Jennifer Ellison

“Going home and spending time with your family and your real friends keeps you grounded.”

“I want to have a family and I'd like to live in a lovely big house, with a massive driveway and gates and loads of kids.”

“I just wanted to perform, to sing, dance and act.”

“I'm comfortable with my body but I don't like my bum - I think it's too big.”

“I want to tell people that I had post-natal depression because there is so much stigma around the subject and there shouldn't be.”

“I always wanted to act and sing, but my first love was ballet.”

“I think because I did a lot of modelling and appeared in lads mags a lot of women didn't necessarily warm to me. But now I have been through childbirth, post-natal depression and struggled with my weight, women seem to relate to me a lot more.”

“I had absolutely no idea how I had ballooned during my pregnancy. All I thought about was eating plenty of food to keep my baby healthy.”

“I love performing on stage the most. It's getting that instant reaction from a live audience. There are no boundaries, you can take your character as far as you want to, you can be the craziest person ever.”

“I'd already put on a bit of weight before I got pregnant.”

“When I found out I was pregnant, I was over the moon about it, but I was upset I wasn't married!”

“I want to be a young mum and if I didn't have to work I'd have them tomorrow. I'd like three!”

“Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.”