Vicky Entwistle has entered the Celebrity Big Brother House!
Vicky Entwistle has joined the Celebrity Big Brother House!
Best known as Coronation Street's gobby Janice Battersby, one-time better half of layabout Les, Vicky left the show after 13 years in 2010.
Hailing from Lancashire, she began her career as a Pontins Blue Coat before taking up a scholarship to study drama in London.
She was spotted by Granada while playing Madonna freak Maxine Graham in Like A Virgin and offered the role of Janice, making her debut in January 1997. As the matriarch of the Battersby clan, her telly family was made up of Bruce Jones (Les), Jane Danson (Leanne) and Georgia Taylor (Toyah).
Speaking at the time of her departure, Vicky said, "Corrie means so much to me and I could easily have continued to play Janice for the rest of my acting career. But I've been thinking of leaving for some time, and couldn't deny those feelings. I've a hankering to do other drama projects and so if I don't make this move now I never will."
Keen to shake the Janice image, Vicky shed over three stone and later released a workout DVD Vicky's WOW! Weight Off Workout, in 2006. Wowzers, just reciting that title makes the pounds drop off!
She has appeared on stage post Corrie and since January this year has been playing Madame Thénardier in Les Miserables in the West End.
With on-screen sparring partner Bruce joining Vicky in the House, will we be seeing some Battersby style battles? We'll have to wait and see....