A biography for Jenny Ryanhasn’t been written yet.
“To perform live would be amazing; that's a huge thing to undertake.”
“It isn't too bad for me as when I don't have a beehive, I can go incognito in my scruffs.”
“Being a Chaser you are not supposed to show any vulnerability.”
“When I got a call about 'Celebrity X factor' I thought wow, what an opportunity. It felt like everything had been leaning towards that point.”
“I was miserable at uni. There were months at a time when I wouldn't leave the house unless it was to buy food. I lost a lot of friendships. I later lost jobs because of my mental health.”
“I'm really proud to be from Bolton. Population-wise it's the biggest town in Europe but you feel you live in a village - you'll always find yourself beside someone you went to school with.”
“And I'm a big fan of Benedict Cumberbatch.”
“And when they brought me in for the first ever episode of 'The Chase,' they still hadn't figured out the format so I was helping them to play test it and then come up with the right standard of questions. So it's my fault they can be really tough!”
“Yes, I'd really love to get a chance to tread the boards in the West End, that would be incredible.”
“One of my previous incarnations is as a question writer, so I'd worked on shows like 'The Weakest Link' and a couple of very short-lived ITV series.”
“We're quite fortunate on 'The Chase,' we get to sit very still and you can concentrate on one thing at one time - the questions.”
“I'm a professional crusher of dreams.”
“It is quite hurtful when people make a judgement without even really watching me and saying things like, 'I'm not watching if she's on' or 'I don't like change.'”
“I always enjoyed singing but I was never convinced that I had a big voice like that, that was distinctive, I just thought I can sing in the choir.”
“It has taken all of my 20s and most of my 30s to get to this point where I am very happy with who I am.”
“I loved the show from the start and thought, 'I wish I could be a Chaser.'”
“Well I'm partial to a bit of Tom Hardy.”
“One person might be able to learn by reading, another will have a good audio memory, and another will make notes in different colored pens. I have a more multi sensory memory - I remember what I was doing when I learnt it and where I was.”
“Yeah, I was expecting most of the comments about my appearance to be about me being fat, because I'm not a skinny girl by any means. But I wasn't expecting there to be that sort of wave of 'Wow - the new Chaser's hot!'”
“We feel so lucky. We were amateur quizzers but now we get to do it for a living. So there's no way any of us Chasers would walk out.”