Name	Michelle Gayle
Height	5' 5"
Naionality	United Kingdom
Date of Birth	2 February 1971
Place of Birth	London, England, UK
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Michelle Gayle (born Michelle Patricia Gayle, 2 February 1971, London, England) is an English actress and singer. Gayle had success as a pop singer in the 1990s. She achieved seven Top 40 singles in the UK Singles Chart, her two biggest hits to date being "Sweetness" (Number 4, September 1994) and "Do You Know" (Number 6, February 1997). She released two Top 40 albums through RCA Records, but they parted company in 1997, and although Gayle recorded other albums, they were not released.

As an actress, Gayle is best known for her work on British television, in particular playing Hattie Tavernier in BBC's EastEnders from 1990-1993. She has also had various roles in film and theatre, and played Belle in the West End musical, Beauty and the Beast in 1999. She has taken part in several celebrity based reality television shows, and in June 2007 she became a panelist for ITV's topical chatshow Loose Women. She was married to ex-footballer Mark Bright for 10 years, but the couple announced their separation in 2007.