| Name |
Francoise Boufhal |
| Height |
5 ft 4 in |
| Naionality |
English |
| Date of Birth |
18-December-1988 |
| Place of Birth |
England, UK |
| Famous for |
Modeling |
Francoise Boufhal is an English model, actress and presenter. Boufhal's acting career began at the age of 11 when she joined The Live Theatre company, a theatrical youth theatre based in Newcastle made famous by Robson Green.
Boufhal's first major role was in the hit children's BBC 1 show Byker Grove, where she played Ellie Baines, Stumpy's girlfriend. Boufhal auditioned several times for a role in the show but was deemed 'too sexy', until eventually a part was made for the curvaceous actress. Her body grew very fast. At the age of 16 she became 'very curvy' and her chest size had increased rapidly. (At the age of 11, she was 28B. By the age of 14, 28D. By 16 she was her full size.) She had a slim figure but was not generally considered tall, which presented difficulty in her acting and modelling career. Boufhal was, however, in the pilot for GRUBBS, a children's cookery program scheduled to be regularly on the Discovery Kids channel.
At 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m), and having a 28H chest, Boufhal was rejected by fashion houses for being too short and having an 'unusual' figure'. Boufhal has appeared in Nuts as "Nuts Next Top Model", Zoo, and was Maxim's April 2009 cover girl. The Daily Star claimed her to be "one of their biggest hits". However, this turned out not to be true, as she made only a small number of appearances in the paper - mostly in late 2009 and early 2010 - and has not appeared since. Francoise is featured in a non-pictorial article in the June 2010 issue of Playboy USA.
