BIOGRAPHY & Credits
A real-life Eastender, Cheryl was born in Bethnal Green on 8th March 1954. Her bubbly personality was evident even in the early days of Bucks Fizz when they won the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin in 1981. They went on to gain world-wide recognition with a string of more than 20 hits including three number ones: The Land Of Make Believe, My Camera Never Lies and, of course, Making Your Mind Up. Throughout this period, it was evident that Cheryl would develop a solo career alongside her career in the band. In 1984 she was asked to present the children's television show, How Dare You, which set the ball rolling for her as a TV presenter. Apart from children's favourites such as Record Breakers and Eggs 'n' Baker, she presented daytime current affairs shows, prime-time Saturday evening shows and even dog agility programmes. During the 90s, Cheryl was on Television 6 days a week. All this, and she was still singing with Bucks Fizz. She continues to work with Mike Nolan and Jay Aston to this day. They perform in theatres and at major festivals throughout the UK, especially 80's weekends, in 2015 they were joined by old friend Bobby McVay, and have completed three successful UK tours. And yes they still rip their skirts off! Cheryl is a regular on prime-time television and was recently seen on Celebrity Masterchef and Pop Star To Operastar, where she came runner-up. Cheryl made her theatrical debut in the musical "Footloose" in 2006, starring in both the inaugural tour and in the West End. Since then she has starred in dramas such as 'Dial M For Murder', children's favourites including HONK!, Seussical The Musical and Beauty & The Beast (playing Mrs Potts!) and in comedies, including Anybody For Murder and Menopause The Musical. Cheryl is thrilled to have been given the opportunity to play Mrs. Cunningham on the inaugural tour of 'Happy Days The Musical' throughout the UK in 2014, a role she remembers well as she was an avid Happy Days fan! Cheryl lives in Kent with her husband of 25 years, Steve Stroud, their 22-year-old twin daughters, Kyla and Natalie, who ar following in their mum's footsteps as Singers.
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Charity Cheryl feels it is a privilege to help charities whenever possible and is involved with many, especially children’s charities. she is patron of Kent Children's University, encouraging children to learn and develop outside of school hours. Cheryl had to have IVF to conceive her twin daughters and was happy to talk about it openly, as she felt it could be of some help to other women. Consequently she is patron/supporter to almost every infertility charity in the UK! She is Patron of The British Wireless for the Blind Fund. She was recently made Vice-President of Abigail's Footsteps, a charity for bereaved parents of stillborn babies. She was one of the founders and is a trustee of HEADFIRST, a charity which raises funds for research, equipment and care of people who have suffered brain damage due to accident, stroke or disease. This charity was set up following the horrific coach crash back in 1984 when Cheryl was in Bucks Fizz, where her colleague and dear friend, Mike Nolan, sustained serious head injury resulting in brain damage. She participated in The Virgin London Marathon in 2011 raising many thousands of pounds for Headfirst. She ran the Virgin London Marathon again this year, this time for Demelza House Hospice for Children. Cheryl was very active in campaigning for cleaner NHS hospital after the very sad death of her mother-in-law through the super-bug ‘C-Diff’, contracted whilst in Maidstone hospital. She is also Vice president of Abigail's footsteps, a charity dealing with Still birth Bereavement ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CREDITS
Television (Presenter/Co-Presenter) Name of Show Type Channel
Really Useful Show Live daily consumer BBC1 Record Breakers (11 series) Children’s cult programme BBC1 Record Breakers Gold (3 series) Old R.B. footage BBC1 Eleventh Hour (3 series) Live “people” programme BBC1 Leisure Hour (2 series) Hobby/pastime programme BBC2 Walking The Dog Children’s programme BBC1 Eggs ‘n’ Baker (5 series) Children’s cookery BBC1 Survival Guide To Food Hygiene/cookery BBC1 Super Dogs (2 series) Dog agility BBC1 Saturday Picture Show Live children’s programme BBC1 Saturday 6 O’clock Show Live “people” programme LWT The Funny Side Light Entertainment Granada My Secret Desire Light Entertainment Granada Telethon Live LWT How Dare You Children’s game show Tyne Tees Children In Need Live BBC1 Thank You For The Music Eurovision special Inde. Infertility Strand Live breakfast show GMTV Holiday Maker Resort appraisal Travel Travel Bug Resort appraisal Travel Open house Live interview programme Channel 5 Price Drop TV Live shopping Digital Saving Planet Earth Native endangered species BBC1 Inside Out South-East (5 series) Archive footage/current affairs BBC1 Meridian Tonight ‘The People’s Millions’ Meredian Thomson TV Resort appraisal Digital Cruise Today Cruise appraisal Travel
TheatreDial ‘M’ For Murder In the role of Sheila Wendice Anybody For Murder? In the role of Suzy Stevens Mixed Feelings In the role of Sonya Footloose the musical In the role of Vi Moore HONK! In the role of Ida Seussical the musical In the role of Mrs. Mayor Menopause The Musical In the role of Earth Mother Beauty and the Beast In the role of Mrs Potts
Pantomimes Babes In the Wood Aladdin x 3 Cinderella x 3 Robinson Crusoe Dick Whittington Jack and the Beanstalk. Cheryl also starred as Cinderella in the 1986 Christmas Day Granada TV production. RadioKMFM Christmas Day show, 2007 Guest presenter for Radio 5 Live Guest presenter for Radio 2 Videos Wedding View Sew Simple Advertising Contracts Mr Kipling’s Cherry Bakewells (for Comic Relief) Safestyle UK Windows and Doors The Jenny Craig Weight Loss Programme Corporate Endorsements Granada Services, Poundstretcher, Newlite Windows, Spam, Flour Advisory Bureau, Meat and Livestock Commission, Domestos, Wella, Viviscal, The Cheryl Baker Magic Vac. Awards Eurovision Song Contest This Is Your Life Children’s Champion Books Cheryl Baker’s Low Calorie Cook Book Eggs ‘n’ Baker Cook Book Autobiography (forthcoming) Newspaper/Magazine Editorials Marks and Spencer Christmas Special Woolworth’s magazine, regular lifestyle feature Vivid Magazine, celebrity correspondent Lotus Magazine Mail on Sunday "Deep South USA" Report |