Best known for: Acting roles in 'Bad Girls', 'Tenko', 'Dynasty' spin-off 'The Colbys', and recently in Coronation Street.

The 60-year-old also took to the Strictly dancefloor in 2007 and is divorced from actor John McEnery, with whom she has two children.

Will she bring a touch of class to the series or become the housemate matriarch?

Odds: 14/1