Trivia

Was confirmed as the public face of a campaign for Women's Refuge that urges women to look out for early signs a partner may turn violent. (August 2008)

Has two tattoos in dedication to the Rocky movies on each hip. Dialogue from the film reading - 'It ain't about how hard you hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done.'.

Roxanne doesn't drink alcohol. She recently admitted that she often accepts a glass of bubbly at special occasions to be polite and later hides it behind a plant pot and orders a lemonade.

Agreed to perform fully nude in order to get cast in her first film role in Lake Placid 3 (2010).

Roxanne is an ambassador for the Eden Valley Hospice in Carlisle. She donated £68,000 to them from her Soapstar Superstar winnings to build a children's ward called the Jigsaw Appeal.

Roxanne credits Rob Lowe for saving her from throwing in the towel at a point where she didn't get any acting work for almost a year. The Hollywood movie star talked to her about his own career dips at his book reading and reassured her that it happens to everyone at some point and to keep going.

Was raised by her mother and grandmother in Carlisle.

Wishes that she'd been born in the 1950s.

Participated in the fourth series of Dancing on Ice (2006) in 2009, partnered with professional ice-skater Daniel Whiston, finishing fifth out of thirteen celebrities and being the only female contestant to attempt the dangerous 'Head-banger' move.

Lost her best friend to suicide in 2009.

Winner of ITV's Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes as Gloria Estefan (2005).

Married FDNY firefighter Jason Carrion in January 2020 in New York.

Worked with Ivor Novello award winner and East 17 creator and artist Tony Mortimer on an album before she won her first acting role. He described her as ''both beautiful and talented'. The pair who wrote music together remain firm friends and she considers him "a real friend who's always there for advice".

Now celebrates her birthday on June 5th instead of December 26th, due to the traumatic death of her best friend at Christmas.

Lost her home and all belongings to a house fire aged 16.

Obtained a BA Honours Degree in Media and Cultural Studies from Liverpool John Moores University. (2005)

Roxanne was a volunteer at a hospice in her home town during her teen years, after losing her grandmother in 1999 to cancer.

Has written pieces for both Company magazine and The Times (2010).

Is scared of dogs.

Confessed her first ever crush was Billy Warlock (Eddie in Baywatch).

In July 2018, whilst doing a segment for Minister FM Radio, Roxanne was involved in an accident whilst driving an F2 Outlaw Stock Car at Hunmanby Raceway, North Yorkshire. Roxanne has driven head on into the Armco barrier on the first bend at less than 40mph, and had to be cut free from the undamaged Car by FireFighters. She was then airlifted to Hospital, 2 hours after the accident. Roxanne only received minor injuries with 2 sprained wrists and minor bruising and was able to return home shortly afterwards.

Toured and performed with boyband BLUE on their 2013 tour and was later linked to Simon Webbe in the press, although they both denied the claims saying they are just very close friends.

Was in a relationship with Premiership Footballer Danny Simpson when he played for Manchester United. (2008-2009) The pair remain friends.

Was publicly thanked by an elderly lady for paying for her shopping in the supermarket when the pensioner lost her purse. The actress never gave her name when asked at the time, yet other shoppers recognized her.

After she appeared on the 4th series of Dancing on Ice (2006) in 2009, she considered of doing Strictly Come Dancing (2004) after, to appear in the 2013 series.

Although she never got a role, she was asked to do a voiceover for one of the characters on the children's TV series Thomas & Friends. (2013)

She appeared on three celebrity reality TV shows which were filmed prior to her appearance in Celebrity Big Brother, which were Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls, Celebrity Coach Trip and Celebrity Ghost Hunt. (2018)

Roxanne first found fame following her time on Emmerdale back in 2005 and stayed until 2008.

Roxanne spent a year co-creating a TV show as part of her record deal that she would be later left out of due to an unfortunate management conflict. In true underdog nature, she sold all her possessions and along with her mother's savings, bought a guitar and invested every penny in trying to hold on to her record deal. Her tenacity was noticed by a casting director who introduced her to her first agent and months later in 2005, Roxanne caught the eye of ITV for Emmerdale.