Who is Loose Women star Kelle Bryan?
LOOSE Women star Kéllé Bryan has become a well-known face on our screens.
The singer and TV star shot to fame in the early 90s as a member of R&B girl group Eternal.
Who is Kelle Bryan?
Kelle Bryan is a singer and actress born on March 12, 1975, in Plaistow, London.
She joined Italia Conti Academy stage school at the age of 11 - where she trained in performing arts and qualified as a dance teacher.
It was at the academy where she met future bandmate Louise Redknapp - whom she would go on to form the British R&B girl group Eternal with.
The pair formed the band in 1992 with Easther Bennett and her older sister Vernie.
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The group would soon enjoy huge success, selling over 10 million records worldwide.
Kéllé initially aimed on staying in the music industry and had even begun work on a solo album before she was diagnosed with lupus in 1998.
Lupus is an autoimmune disease which causes the body to mistakenly attack the body's healthy cells.
By 2014 Bryan began to experience heavy symptoms of her lupus including hair loss, problems with her hearing and sight, and arthritis.
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She was even unable to speak and struggled with basic movement.
But the good news is, for the past eight years Kéllé has been having regular infusions to treat her disease and test results show that her health has been improving.
What TV shows has Kelle been in?
In 1992, Kéllé appeared in ITV's The Bill and played Debbie in BBC's EastEnders.
In 2006, she was a contestant on Celebrity Love Island, finishing as the female runner-up.
She played the part of Fran in the BBC comedy Me And Mrs Jones in 2012.
In 2014, she took part in The Big Reunion, along with her bandmates, and she's taken part in Celebrity Chase and Celebrity Juice.
Kéllé joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks in September 2018, portraying the role of Martine Deveraux.
But after four years on the show, she announced her exit from the soap on June 3, 2022, with her final scenes airing that same day.
In May 2019, she joined the Loose Women panel.
What are Kelle Bryan's best songs?
Eternal released their debut single, Stay, in 1993, and the song reached No4 in the UK charts.
The song also had success in the States, Australia and Europe.
Their album, Always & Forever, became one of their most successful in 1994 - bagging 1.2 million sales in the UK alone.
The group then bagged their first ever UK No1 with I Wanna Be The Only One - a duet with Bebe Winans.
In 1999, Kelle achieved solo success with Higher Than Heaven which reached No14 in the UK charts.
Is Kelle married and does she have children?
Kelle tied the knot with Jay Gudgeon in 2010.
Bryan recalled a funny story of when their honeymoon was gatecrashed by a hippo.
Speaking on Loose Women, she said: "I was on my honeymoon and we had these kind of open huts with no windows and no doors and the bedroom suite went straight out on to the river.
"It was late at night and I'm quite a jumpy girl anyway.
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"So I got up, went to the toilet and then I looked out and there was a hippo!"
The couple have two children - son Regan, born in October 2011, and daughter Kayori, born in September 2013.