Who is Tina Malone, is she pregnant, how old is she and who is her husband Paul Chase?
TINA Malone is known for her dramatic weight less but she has appeared in the news more recently for different reasons.
The former Shamless star was recently dragged to court after appearing to identify sick child killer Jon Venables online. We look at her career, how she lost the weight and why she was sacked from the panto.
Who is Tina Malone? What was her early career?
Christina "Tina" Malone was born on 30 January 1963 in Toxteth, Merseyside.
She attended Liverpool Institute High School for Girls and Childwall College.
At the beginning of career she played Mo McGee in Channel 4 soap Brookside and a nurse called Bobbie in Victoria Wood's Dinner Ladies.
Did Tina Malone break the law by sharing pictures of James Bulger's killer online?
On March 13 2019, Tina avoided a jail sentence despite admitting to an 'illegal Jon Venables post.'
The 56-year-old actress was given an eight month suspended jail sentence after admitting to breaching the injunction that protects the identity of Jon Venables - blaming the social media post on the stress of her cocaine panto arrest.
The actress sobbed and hugged members of her family after the sentence was read out.
She was also ordered to pay £10,000 in court costs.
Tearful Malone had earlier told the High Court she had been going through the "worst two years of her entire life" when she shared the alleged picture of Venables last year.
She told the court she had been left suicidal in 2017 after police found cocaine in her handbag while she starred as the wicked fairy godmother in the Sleeping Beauty panto in Barrow-in-Furness at Christmas. The star, who accepted a caution from cops, maintained the drugs had been planted.
Speaking in court, the actress said: "I didn’t know there was an injunction, I wouldn’t have done it if I’d known.
"I was on a lot of anti-depressants.
"It was on the internet, isn’t everyone on the internet? Why am I here? Why isn’t Mark Zuckerberg or someone here?
"I didn’t know what I was doing. If I’d known I wouldn’t have done it."
The pictures were said to have breached a 2001 injunction made "against the world" that banned images or information which could identify Venables or fellow killer Robert Thompson as adults.
In January 2019, Tina Malone attended the High Court for retweeting an apparent picture of James Bulger's killer.
The 55-year-old had revealed on social media she had been served papers by the court after being accused of breaking a court injunction which bans photos of Venables or his co-accused Robert Thompson.
And Ms Malone could have faced a two year jail sentence or unlimited fine if she was found guilty of contempt after allegedly breaking the injunction.
Tina has been an ambassador for The James Bulger Memorial Trust and has said in the past that she was friends with the murdered lad’s mum Denise Fergus.
Both of James Bulger’s killers live under taxpayer funded anonymity – with publication or sharing of any details regarding his current ID and whereabouts being punishable by jail time.
When was Tina Malone in Shameless? Who did she play?
Tina is mostly known for playing the feisty Mimi Maguire in the UK version of Shameless.
Tina was in the show from 2005, until it ended in 2013.
Her character is described as "the foul-mouthed, loud, brash and violent matriarch of the Maguire family".
When was Tina Malone on Celebrity Big Brother?
On 2 January 2009, Tina entered the Celebrity Big Brother house.
She was the seventh person to enter and was immediately picked up on for her loudness.
On 16 January, Tina was the second person to be evicted.
During her eviction interview she told CBB presenter Davina McCall the experience had been "cathartic" and she had been brought in to play the role of the "fat bird".
Tina said she was "incredibly relieved" that she was out and admitted she was fond of using strong language - something she gained a reputation for in the house.
She said she had toned down her personality for the show but added: "I use expletives not because I have a lack of vocabulary but because I am very passionate. I actually like them."
How much weight has Tina Malone lost and how did she lose so much weight?
Tina lost a massive 12 stone.
She went from being obese to a slim size 6.
The star had a gastric band fitted to help her shed the pounds.
But this dramatic weight-loss came with a price, as she was left with excess skin.
She was pictured on 6 March 2017 leaving a clinic where she had reportedly started the procedure to have this removed.
Who is Tina Malone's husband Paul Chase? Do they have children together?
Tina married her husband Paul Chase in 2010 and has two children.
He is 19 years younger than her.
She has a daughter Danielle from a previous relationship who was born in 1982.
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She also has a daughter with Paul, Flame, who was born on 15 December 2013 when Tina was 50.
In 2017 Tina revealed that she would become a mum again with Paul - and would choose the sex of her baby.
She told : “Some will say I am selfish and irresponsible for having another child at 54.
“They will moralise and abuse me – even more so for selecting the sex of our baby – and everyone is entitled to their opinion.
“But I don’t give two f***s for what they think.”
Why was Tina Malone sacked from pantomine?
In December 2018, Tina was sacked from a production of Sleeping Beauty just days before Christmas after admitting to possession of cocaine.
But in an emotional interview, the 54-year-old, has claimed she was set up and only admitted to having the drugs for the sake of her daughter.
Tina, who was carted away by police in front of her four-year-old daughter Flame, told : “I swear on my daughter’s life I’d never take drugs in front of children or while performing.
“I told police it was a set-up but I took the caution because of Flame. She’d only just watched me on stage.
"I walked off, kissed her, and was just about to get into a taxi with her when the police came.
“My husband Paul took her to the hotel to wait for me. To be honest, I’d have admitted to being Jack the Ripper right there and then to get back to her.”
Tina, who was playing the fairy godmother, added: “If I’d have done this, I’d hold up my hand and admit it. But I didn’t. I was set up.
“I’ve always been honest about my addictions. I wrote I had college days smoking pot, I’d done ecstasy, I messed about with cocaine, but that my drug of choice would always have been alcohol.”