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Jenny Ryan found fame thanks to her role as The Vixen on The Chase, but she's appeared on various other shows during her quiz show career. The 40 year old, who recently shocked fans when she ditched her signature look for a night out in London, first joined the hit ITV show in 2015, and has become a firm favourite among viewers over the years. Known for her iconic red beehive hairstyle and love of animal print, Jenny stars as one of the six chasers on The Chase, alongside stars including Anne Hegerty, Mark Labbett and Shaun Wallace.

The Chase star Anne Hegerty has revealed the inspiration behind her role as The Governess on the popular ITV quiz show.The quizzer, 63, has played the formidable role of The Governess on the show since 2010 but has now opened up on where she gets her inspiration for the part.The ITV personality told how she modelled herself on certain family members, despite not entirely getting on with them.The star made the remarks at an event celebrating International Women's Day last month.Anne revealed: "On my mother’s side, I come from a very feminist family."She went on to explain how her relatives were involved in campaigning for women's rights.She said: "My great grandmother campaigned for votes for women before the Suffragette movement."Two of their daughters went to university, my great aunt became a doctor and my grandmother studied history."Anne revealed that she took inspiration from her close relatives for her ITV character."I didn’t get on at all well with my grandmother but I sort of channel her a bit for The Governess," she added.Anne also said that she didn't get one with one of her aunts.She went on to explain how it resulted in her drawing inspiration from them to use in her role as The Governess, she told The Sun.Anne is one of six Chasers on the ITV quiz programme.She stars alongside Shaun Wallace, Mark Labbett, Jenny Ryan, Paul Sinha and Darragh Ennis.Elsewhere, Anne confirmed that she was forced to pull out of filming for Beat the Chasers after having tested positive for Covid.In an announcement on Twitter last month, Anne reassured her 161,200 followers that she felt okay and revealed who would be stepping in to take her place.Anne wrote: "Unfortunately I’ve contracted Covid-19 so won’t be filming this series of

The Chase fans found it difficult to concentrate after swooning over a hunky contestant who bagged a whopping £30k in the first round.30-year-old Gary from London sent fans into a frenzy with his tall, handsome good looks as he became the first contestant to take on chaser Jenny Ryan, aka The Vixen.Admitting his hopes to win big and make a sizeable amount of money for his team, Gary bagged a nice £6k in his initial one-on-one with host Bradley.As chaser Jenny offered up £30k for the high bid on the next round, the confident Corporate Manager decided to go for it, delighting fans by braving The Vixen for the mega prize pot.As fans swooned over his confidence and good looks, Twitter was left in awe after he succeeded in his bid to bag the cash with space to spare on the board.Viewers at home also took to social media platform Twitter to comment on the hunky contestant’s massive win.One fan wrote: "Anyone else like, damn Gary, you hot."A second added: "Gary is a bit handsome and nice. Mega dreamy and brains to boot #TheChase."While a third agreed: "Well hello Gary.

Jenny Ryan has dazzled fans with her impeccable quizzing knowledge and smart-witted commentary on ITV's The Chase and its spin-off show Beat The Chaser.Known to viewers as The Vixen, the 40 year old joined the popular daytime programme in 2015 and quickly became a fan favourite.Hailing from the English town Bolton, Jenny's first quiz show appearance was on University Challenge in 2003, where she helped the University of Leeds to reach the semi-finals. But although she appears on TVs across the nation most weeks, not much is known about the star's life away from the show.Daily Star has taken a look.Not much is known about whether Jenny is currently seeing someone at the moment as she is fairly guarded about her love life.Despite this, The TV star did previously mention a "boyfriend" on social media but remained fiercely private about his identity.Mentioning her significant other in 2016, Jenny replied to a post from the account WeRateDogs.She penned: "My boyfriend is shark phobic but dog-obsessed so I am showing him all #BarkWeek pics to help him get over his fear.

