Anecdotes

Did not see her daughter Hollie for three days after giving birth to her due to both mother and child being in critical danger. Hollie was put on a respirator due to breathing difficulties and Holden needed several blood transfusions due to a severe amount of blood loss.

Trained to be an actress for three years at London's Mountview Theatre School.

She was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical of 2003 for her performance in "Thoroughly Modern Millie", performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre.

Gave birth to her first child at age 34, daughter Alexa Louise Florence Hughes, on 1/20/06. Child's father is her fiancé (now second husband), Chris Hughes.

She and husband Les Dennis separated in 2002 following her affair with Neil Morrissey. They divorced in November 2003.

Gave birth to her third child at age 40, daughter Hollie Rose Hughes on 1/25/12. Child's father is her second husband, Chris Hughes.

Won the Theatregoers best actress in a musical award for he performance in 'Shrek' on London's west end stage.

Auditioned for the role of Tiffany Mitchell in EastEnders (1985), but Martine McCutcheon was cast instead. She also auditioned for Sylvia in Lipstick on Your Collar (1993), but Louise Germaine won the role.

Sports a tattoo of her Britain's Got Talent (2007) boss Simon Cowell's face on her left thigh (2015).

Her first TV appearance was in 1990 at the age of 19 as an unsuccessful contestant on Cilla Black's dating game show Blind Date (1985).

Returned to work one month after giving birth to her daughter Hollie to resume presenting Britain's Got Talent (2007).

Gave birth to her second child at age 39, a stillborn son Theo Hughes on 2/1/11 (he was two months premature). Child's father is her second husband, Chris Hughes.

Studied at The Jellicoe Theatre in Poole.

Married, for the second time, to longtime boyfriend Chris Hughes and father of her two-year-old daughter Alexa on 12/10/08, following a four-year-long engagement.

Even though she previously declared that she would pose naked for the right reasons and she'd even do "Playboy" if the price was right, she never did strip nude until she posed for a PETA ad in 2016. However, while she was naked for the shoot, nothing showed because she turned to the side and her arm covered her breasts.

Has a younger sister, Debbie, a model.

Was eight months pregnant with her daughter Hollie when she took maternity leave from judging Britain's Got Talent (2007).

In 1991 she was a competitor on Blind Date.

Her fragrances of choice are Tom Ford's Noir and Frederic Malle's Portrait of a Lady.