Denise van Outen

She was a judge on Any Dream Will Do in 2007, Born to Shine in 2011, and she had also been a judge on Ireland\'s Got Talent which ran for two seasons (2018–2019). Van Outen also narrates the ITVBe reality television series The Only Way Is Essex.\n', 'Born Denise Kathleen Outen in Basildon, Essex, she has a brother Terry and sister Jackie. At the age of seven, she began modelling for knitting patterns, and showed an early flair for performing. This resulted in her attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School. In 1986, she played Éponine in Les Misérables (the role paid her school fees), the Anthony Newley directed production of Stop the World - I Want to Get Off, and A Midsummer Night\'s Dream with the Royal Shakespeare Company.\n', 'As a teenager she had brief roles on a number of television dramas including Kappatoo and The Bill. She also sang with Cathy Warwick in "girl group" Those2Girls…