Ann Marie Davies

Ann Marie DaviesAnn Marie Davies was born on 22nd October 1975 in Birkenhead on the Wirral, where she grew up with father Roy, mother Marie and her two brothers Carl and Roy. From an early age she joined Barbara Johnsons Stage School in which she undertook a variety of dance classes. She performed at the Floral Pavillion in many of Barbara Johnsons Stage shows.

Ann Marie had always been interested in dance and drama from when she was young, but as she developed her passion for sport took over. Park high school was where she begun her secondary education and here is where her enthusiasm for sport started to play a major part in her life.

At 15 she represented Wirral at hockey and volleyball and even played for the boys basketball and football teams. Volleyball was the one sport were she developed as an athlete and was elected to represent England U19. Played against teams such as Germany and Poland, she was also chosen to be part of Manchester United ladies Division 1 national league team and has since been heavily interested in the Volleyball Development Plan, teaching the fun development of volleyball to youngsters on the Wirral. She also trained for 2 years in Thai boxing.At the early age of 18 she began to model and her mum Marie entered her photograph into a competition in a local paper. She won the title of Miss Wirral Globe in 1995 and from then on went onto winning titles such as Miss Merseyside, Miss Manchester and was a finalist in the Miss United Kingdom contest.

At 21, whilst studying performing arts at Borough Road college she went for an audition at Mersey Television where she landed the role of Katrina Evans in the Liverpool based Soap opera Brookside.
Here is where she met Suzanne Collins her best friend and now business partner, they appeared together for a number of years, playing also best friends on screen. Ann Marie has starred in numerous theatre productions one of which was alongside Shane Conner from the Australian Soap Opera Neighbours. She toured the UK in a comedy "Anyone for Breakfast" by Derek Benfield, playing the part of Helga, a German air hostess. She also played the part of Rita in Billy Liar in the North East City of Durham.
Over the past six years she has also been involved in numerous pantomimes, in the lead parts of Aladdin, Cinderella and the part of a fairy in Snowflake at Christmas 2004, which took her back to her home town theatre The Floral Pavillion in New Brighton.

Ann Marie starred in the Sky One hit series 'Is Harry on the boat' which was filmed in Spain, she played single mum Aleesha. Granada's Lunchtime Live asked Ann Marie to present four episodes of their afternoon show and she also presented The Reverent Bob Torque show where she had to use her acting skills to gain the trust of general public.

Ann Marie has been heavily involved with a number of charities. She travelled to Cape Town, South Africa, to appear in Sky Ones Celebrity Fear Factor with DJ Spooky Ralph Little, MC Harvey, Terry Dwyer and Abs from 5, here is where she faced her fears of creepy crawlies and won £8,000 for her charity, When You wish Upon a Star, which she is a patron for.

In March 2006 Ann Marie will be due to give birth to her first child, a baby girl, naturally her and partner Karl are extremely delighted and are looking forward to their new addition.