Acting
Martine McCutcheon
Born 1976-05-14 · Hackney, London, England
Martine Kimberley Sherrie McCutcheon (née Ponting, born 14 May 1976) is an English actress and singer. She studied at the renowned Italia Conti stage school in London from the age of 10. She appeared in several billboard ads and television commercials as a child, then won a part in the BBC children's series Bluebirds in '89, after which further TV and theatre roles followed. At 15 she was picked to front the all-girl band 'Milan', who went on tour with East 17, but they disbanded in April '94. She earned her Empire and MTV Movie awards. Her big break came in January '95 with the part of Tiffany Raymond in BBC's soap opera 'Eastenders' and her role in the 2003 romantic comedy Love Actually. She was written out of EastEnders at the end of 1998 and then embarked on a pop career, this time as a solo artist. She has so far released 6 hit singles and 3 albums, two of which reached Gold and Platinum status.
Acting credits
7.1Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.
Love Actually
2003
7.0Fourteen years after the events of the original film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, actually exists.
Red Nose Day Actually
2017
6.0A hit man who wants out of the business is targeted by old colleagues.
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
2001
5.0JUMP is a psychological drama revealing for the first time the extraordinary circumstances behind the unjust murder trial of the young Jew, Philippe Halsman, who would later become the most sought after celebrity portrait photographer of his generation.
Jump
2008
5.0Channel 4 (UK) ran a poll, in 2003, for viewers to nominate their "worst Briton". The nominations had to be people who were living, not in prison and British.
100 Worst Britons
2003
Tracy a young working class girl, who - against the wishes of her parents and racist ex-boyfriend - becomes one of three wives of West London Persian restaurateur, Sam.
The English Harem
2005
6.0The inside story of the best modern romcoms with Meg Ryan, Hugh Grant, Richard Curtis, Dermot Mulrooney, Rupert Everett, Jason Alexander, Stephen Merchant, Tim Bevan, Bobby Farrelly and Simon Callow. Narrated by Julie Walters.
There's Something About Romcoms
2016
5.9A boy, a girl, and the worst football team in Britain. You can't choose who you're going to fall in love with.
The Bromley Boys
2018
7.7A celebration of the life and work of Dame Elizabeth Taylor interspersed with clips from some of her finest films. Highlights from the musical gala held in the Royal Albert Hall in May 2000.
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration
2000
8.0Location - London's Hyde Park Date - 4th July 1999 Madness: "Our House"; S Club 7: "Bring it all Back"; Boyzone: "No Matter What"; Geri Halliwell: "Look at Me"; Texas: "Blacked Eyed Boy"; Steps: One for Sorrow". It all goes on and on and on with simply the best on this 120 minute concert recording of the Party In The Park
Party in the Park 1999
2002
9.0Des entertains a packed celebrity studio audience.
An Audience with Des O'Connor
2001