# Michelle Keegan

Michelle Keegan (born 3 June 1987) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Tina McIntyre in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2008–2014) and Georgie Lane in the BBC military drama Our Girl (2016–2020). Keegan has also starred as Tina Moore in the biopic Tina and Bobby (2017), Erin Croft in Sky Max comedy Brassic (2019–present), Kate Thorne in BBC period drama Ten Pound Poms (2023–present) and Maya Stern in Netflix thriller Fool Me Once (2024).

## Early life

Keegan was born in Stockport to Michael Keegan and Jackie Turner. Her maternal grandmother was a Gibraltarian who married a British soldier stationed in Gibraltar, and she also has distant Italian ancestry from her seven-times great-grandfather who emigrated to Gibraltar from Genoa. She has Irish ancestry on her father's side.
She attended St Patrick's RC High School in Eccles near Manchester, Pendleton College in Salford and later the Manchester School of Acting. She worked at Selfridges in the Trafford Centre, and as a check-in agent at Manchester Airport.

## Career

In late 2007, in only her second audition, Keegan was offered the part of Tina McIntyre in Coronation Street, and accepted the role, beating around 900 other people who auditioned. She decided to leave the show after six years in 2013 and Tina was killed off, making her last appearance on 2 June 2014. Throughout her time on the show, Keegan's character Tina featured in many high-profile storylines. The Guardian listed her as one of the 10 best Coronation Street characters of all time in 2010. In 2008, the actress flew out to South Africa to film the straight-to-DVD film Coronation Street: Out of Africa, a Coronation Street spinoff, in which she appeared as Tina.
In June 2009, Keegan made her radio debut co-hosting the BBC Radio 1 programme The Official Chart. She was featured on the cover of FHM magazine in January 2011 and placed at number 30 and number 26 in their 100 Sexiest Women poll for 2010 and 2011, respectively. She appeared on their cover again in March 2013 and was placed at number four in the 2013 poll, eventually winning in 2015.
Keegan made a guest appearance as herself in the 2009 Easter special Red Dwarf: Back to Earth. In June 2014, she embarked on a European tour to perform as Tinkerbell in Peter Pan.
In 2015, she was cast as Tracy Shawcross in the BBC television drama series Ordinary Lies. In June 2015, it was announced that she would play the starring role of Georgie Lane in series 2 of the BBC drama series Our Girl, replacing Lacey Turner as Molly Dawes, which aired throughout September 2016; a third series consisting of 12 episodes began airing in October 2017. She returned for her final series as Georgie in 2020. Also in 2016, Keegan landed a guest role on the ITV2 comedy series Plebs. In June 2016, she began filming the ITV drama series Tina and Bobby, based on Tina Dean's and Bobby Moore's relationship in which she played Tina; it was a three part series which aired in January 2017. In 2017, Michelle Keegan partnered with the clothing brand Lipsy with her own collection.
Keegan portrayed the main character, Erin Croft, in Sky One's comedy-drama series, Brassic, which started in 2019. On 22 February 2022, Keegan was a guest judge on the Snatch Game episode of the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World. In May 2022, the BBC and STAN commissioned a new series starring Keegan, Ten Pound Poms, a drama about the British citizens who migrated to Australia after the Second World War, with filming commencing in Australia shortly after.
Keegan starred as the main character, Maya Stern, in the 2024 eight-part television series Fool Me Once, adapted from the 2016 Harlan Coben novel of the same name by Danny Brocklehurst and made for Netflix by Quay Street Production.

## Personal life

Keegan was in a relationship with The Wanted singer Max George from December 2010. The couple became engaged in June 2011, but ended their relationship the following year. In September 2013, after a nine-month courtship, the actress announced her engagement to Mark Wright. They married on 24 May 2015. Her mother-in-law is Carol Wright. In December 2024, the couple announced they were expecting their first child together. Their daughter was born on March 6, 2025. They live in Epping, Essex.

## Filmography

Television and film roles :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2008–2014 | Coronation Street | Tina McIntyre | Regular role; 861 episodes |
| 2008 | Coronation Street: Out of Africa | Tina McIntyre | Direct-to-video film; cameo appearance |
| 2009 | Red Dwarf: Back to Earth | Herself | Part 3 |
| 2013 | Lemon La Vida Loca | Herself | Episode: "Keith's Birthday" |
| 2015 | Ordinary Lies | Tracy Shawcross | Main role |
| 2016; 2017 | Drunk History | Queen Elizabeth I; Mary, Queen of Scots | Series 2, episode 1; Series 3, episode 2 |
| 2016–2020 | Our Girl | Georgie Lane | Main role (series 2–4) |
| 2016 | Plebs | Ursula | Episode: "The Vestal" |
| 2016 | The Crystal Maze | Herself / Contestant | Celebrity Stand Up to Cancer special |
| 2017 | Tina and Bobby | Tina Moore | Lead role |
| 2017 | The Keith & Paddy Picture Show | Princess Leia | Episode: "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" |
| 2018 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Herself | Series 15, episode 1 |
| 2018 | Strangeways Here We Come | Demi | Film |
| 2019–present | Brassic | Erin Croft | Main role |
| 2022 | RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World | Herself / Guest Judge | Series 1, episode 4 |
| 2023–present | Ten Pound Poms | Kate Thorne | Main role |
| 2024 | Fool Me Once | Maya Stern | Main role |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014–2015 | Peter Pan | Tinkerbell | European tour |