Coleen Patricia Nolan is an English singer, television presenter and author. She came to prominence as the youngest member of the Irish family girl group The Nolans, in which she sang with her sisters. She subsequently became a panellist on the chat show Loose Women from 2000 to 2011. She returned from October 2013 onwards.
As a member of The Nolans she first performed on television in 1974. She was a full-time member of the group from 1980 to 1994. The group was particularly successful in Japan, where they won the Tokyo Music Festival in 1981 and a Japanese Grammy Award in 1992. She was a member of the line-up that re-formed for a successful tour of the UK and Ireland in 2009.
From 2001–02 Nolan co-presented the ITV daytime show This Morning. She returned to the show from 2010–12 as a presenter of the interactive hub segments. In 2009 she competed in the fourth series of the ITV show Dancing on Ice, where she finished in fourth place. In 2012 she appeared in the 10th series of Channel 5 reality series Celebrity Big Brother, finishing as runner-up. In January 2017 she returned as an all star for the 19th seriesand went on to win with 33% of the final vote.
