Background
Coleen Mary McLoughlin was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, to Tony and Colette McLoughlin.
Coleen Mary McLoughlin was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, to Tony and Colette McLoughlin.
Coleen Rooney attended Street John Bosco Arts College and left school with 10 GCSEs, including an A* for Performing Arts.
She is the wife of Manchester United and England football captain Wayne Rooney. Tony McLoughlin, who was a bricklayer and ran a boxing club The McLoughlins are of Irish descent.
Media
Rooney had her own column in the celebrity magazine Closer entitled "Welcome to My World", for which she earned up to £10,000.
She left Closer in 2008. She then went on to write a weekly column for Oklahoma! magazine.
Rooney writes about her style and news. She went on to make her own series for Independent Television called Coleen"s Real Women in which she was labelled as "The nation"s favourite girl next door" and looked for "real women" to front advertising campaigns as an alternative to models.
Rooney has an exercise Digital Video Disc on sale in the United Kingdom, entitled Coleen McLoughlin"s Brand New Body Workout, which became a bestseller.
She was paid £3 million to front the George at Asda campaign. Rooney"s autobiography, Welcome to My World, was released in March 2007. In June 2010, Rooney struck a deal with the retail and gambling company Littlewoods.
She said of the deal: "The role is a perfect match in enabling me to select and wear my favourite styles as well as share my ideas on how to carry off the season"s new trends.".