Former Brookside star Jennifer Ellison reveals she was ‘in two parallel worlds’ after her car was forced off the road by a machete wielding criminal gang. The actress, who played Emily Shadwick in the Channel 4 soap opera, was linked to criminal underworld figures in Liverpool and jailed for a vicious sword attack in 2011, made her a vulnerable target for rival gang members. Speaking to Anything Goes with James English ,the 40-year-old star claims she was forced off the road after being followed from her house during one of two terrifying knife attacks.
She recalled: ‘Literally one day I drove out of my house and a well known family in Liverpool chased me in the car and [I] drove over the central embankment and the car lifted off its feet and then next thing I know they’ve got this machete.’ ‘I’m driving..
.and he’s banging at my car with his machete and it’s just literally flying at me. I’m at the height of fame like massively, massively famous and it’s like two parallel worlds.
’ Reality TV credits include Hell’s Kitchen, which she won in 2004, Dancing On Ice, in which she made it to the semi-finals in the 2012 series and in 2014 and 2015, hosted Dance Mums with Jennifer Ellison, the UK version of American series Dance Moms. She also runs a theatre school, called Jelli Studios . As well as theatre work, she’s even had a taste of Hollywood, appearing as Meg Giry in the film version of The Phantom Of The Opera in 2004.
And we can’t forget her short.