The Chase star Jenny Ryan has taken to Twitter to hit back at sexist criticism she received after appearing on the show.The formidable Chaser, also known as The Vixen, hit back at claims that she had been "patronising, sarcastic and rude" to contestants, before questioning whether the social media user would have put the sexist comments to one of her male colleagues.In view of her 108,100 followers, the flame-haired star, 39, posted criticism she had received on the micro-blogging site from a viewer of the quiz show.She wrote: "Well, isn't it great that my job isn't to be attractive?" (sic)Alongside the captio, Jenny had also shared a rude tweet.Tagging her, it read: "@jenlion being patronising, sarcastic and rude to the contestants on The Chase is not an attractive feature."Continuing her thread, Jenny wrote: "At least, not to be attractive to this guy."She went on in a new tweet: "In seriousness, would the [original poster] tweet this to any of my male colleagues?"It's infuriating that in 2022 CE I'm still being primarily judged on whether some random man on the internet wants to bang me (based on some Victorian ideal of the meek and mild woman, apparently) rather than how good I am at my job."Side note: I'm rarely patronising, let alone sarcastic or rude to the contestants," she ended her thread.However, Twitter user @playpictorial claimed that the show's host Bradley Walsh "always comments" about Jenny's looks.They replied to her: "Why then does Brad always comment about your looks in the intro whilst the Menace his intelligence, that said we enjoy watching your performance and positive comments to the contestants."Addressing the claims, Jenny was quick to shoot them down.She hit back: "He doesn't comment on my

THE Chase star Jenny 'The Vixen' Ryan has hit back at a troll who slammed her as "sarcastic and rude" in a vile tweet. The quizzing expert - who joined the hit ITV show back in 2015 - savagely told the follower it was "not her job to be attractive".

The Chase star Jenny Ryan looked incredible in a red shirt dress as she stepped out to a London event.The brainy beauty - best known as Chaser The Vixen on the hit ITV quiz show - looked totally transformed from her on-screen alter ego in the glamorous satin frock.Teaming the garment with a pair of black ankle boots and black tights, Jenny accessorised her look with large black-framed glasses.Jenny, 39, wore her red hair down in a sleek straight style and added a dash of red lipstick to compliment her outfit.The quiz expert was attending the opening night of Wicked with its refreshed cast in London on Thursday.As she posted the snap, she praised the viewing of Wicked, but fans were certainly interested in her glamorous look instead.

Danny Walters cosied up to his girlfriend as he stepped out for a star-studded event in London.The former EastEnders actor and his partner, Maddi Faircloth, attended the opening night of Wicked at the Apollo Theatre on Thursday 24 March. The 28-year-old turned out in a smart casual look with a black shirt and dark faded jeans which he paired with brown boots to watch the new cast members take to the stage in the long-running show.

THE Chase's Bradley Walsh blasted Jenny Ryan for "ruining it all" in an explosive final round. Tuesday's episode of the ITV quiz show saw Karen, Mike, Abigail and Gareth team up to try and beat the Chaser.

Meanwhile a fourth exclaimed: "Gareth's a bit sexy!" As the first contestant to face chaser Jenny Ryan, Gareth performed brilliantly and sailed into the final round.But Gareth wasn't the only player to do exceptionally well for themselves on the show, as Mike and Karen also put on a spectacular performance and went through comfortably to the final.After gaining £8,000 in the cash builder round, Karen thought it was only right for her to go for the higher offer on the table which was an eye-watering £47,000.And although many doubted Karen's knowledge to begin with, they were left stunned when she added the huge sum of money to the team's kitty.Sharing their thoughts on the player, one person penned: "Aww I like Karen she's a good player. Really ballsy of her to go for the £47k!"Another said: "Whatever happens Karen has won the respect of us all today.""Brad’s right, they are a super team.

