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Abi Titmuss
"Abigail Evelyn Titmuss", best known as "Abi Titmuss", (born 8 February 1976 in Ruskington, Lincolnshire) is an English nurse, turned glamour model, television personality and actress.
BIOGRAPHY
She grew up in Ruskington, where her parents were teachers, and took her A levels at Kesteven and Sleaford High School. She played the clarinet at school. Her parents divorced when she was 17, and her father moved to Argyll, in Scotland, where he re-married. Her mother is secretary of (Sleaford Museum Trust) . She graduated from City University in St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1998, and became a staff nurse at London's University College Hospital. She also worked at the Royal Brompton Hospital, and while there she was harassed by a senior house officer, Dr. Shibley Rahman, in 2004. After these incidents (which included confronting Titmuss while she showered naked), Dr. Rahman was eventually found guilty of misconduct by a General Medical Council tribunal.
Titmuss met TV presenter John Leslie at a party in a pub on Fulham Road in London in 1998. The pair quickly formed a relationship, and Titmuss lived between her student nurse accommodation at the hospital and Leslie's home in Barnes, south-west London.
In 2002 presenter Ulrika Jonsson released her autobiography, in which she suggested that she had been indecently assaulted earlier in her career by a now well-known TV presenter. Weeks later, the "News of the World" ran front page pictures of John Leslie snorting cocaine in a cafe. The following week, pictures appeared in the paper of Leslie, Titmuss and other women taking part in sex-sessions at Leslie's home, including Lanre Onabowale, posing as basketball player Jayson Blayde, and his girlfriend.
Trial of John Leslie
The following week on Matthew Wright's live morning television show on Channel Five, "The Wright Stuff", Leslie was named as the anonymous celebrity linked to the rape accusation in Jonsson's autobiography.
Leslie was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Service, and faced a court trial, throughout which Titmuss was present at his side.
When Leslie was found not guilty, the assumption was that the couple would continue their relationship. However, Leslie's career had stalled, whereas Titmuss had raised her image to the point where she was offered various television presenting jobs. Her tabloid-friendly looks and ease in front of the camera gained her a part-time post as a reporter for Leslie's friends Richard and Judy, undertaking occasional projects while continuing her job as a nurse.
Glamour career
Titmuss undertook a series of interviews promoting her image as a real sex star and Britain's #1 pinup. In her own words to "The Sunday Mirror" she stated: 'I'm not like those glamour girls who say: 'I'm really dirty, I'm really bad', then just pose around. I really "am" dirty and bad - I love sex. I've always been really good with my tongue and it's very long, girls love it as well!'
She took up presenting on pornographic channel Television X, released a fitness video, authored an erotic novel published by Black Lace, and made personal appearances in nightclubs all over the UK and Ireland. After a photo shoot opportunity offered by FHM of a two page spread, she eventually was featured in a three page spread and made the cover. In the following year, she made 38 front page appearances in 2004 and 2005 for many UK men's magazines, such as "FHM" , "Nuts", "Zoo Weekly", "Loaded", "GQ" and "Maxim" magazines, others such as "The Sunday Times Style" and topless on page 3 of several tabloid newspapers including "The Sun", "The News Of The World", "The Daily Mirror", "The People" and "The Daily Star" - each photoshot made her a minimum of £20,000 per session. Titmuss was voted by readers as #7 in FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005, and wrote a regular sex advice column for the magazine. In December 2004, Titmuss appeared on the front cover of FHM magazine with Victoria Silvstedt. At the height of her fame in 2004/5, she could command up to £30,000 a day for appearing on the front page of "Nuts" or "Zoo".
She appeared on ITV1's "Celebrity Love Island". Her other television work includes training as a chef on the 2004 series of "Hell's Kitchen", and in 2005, she appeared on Channel 4's "The Friday Night Project" as a regular guest feature, and in "Abi Titmuss: A Modern Day Morality Tale", a fly-on-the-wall documentary for Channel 4.
In 2005, Titmuss appeared in a high fashion shoot in "Pop" magazine, which commented on her status as the "Face of 21st century celebrity".
After taking a break from modelling work, Titmuss relaunched her glamour career as a brunette with an appearance on the cover of "Zoo" magazine and the sale of the official "Abi Titmuss Calendar 2007".
She recently appeared as a celebrity on reality series "Deadline" with Janet Street Porter as an editor on ITV2. The show followed a number of celebrities as they attempted to produce a celebrity-based magazine each week, published as a supplement to "Closer" magazine. Titmuss was the fourth celebrity to be sacked from the show. She has previously guest-presented shows on Virgin Radio, MTV and LBC radio.
On 25 April 2007, it was announced that Titmuss had made an appearance for a third year running in FHM's annual "100 Sexiest Women in the World" readers' poll, peaking at #80 (#7 in 2005, #95 in 2004), however Titmuss has recently announced her intention to 'retire' from the world of glamour modelling.
Acting
After taking a short course at the Central School of Speech and Drama, Titmuss made her West End acting debut in March 2006 playing a prostitute with a multiple personality disorder in "Two Way Mirror" by Arthur Miller, at the Courtyard Theatre in Kings Cross.
In 2006, Titmuss filmed a small role in the major motion picture "Goal! 2".
Titmuss was due to have been the subject of a theatre production in a musical satire entitled "Being Abi", performed by students in her home county of Lincolnshire. Devised by pupils at Boston College in May 2006, it was scheduled for a three-day run before being cancelled by two of the performers' concerned parents, who objected to some of the production's content.
