Background
Keegan was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, the daughter of an English father and Gibraltarian mother.
Keegan was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, the daughter of an English father and Gibraltarian mother.
She attended Street Patrick"s Remote Control High School in Salford, and later the Manchester School of Acting.
She portrayed Tina McIntyre in the Independent Television soap opera Coronation Street between and In, Keegan played the role of Tracy in the British Broadcasting Corporation drama series Ordinary Lies. She was awarded FHM "Sexiest Woman in The World" in.
She worked at Selfridges in the Trafford Centre, and as a check-in agent at Manchester Airport.
In late 2007, in only her second audition, Keegan was offered the chance to play the part of Tina McIntyre in Coronation Street, and accepted the role. She left the show in May.
In, she went on Stephen Mulhern"s Anonymous, a prank show on Independent Television. On 14 June, Keegan made her radio debut co-hosting the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1 programme The Official Chart. Keegan was on the cover of FHM magazine in January, and placed number 30 and number 26 in their 100 Sexiest Women poll for and, respectively.
She would then appear in FHM again in March and was placed at number four in the poll, and number one in.
Keegan joined Coronation Street in, beating around 900 other people who were also trying out for the part. She played Tina McIntyre until the character"s death in late May. Keegan"s last episode on the soap was aired on 27 May.
Keegan later flew out to South Africa to film a special film for Coronation Street, and starred in the Red Dwarf Easter special.
In June, Keegan went on a European tour to perform as Tinkerbell in Peter Pan. In, she played the role of Tracy in the British Broadcasting Corporation television drama series Ordinary Lies.
On 20 June, it was announced that Keegan would play the starring role in British Broadcasting Corporation One"s drama Our Girl. The same year, Keegan landed a guest role on the ITV2 comedy series Plebs which will air in 2016.
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