Name |
Danielle Lineker |
Height |
5 ft 6 in |
Naionality |
Welsh |
Date of Birth |
15-June-1979 |
Place of Birth |
Cardiff, Wales |
Famous for |
Modeling |
Danielle Lineker is a Welsh model, television personality and actress. She is married to former English footballer Gary Lineker. Born in Cardiff to Kim and Roy Bux who divorced while she was young. Her mother, three half-siblings and stepfather, Alex Mohamed, later moved to Butetown, Cardiff. She attended Cantonian High School in Fairwater where she sat 8 GCSEs and 3 A-levels.
Lineker started modelling (working as Danielle Bux) at the age of 18 after winning a place in the Miss Hawaiian Tropic contest in Las Vegas, USA. She became a model and has since modelled for various brands, including La Senza, and appeared on the cover of various magazines including Maxim and Fabulous. Bux assisted Sir Trevor McDonald onstage at the 2008 National TV Awards. She finished in third place in the 2009 series of ITV's Hell's Kitchen. and in June and July 2009 she was a guest panellist on ITVs Loose Women. Billed as Danielle Lineker, she made her stage debut in Calendar Girls at the Bristol Hippodrome, beginning 26 January 2011. Danielle is currently filming We are the Freaks, a teen comedy directed by Justin Edgar and produced by Alex Usborne at 104 Films.