Coleen Rooney

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Coleen Rooney
Birth name	Coleen Mary McLoughlin
Date of birth	3 April 1986 (1986-04-03) (age 23)
Place of birth	Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Spouse(s)	Wayne Rooney (2008—)

Coleen Mary Rooney (née McLoughlin; born 3 April 1986 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is the wife of Manchester United and England football star Wayne Rooney. She has developed a career as a TV presenter, columnist and celebrity product endorser, and is a staple of the British tabloids.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Media work 3 Shopping habits 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Early life

Coleen Mary Rooney was born to Tony McLoughlin, who was a bricklayer and ran a boxing club, and his wife Colette, who was a nursery nurse. She is one of four children. Coleen is the oldest, followed by her brothers Joe and Anthony and then her adopted sister Rosie, who has been diagnosed with Rett Syndrome. She met Wayne Rooney when she was 12 and when they lived in the same Liverpool suburb of Croxteth. They supposedly began a relationship at the age of 16, when they had left secondary school.

Wayne's mother, Jeanette, worked as a part-time cleaner at St John Bosco, the Catholic school Coleen attended.^[1]

Wayne took Coleen to the cinema to see Austin Powers 2 on their first date.^[2]

Coleen Rooney left school with 11 GCSEs, including an A* for Performing Arts.^[3] She has long harboured dreams of becoming an actress, having starred in high school productions of Bugsy Malone and Grease.^[4]

The couple, dubbed Wayleen,^[5] moved into a new £1.3m mansion in nearby Formby. They now live in a £3.5 million mansion in Prestbury, Cheshire, complete with a cinema, gym and games room and American diner-themed kitchen.^[6] It also has seven plasma screen TVs and a £30,000 state-of-the-art security system.^[7]

Coleen has always been very supportive of Wayne, even when it was discovered that some years earlier he had visited a prostitute.^[8]

Their wedding took place in Portofino, Italy on 12 June 2008. The couple were paid a reported £2.5 million by Britain's OK! magazine for the exclusive wedding information and pictures.^[9]

It was announced on 7 April 2009 that the Rooneys are expecting their first baby, due on 24th October 2009, Wayne's 24th Birthday.^[10]

[edit] Media work

Rooney had her own column in the celebrity magazine Closer entitled "Welcome to My World", for which she earned up to £10000. However she left "Closer" in 2008 and now writes a weekly column for OK! magazine, for which she is paid £41667 per month^[11] Coleen writes about her style and news.^[12]

Rooney tried her hand at presenting when, in May 2006, she assisted Sir Trevor McDonald on his show Tonight with Trevor McDonald in a programme about the genetic disorder Rett syndrome, from which her younger sister suffers.^[13] She went on to make her own series for ITV called Coleen's Real Women in which she looked for "real women" to front advertising campaigns as an alternative to models.

She won the Ariel high street fashion award (as voted for by the public) for 'Best Dressed Female', turning up to the event in a Topshop dress.^[14] She presented awards at the ELLE Style awards, Television awards and also presented an award to Best Dressed Female at Aintree in which she handed out the prizes, which included a shopping bag from Coleen's favourite store, Liverpool boutique Cricket.^[15]

Rooney was paid £500,000 to be the face of the LG Electronics Chocolate mobile phone advertising campaign. She has a £1.5 million deal with Nike Women Sportswear, a £2 million arrangement with Harper Collins to write a style book and a £1.5 million deal to be the face of Asda. She was also paid £150,000 to make a documentary about her upbringing called Coleen's Mimsy.^[16]

Rooney has an exercise DVD on sale in the UK, entitled Coleen McLoughlin's Brand New Body Workout, which became a bestseller.^[17] For the DVD she was paid £250,000.^[16]

She was paid £3 million to front the George at Asda campaign.^[18]

Rooney's autobiography, "Welcome to My World", was released in March 2007.^[19] She now has a wealth of over £8 million. ^[20]

[edit] Shopping habits

Coleen caused some controversy after being chosen to appear in British Vogue. Some people felt that she was unworthy of such a celebrity status.^[21] Editor Alexandra Shulman defended the magazine's decision, calling Coleen "beautiful" and praising her "brilliant sense of style".^[22]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Coleen Rooney's perfume launch
• Coleen Rooney at the Internet Movie Database