Jeremy Edwards


Jeremy Edwards is an English actor, known for his roles as Kurt Benson in Hollyoaks, Danny Shaughnessy in Holby City and Mike Taylor in Millie Inbetween, as well as being a regular panellist and guest host on The Wright Stuff. In October 2019, he appeared on the ITV series , with ballroom dancer Brendan Cole.

Early life

As a child, Edwards attended Millfield. He has a degree in Politics and Public Administration from Manchester Metropolitan University, and his previous jobs include being a merchant banker.

Career

Edwards played Kurt Benson in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, a role he portrayed from 1995 to 1999, before appearing in the BBC medical drama Holby City, in which he played Danny Shaughnessy from 1999 to 2003. In 2001, Edwards appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank. In January 2005, Edwards took part in the third series of Celebrity Big Brother, where he finished in fourth place.
In January 2007, Jeremy co-presented Coronation Street/Emmerdale Confidential on ITV along with Terri Dwyer. On 12 February 2008, he appeared as an armed police inspector named Fraser in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.
On November 2009 to July 2010, he appeared on the daytime talk show Angela and Friends as one of Angela Griffin's friends. Edwards was also a regular panelist on the Channel 5 morning series The Wright Stuff. In 2013, he returned to Hollyoaks via Hollyoaks Later as a guardian angel figure for Tony Hutchinson.
He has appeared in several pantomimes, including being in Aladdin at The Hazlitt in Maidstone in 2011. Then he appeared in Dick Whittington at The Harlington, in Fleet, Hampshire in 2013. From 2014 to 2018, he appeared in the CBBC series Millie Inbetween as Mike. He also appeared in the fifth series of Hacker Time. In October 2019, he competed on the ITV series as part of a duo with Brendan Cole. They were eliminated in the auditions stage.

Personal life

Edwards married Lydia Metz on 2 May 2009. He was also engaged to Rachel Stevens in 2002, but the couple broke up in late 2003.