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Nadia Sawalha (born 18 November 1964) is an English actress and television presenter best known for her role as Annie Palmer in the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 1997 to 1999. After winning the 2007 series of ''Celebrity MasterChef'', Sawalha has continued to make appearances on cookery shows, not only as a presenter, but also as a chef. ==Career== After training at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, Sawalha began her career in theatre. From 1997 to 1999, she starred in ''EastEnders'' as businesswoman Annie Palmer. Her other acting television credits include ''Casualty'', ''Which Way to the War'' and ITV police drama, ''The Bill''. Sawalha has also appeared in the films ''Clockwise'', ''Top Tips'', ''Sleeping with the Fishes'' and the BBC Victorian drama ''Station Jim''. From 1999 to 2002, Sawalha was a regular panellist on the lunchtime chat show ''Loose Women''. In October 2013, she later returned as a regular panellist.〔()〕 For the BBC, Sawalha has fronted four series of ''Passport to the Sun'', the ''Total'' series, ''TV Mail'', ''Heir Hunters'', ''Perfect Partner'' and ''Family Exchange''. She is also a co-host on the live documentary ''City Hospital''. Sawalha has previously hosted the BBC One show ''Living in the Sun'', about British ex-pats living in Spain, made by Ricochet, and ''Wanted Down Under'', which shows families who want to make the move Down Under (Australia, occasionally New Zealand) what it would be like to live and work in those Antipodean nations. She can also be seen on ''Accidents Can Happen'', a daytime BBC One programme produced by Twofour, which follows families as they try to rebuild their homes and their lives following disaster. In 2005, Sawalha presented the BBC One programme ''Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre'' which followed learner drivers as they learnt to drive and took their driving tests with varying degrees of success. Sawalha was one of the learner drivers who ended up passing her driving test at the end of the second series. In the summer of 2006, Sawalha began co-presenting ''The One Show'' with Adrian Chiles. However, due to her pregnancy, she did not return to the show in the summer of 2007 and was replaced by Christine Bleakley. After winning ''Celebrity MasterChef'', Sawalha went onto co-present the children's version of the show ''Junior Masterchef'', she was said to be 'delighted' to be given the chance to host the show. In 2008, Sawalha returned to BBC One, to present the daytime programme, ''Wanted Down Under''. She presented the 2009 programme ''Eating In The Sun'',〔()〕produced by her husband Mark Adderley and has Sawalha challenged by celebrity chefs to cook in their favourite holiday restaurants. In December 2010, Sawalha starred in a fitness DVD entitled ''Nadia Sawalha: Fat To Fab'', after losing three and a half stone. In July 2011, Sawalha guest presented ITV Breakfast programme ''Lorraine'' and has since made regular appearances on the show, not only as a stand-in presenter but also as a resident chef.〔(Nadia Sawalha: Celebs on the Run ) The Running Bug, 16 March 2012〕 In January 2011, Sawalha starred in the sixth series of ITV's ''Dancing on Ice'' with Scottish professional Mark Hanretty, but was voted out in a double elimination in the first week along with Angela Rippon and her partner Sean Rice. In April 2012, she began co-presenting ''Saturday Cookbook'' on ITV Breakfast with chef Mark Sargeant In 2012, Sawalha presented the UKTV Home series ''Kitchen SOS''. From 27 October to 29 December 2013, Sawalha and Kaye Adams co-hosted one series of ''Sunday Scoop'', a cookery show.〔()〕 From 7 January 2015, Sawalha took part in the fifteenth series of ''Celebrity Big Brother'' on Channel 5. She lasted 24 days in the house before being evicted. 〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nadia Sawalha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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