In February 2007, Titmuss won a Fringe Report Award for Best West End Debut for her role in "Two Way Mirror".
Titmuss has most recently appeared in the second series premiere of "Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive", which aired 30 April, 2007 on BBC Three and as a character called 'Gezebelle' in an episode of "Katy Brand's Big Ass show", a new Sketch Comedy series for ITV2.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Abi Titmuss
Abi Titmuss (full name Abigail Evelyn Titmuss) was born on February 8, 1976 in Ruskington, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Biography and Career :
Abi Titmuss first came to the public's attention when her then boyfriend John Leslie was in the media spotlight facing sexual assault allegations. Her media friendly persona, not to mention physique made her an instant natural in front of the camera, earned her a presenting job on adult channel Television X, and later Abi became a presenter on Richard and Judy. She lost that job when a home sex video of Leslie, Abi Titmuss and another woman found its way onto the Internet.
A former staff nurse at London's University College Hospital, Abi Titmuss has become a celebrity in her own right and now makes her living from photo shoots and television work. Abi Titmuss has negotiated a deal which entitles her to royalties every time she is snapped by the press.
Abi Titmuss has furthered her notoriety by appearing in the celebrity reality shows 'Hells Kitchen' and 'Celebrity Love Island'. Not a shy lass Abi Titmuss is one of the favourite models for mags such as Nuts and FHM. She has regularly appeared on their front covers.
Abi Titmuss has also had a number of presenting jobs including stints on Virgin Radio, MTV, Television X, The Friday Night Project and The Richard & Judy Show.
Outside of television, Abi Titmuss has also modelled in many UK men's magazines, such as FHM (she was voted #7 in FHM Sexiest 100 Women 2005).
Filmography :
Abi Titmuss: A Modern Day Morality Tale (2005) (TV)
Celebrity Love Island: Aftersun (2005) TV Series
Tone & Tease with Abi Titmuss (2005) (V)
Maxim Uncovered! Vol. 4 (2005) (V)
An Audience with Al Murray (2005) (TV)
Titmuss Out for the Lads (2005) (V) .... Herself
Richard & Judy - 5 July 2005
The Friday Night Project (2005)
Bo Selecta! playing - 6 August 2004
Hell's Kitchen (2004) TV Series
Abi Titmuss Lists
1976 births
Living people
People from Ruskington
Alumni of City University
London
English nurses
English television presenters
English female adult models
Footballers' Wives and Girlfriends
Participants in British reality television series
Friday, December 10, 2010
Abi Titmuss
Abi Titmuss was born on 8 February 1976 in Lincolnshire, England.
She graduated from City University in St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1998 and became a staff nurse at London's University College Hospital.
Abi Titmuss started going out with television presenter, John Leslie in 1998, and came to the public's attention in 2003 when Leslie was named on live television as the celebrity whom Ulrika Jonsson, had referred to anonymously in alleged rape allegations.
Abi Titmuss stood by John Leslie through his trials and tribulations and has since emerged with various media jobs.
Titmuss has presented on Virgin radio, MTV, and porn channel Television X. She has appeared nude on the cover of FHM (in fact, Abi is the only woman to have appeared on an FHM cover twice in a year), and appeared alongside Jennifer Ellison in Hell's Kitchen's first series with Gordon Ramsay.
Another television role that Abi Titmuss once had was reporting on Channel 4's Richard and Judy show, but shennanigans involving sex, lies and videotapes meant that role ended.
Abi Titmuss was one of the contestants in the 2005 television series, Celebrity Love Island, in which she had a snog with Rebecca Loos. Other Celebrity Love Island participants include Calum Best and Jayne Middlemiss.
However, it was with Lee Sharpe that Abi Titmuss got on best. In August 2005 the couple were reported to be planning a beach wedding ceremony, but by the end of the year Abi and Lee had split up.
In another twist, in March 2006 Abi Titmuss confirmed on Richard and Judy that she and Lee Sharpe had got back together - only to split later in the year and in November 2006, it was reported that Abi Titmuss and Brendan Cole had started going out together.
Abi had been on Richard and Judy, showing off her Latin and publicising Arthur Miller's Two-way Mirror, at the Courtyard at Covent Garden, London - in which she was acting opposite Jay Benedict. Her acting was good and her American accent was authentic.
There is no doubting Abi Titmuss's appeal. In a Channel 4 documentary, Abi Titmuss: A Modern Day Morality Tale, Daily Star columnist Libby Purves said of Abi:
"She sells. Our newspaper goes up in circulation when she's on the front of the paper."
Abi Titmuss herself saw what it was like on the other side of the snapper's fence, when she appeared on ITV2's Deadline. She was reluctant, however to photograph Jodie Marsh, whom she had fallen out with and also friends like Calum Best. However she interviewed Amanda Lamb and established that Amanda had got off with Lee Sharpe.
It was not long, however, before Abi was sacked by Janet Street-Porter for 'egomania'.
In 2008, Abi Titmuss continued her acting career with roles in Fat Christ at the King's Head Theatre and in the films Do Elephants Pray and Mixed Up.
In April 2008, The Daily Mail quoted Abi Titmuss on her boyfriend, Marc Warren:
"I absolutely trust him. For a successful relationship, I think you have to have communication, trust, respect and love. Although we're not living together yet, I want to get married one day and have children. I don't want to put any pressure on Marc, although I will admit he's my perfect man."
In January 2009, Abi Titmuss appeared on Celebrity Come Dine With Me along with Rodney Marsh, Linda Lusardi, Lesley Joseph and Paul Ross.
