Among those stars will be former Hollyoaks actress Carley Stenson, whose musical theatre background means that she has plenty of traditional dance experience (but as previous seasons have shown us, that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean it\u2019ll be oh so easy when she takes to the ice).<\/span><\/p>\n She will be teaming up with pro Mark Hanretty, and she\u2019ll also be supported from the stands by her Strictly finalist husband Danny Mac.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMy husband is so raring for me to just embrace something for me,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a baby and I\u2019ve put me to the back. He\u2019s just like, \u2018go get it, go get it\u2019 \u2013 he\u2019s so excited for me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s what you need to know about Carley before Dancing on Ice kicks off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Age:<\/b> 40<\/span><\/p>\n Job:<\/b> Actress and musical theatre star<\/span><\/p>\n Instagram:<\/b> @carleystenson1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Twitter:<\/b> @carleystenson<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Paired with: <\/b>Mark Hanretty<\/span><\/p>\n Stenson began her acting career as Steph Cunningham on Hollyoaks in 2000, at the age of 17, and ended up staying on the Channel 4 soap for a decade, eventually leaving in 2010 to focus on musical theatre.<\/span><\/p>\n She has appeared as Princess Fiona in the West End production of Shrek: The Musical, and has also taken on the roles of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde: The Musical (where she met husband Danny Mac) and of the Lady of the Lake in Spamalot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In 2021, she joined the cast of the BBC\u2019s long-running soap Doctors as Harriet Shelton.<\/span><\/p> When she was announced as part of the Dancing on Ice line-up last year, Stenson said: <\/span>\u201cI\u2019m so excited that I get to learn how to dance\u2026 on ice! I\u2019m terrified but can\u2019t wait \u2013 I just want to make the most of this whole experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n She recently revealed that she\u2019s been asking her friend and former Hollyoaks co-star Jorgie Porter, who came in second place in the 2012 season of Dancing on Ice, for tips.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cShe was exquisite (on the show),\u201d Stenson said. \u201cJorgie is so elegant and beautiful, she was like a gorgeous fairy you put on top of the Christmas tree.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve already messaged Jorgie, actually. She said, \u2018Do it. I had such a blast.\u2019 She gave me advice, just as I gave her advice because she\u2019s having a baby \u2013 we\u2019ve kind of life-swapped!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Dancing on Ice airs on ITV1 and ITX on Sundays. <\/strong>C<\/strong>heck out more of our Entertainment<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> for more to watch.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013 <\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the <\/strong>Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Katie Rosseinsky Published: Sunday, 22 January 2023 at 12:00 am Get your skates on: Dancing on Ice is back for a brand new season, and a new group of 11 celebrities have been training with the professionals before they make their debut on the rink.\u00a0 Among those stars will be former Hollyoaks actress Carley […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":28961,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/meet-carley-stenson-dancing-on-ice-2023-contestant-and-west-end-actress.jpg",1536,1024,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/meet-carley-stenson-dancing-on-ice-2023-contestant-and-west-end-actress-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/meet-carley-stenson-dancing-on-ice-2023-contestant-and-west-end-actress-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/meet-carley-stenson-dancing-on-ice-2023-contestant-and-west-end-actress-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/meet-carley-stenson-dancing-on-ice-2023-contestant-and-west-end-actress-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/meet-carley-stenson-dancing-on-ice-2023-contestant-and-west-end-actress.jpg",1536,1024,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/meet-carley-stenson-dancing-on-ice-2023-contestant-and-west-end-actress.jpg",1536,1024,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Katie Rosseinsky Published: Sunday, 22 January 2023 at 12:00 am Get your skates on: Dancing on Ice is back for a brand new season, and a new group of 11 celebrities have been training with the professionals before they make their debut on the rink.\u00a0 Among those stars will be former Hollyoaks actress Carley…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/28960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Who is <\/b>Carley Stenson<\/b>?<\/b><\/h2>\n
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