Jennie McAlpine
| Jennie McAlpine | |
|---|---|
| Born |
12 February 1984 Bury, Greater Manchester, England |
| Occupation | Actress, activist |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Spouse(s) | Chris Farr |
| Children | 1 |
Jennie Elizabeth McAlpine (born 12 February 1984) is a British television actress and comedienne. She is best known for her role as Fiz Brown in the soap opera Coronation Street.
McAlpine was born and bred in Bury. She is of Scottish and Irish descent, with a grandfather from County Kerry and a grandmother from County Sligo. As a young girl she used to put on shows on the patio for the neighbours, charging them 50 pence apiece. She did song and dance routines, copying groups like Bananarama.
Her father Tom McAlpine works in mental health and was recently awarded the OBE for services to mental healthcare. With his encouragement she took up amateur dramatics at the age of eight, when father and daughter appeared together in a pantomime by the Bury Parish Players. She was the fairy and he was the dame. As a teenager she joined the Carol Godby Theatre Workshop. McAlpine's parents separated when she was young after which she lived with her father. She has a brother, Thomas McAlpine (b. 1971).
She had a difficult time at school and did not like teachers:
McAlpine's big break came in 1997 when, at the age of 13, she did stand-up comedy in London and came second in a Young Comedian of the Year competition run by Fanta. At the grand final at the Comedy Store in London she met TV presenter Jonathan Ross and comedian Peter Kay, and was so inspired that she entered a second time in 1998, finishing second again. She spent four years (1997–2001) doing stand-up comedy at charity nights, galas and pub nights with her father in Bury.
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