| 2005 |
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| ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' |
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| Jody Tiller |
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| Episode: "Big Bang Theory" |
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| ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]'' |
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| Sally |
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| Episode: "One Guilty Deed" |
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| ''[[Respectable (TV series)]]'' |
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| Hayley |
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| 6 episodes |
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|rowspan="4"| 2007 |
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|''[[Popcorn (2007 film)|Popcorn]]'' |
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| Suki |
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| ''Casualty'' |
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| Sophie Sutton |
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| Episode: "It Never Rains" |
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| ''[[Katy Brand's Big Ass Show]]'' |
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| Series 1 Episode 3 |
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| ''Popcorn: How to Compliment a Girl'' |
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| Suki |
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==Songwriting credits== |
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*"Air Brush"<ref name="ASCAP">{{cite web|title=ACE/Repertory: Writers: Albert Jodie Mary |publisher=ASCAP |url=https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx | |
*"Air Brush"<ref name="ASCAP">{{cite web|title=ACE/Repertory: Writers: Albert Jodie Mary |publisher=ASCAP |url=https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |access-date=14 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306032310/https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |archive-date=6 March 2013 }}</ref> |
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*"Believe"<ref name="harryfox">{{cite web|title=Songfile Search Results (Jodi Albert) |work=hfa |publisher=Harry Fox Agency |url=http://www.harryfox.com/songfile/public/publicsearch.jsp | |
*"Believe"<ref name="harryfox">{{cite web|title=Songfile Search Results (Jodi Albert) |work=hfa |publisher=Harry Fox Agency |url=http://www.harryfox.com/songfile/public/publicsearch.jsp |access-date=14 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006122439/http://harryfox.com/songfile/public/publicsearch.jsp |archive-date= 6 October 2010 }}</ref> |
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*"Bounce"<ref name="ASCAP"/> |
*"Bounce"<ref name="ASCAP"/> |
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*"Don't Look Down"<ref name="harryfox"/> |
*"Don't Look Down"<ref name="harryfox"/> |
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*"Getting Mad Not Even"<ref name="bmi">{{cite web | title = Songwriter/Composer: Albert Jodie Mary | work = BMI Repertoire | publisher = BMI | url = http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=907196&keyname=ALBERT+JODIE+MARY&CAE=288654804&Affiliation=PRS | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160109135539/http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=907196&keyname=ALBERT+JODIE+MARY&CAE=288654804&Affiliation=PRS | |
*"Getting Mad Not Even"<ref name="bmi">{{cite web | title = Songwriter/Composer: Albert Jodie Mary | work = BMI Repertoire | publisher = BMI | url = http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=907196&keyname=ALBERT+JODIE+MARY&CAE=288654804&Affiliation=PRS | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160109135539/http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=907196&keyname=ALBERT+JODIE+MARY&CAE=288654804&Affiliation=PRS | url-status = dead | archive-date = 9 January 2016 | access-date = 14 May 2013 }}</ref> |
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*"Girl Thing"<ref name="harryfox"/> |
*"Girl Thing"<ref name="harryfox"/> |
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*"Girlfriend"<ref name="harryfox"/> |
*"Girlfriend"<ref name="harryfox"/> |
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===Demo=== |
===Demo=== |
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*"La Dolce Vita" |
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*"La Dolce Vita" |
*"La Dolce Vita" |
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===Cameo appearance=== |
===Cameo appearance=== |
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*[[Westlife]] – "[[Us Against the World (Westlife song)|Us Against the World]]"<ref>{{cite web | title = Kian and Jodi Egan | publisher= YouTube | url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyS0xhhst7I | |
*[[Westlife]] – "[[Us Against the World (Westlife song)|Us Against the World]]"<ref>{{cite web | title = Kian and Jodi Egan | publisher= YouTube | url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyS0xhhst7I |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/GyS0xhhst7I |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live| access-date=14 May 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*{{IMDb name|id=1307799|name=Jodi Albert}} |
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Jodi Albert | |
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Birth name | Jodi Albert |
Born | Chingford, London, United Kingdom | 22 July 1983
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Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 1998–present |
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Jodi Albert (born 22 July 1983) is a British actress and singer, best known for playing Debbie Dean in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, as a member of Simon Cowell's British girl group Girl Thing, and as a member of Irish girl group Wonderland.
Early life
[edit]Jodi Albert attended the independent, Sylvia Young Theatre School,[1] and shared lessons with Lee Ryan, Matt Willis, Billie Piper, and Amy Winehouse. At the age of ten, she was cast in the starring role of Young Cosette in Les Misérables at London's Palace Theatre.
