Claire Jane Sweeney (born 17 April 1971 in Walton, Liverpool) is an English actress, singer and television personality best known for playing the role of Lindsey Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside and her appearance on the first series of the Reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother.
Sweeney trained at the Elliott-Clarke Theatre School in Liverpool, and went on to the Italia Conti Academy in London. Her first singing gig, at the age of 1...
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Claire Jane Sweeney (born 17 April 1971 in Walton, Liverpool) is an English actress, singer and television personality best known for playing the role of Lindsey Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside and her appearance on the first series of the Reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother.
Sweeney trained at the Elliott-Clarke Theatre School in Liverpool, and went on to the Italia Conti Academy in London. Her first singing gig, at the age of 14, was in the Montrose Club in Liverpool. In 1987, she was a member of the Southport Summer Youth Theatre Workshop's production of the musical Hair. Following this production, she auditioned for a part in the Southport Arts Centre's Centre Stage Company production of Chicago but was turned down because she was considered too young - she later went on to star in a West End version of the same show.
After leaving the stage school, Sweeney had many singing engagements before landing the minor role of Lindsey Corkhill in Brookside for a brief...
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