Lisa Riley
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Lisa Riley is an English female presenter/actress on British television. Riley is an ardent public defender of women's rights. Lisa was born in Burnley, Lancashire, to parents Cath and Terry. She trained at the Oldham Theatre Workshop from the age of 9, and was signed by an agent 3 years later. After some early roles including extra work on Coronation Street, her first breakthrough role in the UK television world was playing the character Mandy Dingle in the television series, Emmerdale. The character appeared for a few years in the soap before she left the character behind in 1998. Due to the popularity of the character, Riley has agreed to appear as Mandy Dingle on a couple of occasions since she character left regular appearances, but despite rumours and showbiz gossip that the character will one day return to the soap, no such event has occurred.
Riley went on then to present the popular You've Been Framed show, taking over from the former presenter, Jeremy Beadle. Riley eventually moved onto other things and left during late 2002, after the show had been drafted to an afternoon slot with declining ratings.
Riley has acted in various pantomime / stage performances and also had a role in Fat Friends.
