Inside Jennifer Metcalfe's life - rival soap, Christmas dumping and miracle baby
dailystar.co.ukHollyoaks actress Jennifer Metcalfe is a soap legend.The 38-year-old actress has portrayed Mercedes McQueen on the Channel 4 soap since 2008 and her memorable debut paved the way for the rest of the McQueen clan.Mercedes finds herself in hot water this week as she learns the true identity of her son Bobby Costello's online chess partner 'G'.The concerned mother has been defending the youngster but is beginning to yield, with the risk of whatever's lurking behind the flat door proving an ever more sinister threat.But, who is Jennifer Metcalfe?
And, what does her life look like away from the village?While Jennifer's name is synonymous with Hollyoaks, she actually got her soap start elsewhere.Jennifer began her acting career in 2001 when she was cast as a school bully in TV series At Home with the Braithwaites.A year later, she made her soap debut when she starred as a character called Jade Nicholls in three episodes of Emmerdale.The burgeoning actress later joined the cast of Hollyoaks.In 2011, Jennifer also appeared on reality competition Dancing on Ice where she met her ex-boyfriend, Sylvain Chamberlain.Jennifer and Sylvain began dating after growing close on Dancing on Ice.That changed when Sylvain was partnered with Coronation Street actress Samia Ghadie a year later, with Jennifer claiming Sylvain dumped her over the phone on Christmas Day.She previously told The Sun: 'He told me on the phone that Samia and himself had a conversation about their feelings for each other."Of her feelings after the split, Jennifer added: "It's like death.
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