Kym Marsh
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Kym Gail Ryder (née Marsh) (born in Whiston, Knowsley, Merseyside, England, on 13 June 1976) is an English actress and singer. Marsh grew up in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester.
Marsh rose to fame when she and four other contestants won reality TV show Popstars and formed manufactured pop quintet Hear'Say. She is presently most recognisable from her role as Michelle Connor on the long-running ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street which she has played since 2006. Marsh was one of the contenders to represent the UK in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest; she was third place and as such did not take part in the ESC.