Roxanne Pallett (born 26 December 1982) is an English actress and singer. She is most famous for playing the role of Jo Sugden in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 2005 to 2008. She has won acclaim for numerous stage roles in theatre and has starred in several films since leaving Emmerdale, in which she began her career. Pallett was born in Carlisle, Cumbria and brought up in Currock by her mother and grandmother. Her maternal grandfather was Italian and her father was Iranian. Her father abandoned her mother Monica. She lost her home in a house fire age 16. Several months later, her grandmother, who raised her, died. Educated at Robert Ferguson Primary School and Trinity School, she then graduated with a BA Honours degree in Media and Cultural Studies, majoring in Film Studies, from Liverpool John Moores University. Pallett studied at the Manchester School of Screen Acting on weekends, and began auditioning for acting roles outside her studies.
In her last year at university, Pallett co-formed girl band Urban Angel, writing songs for them with production and management by ex-East 17 member and Ivor Novello award winner Tony Mortimer. In 2007, Rosa Roxanne Pallett, a deep red hybrid rose, was named after Pallett and launched at the 2007 Southport Flower Show by Cheshire-based grower C&K Jones. In June 2013 Roxanne Pallett won rave reviews for her comedic role on stage as Shelley in Ladies' Day for The Royal Court, Liverpool. In 2014 Pallett began filming a new British film The Violators in Merseyside and was then confirmed for a role in the 20th Century Fox horror film Wrong Turn 6, which began filming in March 2014. Wrong Turn 6 premiered at London's Leicester Square Fright Fest in October 2014 and was also screened at Fox. In 2010, Pallett took roles in Lake Placid 3, her Hollywood debut, and filmed a guest role for the BBC's Casualty.
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