HOLLYOAKS star Jennifer Metcalfe looked stunning as she showed off her bikini body in beach snaps today. Bradford-born soap star Jennifer, who has played feisty Mercedes McQueen on the soap since 2006, revealed her toned figure in the skimpy swimwear. Jennifer, 36, hit the beach as the weather in the UK soared and was hotter […]
HOLLYOAKS star Jennifer Metcalfe looked stunning as she showed off her bikini body in beach snaps today.
Bradford-born soap star Jennifer, who has played feisty Mercedes McQueen on the soap since 2006, revealed her toned figure in the skimpy swimwear.
Jennifer, 36, hit the beach as the weather in the UK soared and was hotter than Mexico today.
She looked blissfully happy in a string of photos shared on Instagram, topping up her tan in a bikini.
The star also shared photos of herself in a white swimming suit, with her wavy hair cascading over her shoulders.
Jennifer joked as she wrote over the photos: “Send help.”
Jennifer recently made headlines when her boyfriend Greg Lake shared a photo of her on all fours wearing just a pair of tiny Calvin Klein pants with the caption: “When you’re in isolation and she’s OCD.”
And Jen says it is not the first time she has got her hands dirty, as she used to work as a cleaner before getting her big break in telly.
She revealed to The Sun: “When I was in college I did a part-time cleaning job for some offices and really enjoyed it.
“It’s so therapeutic, good for the mind. Clean home, clean mind. And I’m really good at it, I just love scrubbing.”
“I think everybody’s got a little OCD about different things. I need it to be tidy, but not necessarily clean.
“But once I start cleaning, everything needs to be scrubbed down so you can eat your dinner off it. Once I start I can’t really stop.
“The other day I started with the bathroom, then I had a shower, put on my clean thong and clean socks and went back for round two.”
Jen says she wasn’t angry at former Geordie Shore star Greg, her boyfiend since 2013 and dad of her two-year-old son Daye, for posting the snap. She said: “He told me, but I didn’t realise he got my a*** in it.
“He wouldn’t have put it out if it had looked bad. If he had got another angle, it could have been bad news.”
Jen’s curves also hit the headlines in 2010 after she underwent liposuction on her bottom and thighs. She said afterwards: “I had the smallest area on my body that I didn’t like so I thought, ‘I want to get rid of it’.”
Since joining Hollyoaks Jen’s man-eating character has dabbled in prostitution, stalking, murder plots and seven weddings to five husbands.
The role has seen her nominated for Sexiest Female soap star 14 times and she took home the gong in 2015.
While Mercedes is all stilettos and glamour, Jen reveals the minute she is through the front door of her Manchester home it is a very different story.
She said: “Mercedes takes up too much energy. It’s good going in every day, putting on the killer heels and giving it some of her, but when I go home I couldn’t be further from it. I never ever wear make-up.
