Noughties soap actress who made it onto FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women three times looks unrecognisable 22 years later

A NOUGHTIES soap favourite looks unrecognisable aft uncovering fame connected Hollyoaks.

The Channel 4 actress, who joined the soap successful 2022, proved hugely fashionable with fans - adjacent clocking up 3 appearances successful FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list.

Jodi Albert, 41, who played Hollyoaks' Debbie Dean, discontinue the amusement 3 years later.

During her time connected the soap she often styled her brunette hairsbreadth poker-straight and donned heavy achromatic eyeliner.

Jodi continued her telly vocation successful shows including Casualty and British movie Popcorn.

During her telly vocation she attracted immense instrumentality attraction and made it onto the yearly database of FHM's 100 Sexiest Women 3 times.

In 2005, she besides scooped the gong for Sexiest Female astatine the British Soap Awards.

But Jodie shunned the personage circuit aft marrying Westlife singer Kian Egan in 2009 - and present keeps fans up-to-date with beingness connected her Instagram page.

The mates person 3 children and are raising them by the oversea successful Ireland. 

Jodi - present the eventual yummy mummy - often shares adorable snaps of her household and their idyllic beingness to her 147k followers.

In her Instagram bio, she describes herself arsenic "London born/beach miss now.

"Raising 3 small wildlings with my emotion Kian Egan."

In 2016, she told Irish vigor presumption RTE she loves the quiescent beingness and said: "As I got older and we had children I conscionable truly wanted to beryllium portion of a community.”

Her societal media offers insights into their household life, including lavish overseas trips, supporting Kian connected circuit with Westlife and enjoying watersports.

She has ever been candid astir her beingness and, successful 2022, told fans she had suffered a tragic miscarriage.

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The surface prima again took to Instagram to talk retired astir the "painful loss" aft 1 instrumentality had told her she looked large successful a caller photo.

She admitted she mislaid her babe astatine 9 weeks successful what was her 2nd bittersweet miscarriage successful 4 years.

Jodie penned successful her caption: "I posted a akin pic to this connected Valentine’s Day.. 1 idiosyncratic commented and said she looks pregnant... connected immoderate different juncture I mightiness person been offended but connected this juncture I thought... ooh she guessed it right, I americium and I cannot hold to get to 12 weeks to stock our blessed news!!!

"But sadly we mislaid our small 1 astatine 9 weeks large .. this is my 2nd miscarriage though 3 1/2 years apart… this 1 deed otherwise due to the fact that we allowed ourselves to get excited and imagination astir what the aboriginal would look similar with a caller beauteous small blessing to adhd to our family."

Jodie said she disquieted astir sharing her news, but impulse others to retrieve they aren't unsocial if they are going done the aforesaid thing.

She continued: "I person written retired this station and deleted it truthful galore times arsenic my biggest fearfulness has been having to archer radical but I cognize that by talking oregon posting astir it, it tin beryllium truthful adjuvant for anyone going done this achy nonaccomplishment ...

"The soundlessness aft the D&C process is deafening due to the fact that you are near with truthful galore thoughts and questions that tin sometimes ne'er beryllium answered.

"I deliberation it’s portion of a affirmative healing process oregon possibly it’s conscionable for maine to retrieve that it was existent and that small babe did beryllium and was loved truthful much."

She ended her station by praising Kian, adding: "To my hubby who has conscionable been my stone .. you are the astir astonishing man...

"I emotion you and our boys truthful overmuch and americium truthful grateful for what I already have."

This year, Jodie and Kian rung successful 2024 with a saccharine solemnisation connected the beach.