The Chase's Shaun Wallace has waved goodbye to his co-star Anne Hegerty from the popular quiz programme.Shaun offered some kind words to Anne's replacement Issa Schultz who replaced Anna on the ITV spin-off show Beat The Chasers.This came after The Governess was forced to miss filming due to contracting Covid.Anne was forced to swerve filming alongside her fellow Chasers Mark Labbett, Jenny Ryan, Paul Sinha, Darragh Ennis, and Shaun.She took to Twitter announced that quiz champion Issa would be taking her place.Taking to Twitter, Shaun - known as The Dark Destroyer - said farewell to the quizzer after they wrapped up filming the show.Shaun shared a selfie of the pair on March 18 and captioned the post: "The Dark Destroyer @Issa25 #BeatTheChasers."Following the post, Shaun then thanked Issa for stepping into Anne's shoes.He wrote: "The Super Nerd was just super! Issa it was an absolute pleasure to work with you again. I hope that will happen sooner rather than later."To which Issa replied: "So awesome sitting alongside you good sir! Your knowledge is sensational and you made me feel right at home.

The Chase star Shaun Wallace, 61, offered some kind words to Anne Hegerty's replacement Issa Schultz, 38, who took the reins on the ITV spin-off show Beat The Chasers. It comes after The Governess was forced to miss filming.The former I'm A Celebrity...

Former MP Ann Widdecombe failed to mince her words during the latest episode of The Chase Celebrity Special, as she appeared to lash out at presenter Bradley Walsh and label him an "idiot".The iconic Strictly star did very well for herself on the popular ITV show and seemed eager to answer questions during the second round.As Ann constantly chimed in before Bradley finished his questions, the host jokingly told the star to "hold on".But a confident Ann told Bradley off when he suggested that viewers at home may want to guess the answer too to an Oliver Cromwell question.In response, Ann snapped: "They're all shouting Cromwell, you idiot."Roaring with laughter, the studio also audience appeared amused by Anne's upfront nature.But this wasn't the only dig Ann made while appearing on The Chase.When faced with a question regarding American rappers, Ann had to make the choice of deciding to chose rapper Snoop Dogg or Jay Z.

Jenny Ryan – The Vixen, Shaun Wallace – The Dark Destroyer, and Darragh Ennis – The Menace. While fans may be disappointed Anne won’t be on the show, Issa looks to be just as much of a quiz aficionado. A seven-time winner of the Australian Quizzing Championships, the 38-year-old ranked 23rd in the world at the World Quizzing Championships in 2020.

Jenny Ryan, 39, has been on The Chase in 2015 and is most known as The Vixen.The chaser has taken to Twitter to express how "proud" she is of friend Brandon Blackwell on his latest career move after he's been named as one of co-worker Mark Labbett's replacements on the US version of the show.Brandon took to Twitter yesterday to break the news of his role on The Chase USA.He penned: "Back in the USA, new and improved.Still not here to make friends."It's now public; I have joined @thechaseabc as a chaser - and I'm not alone. Fun is over when the new season begins May 3."Jenny took to Twitter in view of her 107,500 followers to respond to the news.She said: "Extremely proud of my friend Brandon! Get ready, USA!..."One social media user took to the comments to point out Jenny's congratulatory message directed at her co-worker Mark's replacement.TeaBooksGin said: "No more Beastie? I'm in the US and what I don't like about the American version is the lack of humour."None of you take yourselves too terribly seriously and Brad's little interjections make the show so fun."I wish they had selected a comedian to host rather than a journalist."This comes as Mark took to Twitter yesterday to break his silence after it was announced that he had been axed from the US version of The Chase.The 56-year-old shared the news on Twitter in view of his 157,000 followers.The quizzer posted a promotional photo of the new series of the popular programme.The official account read: "New season.

ITV This Morning star Phillip Schofield has issued a health update on an "annoyed" Holly Willoughby. Holly, aged 41, is currently off the daytime TV favourite while she battles Covid.

