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English actress (born 1963)

Christina Malone (born 30 January 1963) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying the roles of Mo McGee in Brookside and Mimi Maguire in Shameless, both broadcast on Channel 4. She was also a housemate on the sixth series of Celebrity Big Brother in January 2009.

Malone was born on 30 January 1963[1] in Toxteth, Liverpool,[2][3] the daughter of Olwyn and Frank Malone. She attended Liverpool Institute High School for Girls and Childwall College.[4]

Malone played Mo McGee in Brookside from 1993 until 1998 and Mimi Maguire on Shameless from 2005 until 2013.[5][6] Other television roles include playing a nurse called Bobbie in Victoria Wood's dinnerladies.[7][8]

On 2 January 2009, Malone entered the Celebrity Big Brother house to compete in the sixth series. She was the seventh person to enter and was immediately picked up on her loudness.[9] On 16 January, Malone was the second person to be evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother House.[10] From 8–11 September 2009, Malone directed and starred in Kerry Williams' play MeeT ThE DeAN's at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool.[11]

Malone appeared on Celebrity Four Weddings in December 2010, which she won.[12] She also appeared in Scousers in St Helens on 26 October 2010.

In 2016, she was a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef.[13] In May 2019 Malone played Elaine McDermott in the 5Star prison drama Clink. In August 2019, she was a contestant on Celebs on the Farm and was first to be eliminated.[14]

Malone runs her own acting school, To Be Frank Productions, in Manchester. The school produces plays in local Liverpool theatres such as the Everyman Theatre. The drama school is named after her late father, Frank Malone. She also used to run an agency with Dean Sullivan called DSTM. Malone has stated that she has obsessive compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder.[15][16]

Malone's oldest daughter Dannielle, who she gave birth to in 1982, is also an actress, and has appeared in Hollyoaks.[17][18]

In May 2012, Malone was declared bankrupt.[19]

In 2013, she gave birth to a second daughter named Flame Chase at age 50.[20]

In March 2019, Malone pleaded guilty to contempt of court, having shared a social media post which purported to reveal the new identity of Jon Venables, one of two boys who murdered James Bulger, contrary to a court order. She was given an eight-month prison sentence which was suspended for two years.[21]

In October 2019, Malone announced, via Twitter, that she and her husband Paul Chase had separated after 11 years together. They reconciled in February 2020.[22] Chase died by suicide in March 2024.[23][24]

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2. ^ "Tina's Biography". Tina Malone Productions. Archived from the original on 21 May 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
3. ^ Tansley, Janet (6 January 2009). "Tina Malone on Celebrity Big Brother: Daughter's shock!". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
4. ^ Turner, Ben (6 January 2009). "School Hall of Fame: Tina Malone". Liverpool Echo.
5. ^ "Tina Malone".
6. ^ "Shameless reaches 100 | Channel 4". www.channel4.com.
7. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "dinnerladies Series 2, Episode 4 - Fog". British Comedy Guide.
8. ^ "Celebrity Big Brother's Tina Malone: Top 10 facts you need to know about the Shameless star". mirror. 6 January 2009.
9. ^ "Shameless's Tina Malone lays into Big Brother's Chanelle in shocking rant". Digital Spy. 27 July 2017.
10. ^ "Singer quits Celebrity BB house". BBC News. 17 January 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
11. ^ "MeeT ThE DeAN's". Eleganceproductions.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
12. ^ "Actress Tina Malone on wanting to become a mum again aged 47". Daily Record. Scotland. 9 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
13. ^ "Meet the Celebrity MasterChef 2016 contestants". Radio Times.
14. ^ "Celebs on the Farm 2019 confirms new celebrity line-up". Digital Spy. 12 August 2019.
15. ^ Tansley, Janet (19 November 2008). "Shameless star Tina Malone drops weight – and her man". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
16. ^ Mangan, Lucy (3 January 2009). "We've got it all – except Davina's gleeful frenzy". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
17. ^ "Tina Malone jokes about her soap dynasty | News | Hollyoaks | What's on TV". What' s on TV. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
18. ^ Bletchly, Rachael (3 June 2017). "Tina Malone reveals she is to be a mum again at 54 - and she will select the sex". Daily Mirror.
19. ^ Britton, Paul (16 May 2012). "Shameless star Tina Malone is declared bankrupt". Manchester Evening News.
20. ^ Wilson, Jess (17 December 2013). "Congratulations! Tina Malone gives birth to baby girl Flame two weeks early". Daily Mirror.
21. ^ "Actress admits 'Bulger killer photo' post". BBC News. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
22. ^ Needham, Lucy (11 February 2020). "Tina Malone reunites with estranged husband Paul Chase after 'two years of hell'". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
23. ^ "Tina Malone says she's 'broken' after death of husband". The Independent. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
24. ^ By Sue Lee, Fran Bowden (18 May 2024). "Shameless star Tina Malone details how husband was driven to take his own life". The Mirror. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
25. ^ "Tina Malone Full Biography | Broadway World". www.broadwayworld.com.

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