Jodi signed her first recording contract at age 15 years old to Simon Cowell's group Girl Thing. They had a top ten hit and their album went gold in Asia and Australia. Girl Thing subsequently reunited for the second series of The Big Reunion.
In 2002, Albert joined the cast of the soap opera Hollyoaks on Channel 4, playing Debbie Dean. She left in 2005 but returned for guest appearances in 2005 and 2006. In 2005, Albert won the British Soap Award for Sexiest Female for her role in Hollyoaks. After leaving Hollyoaks, she appeared in Five sitcom Respectable; Casualty, and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries for the BBC; and the British film Popcorn, opposite ex-EastEnders star Jack Ryder.
In 2008, Albert signed her second record deal and became part of the Irish-based girl group Wonderland, who wrote and helped create their successful UK top ten 10 album Wonderland, she was heavily involved in the creative part of this band formed with Kian Egan, in partnership with music manager Louis Walsh.
Albert has posed for numerous photoshoots for several men's magazines including Maxim and FHM and is featured in Maxim's "Girls of Maxim" gallery,[2] also being named three times in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list: #93 in 2003;[3] No. 73 in 2004;[4] and No. 65 in 2005.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Albert married Kian Egan, a member of the Irish vocal group Westlife, on 9 May 2009, in Barbados.[6] [7] On 31 July 2011, the couple announced they were expecting their first baby. The birth of their son, Koa, was announced on 20 December 2011. In November 2014, it was announced that they were expecting their second child.[8] In February 2015 her mother Eileen died suffering from cancer for eight years. On 21 May 2015, Albert gave birth to her second child, a son named Zekey.[9] On 30 March 2017, Jodi announced on her Instagram that they were expecting their third child. Their third son Cobi Egan was born on 29 September 2017. The family live in Strandhill, County Sligo.[10]
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002-2004 | Hollyoaks | Debbie Dean | |
2003 | The Debt | Sophie Stokes | Television film |
2005 | Casualty | Jody Tiller | Episode: "Big Bang Theory" |
2006 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Sally | Episode: "One Guilty Deed" |
Respectable (TV series) | Hayley | 6 episodes | |
2007 | Popcorn | Suki | |
Casualty | Sophie Sutton | Episode: "It Never Rains" | |
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show | Series 1 Episode 3 | ||
Popcorn: How to Compliment a Girl | Suki | Video short |
Songwriting credits
[edit]- "Air Brush"[11]
- "Believe"[12]
- "Bounce"[11]
- "Don't Look Down"[12]
- "Getting Mad Not Even"[13]
- "Girl Thing"[12]
- "Girlfriend"[12]
- "If That's What It Takes"[12]
- "Last Goodbye"[11]
- "Last One Standing"[11]
- "Like Ya Like It"[13]
- "Not a Love Song"[11]
- "Signs"[12]
- "That's The Way We Do It"[11]
- "Time Has Run Out"[12]
- "One for the Summer"[12]
Demo
[edit]- "La Dolce Vita"
Cameo appearance
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Biography for Jodi Albert". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ "Girls of Maxim Gallery". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
- ^ "The Sexiest Women in the World 2003". FHM. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ "The Sexiest Women in the World 2004". FHM. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ "The Sexiest Women in the World 2005". FHM. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ "Boys and girls come out to play in Dublin". Hello. HELLO!. 2 February 2007. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ "Westlife's Kian to marry actress". BBC News. 4 January 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ "Baby News! Kian Egan and Jodi Albert expecting second child". The Irish Independent. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ "'My beautiful little mummy has passed away peacefully' Jodi Albert's mother loses battle with cancer". evoke.ie. 25 February 2015. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Judge tells Westlife's Kian Egan 'raise wall up' to keep fans at bay". Belfast Telegraph – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ^ a b c d e f "ACE/Repertory: Writers: Albert Jodie Mary". ASCAP. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Songfile Search Results (Jodi Albert)". hfa. Harry Fox Agency. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Songwriter/Composer: Albert Jodie Mary". BMI Repertoire. BMI. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ "Kian and Jodi Egan". YouTube. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
External links
[edit]- Jodi Albert at IMDb
- Jodi Albert on Instagram
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Actors from the London Borough of Waltham Forest
- Alumni of the Sylvia Young Theatre School
- British soap opera actresses
- English women singers
- English musical theatre actresses
- English stage actresses
- English television actresses
- 21st-century English actresses
- Actresses from London
- People from Chingford