A CONTESTANT on The Chase was left red-faced after a dig at 'smug' Jenny Ryan majorly backfired. Monday's episode of the ITV quiz show saw Claire become the first contestant up to face the Chaser, and managed a respectable £6,000 in her Cash Builder.

The Chase's Jenny Ryan hit back at a cheeky player who called her "smug" on the ITV game show.The brave contestant made the on-air dig at Chaser Jenny, also known as The Vixen, after show host Bradley Walsh asked her which Chaser she'd like to go up against.Claire was the first contestant to face questions on the episode, and had just finished a successful cash-builder round where she racked up £6,000 after a shaky start.However, when Bradley asked Claire which Chaser she'd like to take on in the next round, Claire said she'd like to try her luck against The Vixen.Taking aim at The Vixen, Claire said she thought Jenny could be "smug" on the show and wanted to get the better of her.She said: "I think she's very good, but I think sometimes she's a little bit smug, so I'd quite like to try and give her a run for her money."Bradley looked taken aback by the comment, looking at the camera and raising his eyebrows.Tensions then rose in the studio when Jenny herself walked out to battle the team, and it wasn't long before she responded to Claire's "smug" comment.In fact, she kept referring back to Claire's remarks during the show, and at the end of the episode she told the player it "wasn't smugness", just the way her resting face looked.Realising she would be facing Jenny, Claire burst out laughing.Revealing his co-star, Bradley said: "There you go... it's the queen of smug, it's The Vixen herself, Jenny Ryan."Jenny said: "I'm putting on my smuggest expression, now.

The Chase star, 39, seems to be carving out quite a lucrative career if her fees and glowing feedback are anything to go by.On the site, Jenny has an outstanding five star reviews with over hundreds people providing the quizzer with praiseful comments on her homepage.For fans hoping to snap up a video clip of the television star who is best known as The Vixen on the ITV programme, can expect to be charged £56 for a single person film and £225 for businesses with a larger audience.The quiz expert seems to thriving, with the site even warning that Jenny only has 25 remaining Cameo's before she will be unavailable.Looking to drum up sales, Jenny took to her Instagram story to alert her followers to the limited service.The TV star penned: "Send me a request for a personalised video message," while tagging "@cameo.com" and "@chooselove".Meanwhile, the auburn haired beauty revealed that she been hard at work all day but may have overdone it with the coffee.Taking to her grid, she shared a picture of herself sat behind what appeared to be a desk with a microphone pointed in her direction.Jenny was wearing a large pair of headphones, her signature chunky framed glasses and white blouse with leopard print collar with many of the top buttons undone.Adding a pop of glamour to her at-home look she added some colour donning a lush red lipstick.She captioned: "Business Time! When you've got zoom meetings all afternoon, so you drank an entire pot of coffee and now you can hear the colour of the human soul"#bossbitch #bitchboss.

The Chase host Bradley Walsh was left speechless when David Grant made a flirty comment to Chaser Jenny Ryan.Singer David's cheeky remark was made in a celebrity edition of the hit ITV game show, called The Chase: Celebrity Special, which aired in 2018.The comedian and vocal coach, 65, was the first star to step up to the podium and face Chaser Jenny 'The Vixen' Ryan in the studio - in a bid to win a hefty cash prize for charity.On his star-studded team was comedian Andy Hamilton, Paralympian Jonnie Peacock, and doctor Pixie McKenna.David got off to a successful start as he racked up £6,000 in his cashbuilder round, so it was time for him to receive his three cash offers from Jenny.The Vixen gave David a high offer of £36k and a low offer of just £1k, Bradley asked him: "Let's face the table, David. What do you want to do?"David then shocked Bradley with his saucy comment to Jenny, describing her as a "temptress".Before choosing the £6k offer, he said: "Six thousand is good.

ITV’s ‘The Vixen’ Jenny Ryan is arguably the most glamorous of The Chase’s top quizzers. She’s best known for her sky-high hair, cat-eye glasses and a perfectly applied pink lippy.