SHOWBIZDAWN FRENCH LOSES FIVE STONE IN A YEAR, AND THAT’S NO JOKE

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SHOWBIZDAWN FRENCH LOSES FIVE STONE IN A YEAR, AND THAT’S NO JOKE



Dawn French shows off her new slim look at the awards this week
Thursday June 9,2011
By Elisa Roche Showbusiness Editor Have your say(1)
SHE once joked that she suffered from “body blindness” and, at her size 22 peak, even posed in the nude for a men’s magazine.


But now it appears there has been a slimmer woman inside Dawn French all this time just waiting to burst out.

Attending a glamour awards ceremony this week, the comedienne proudly revealed her more svelte size 16 figure, having lost almost five stone in a year.

The actress and writer, 53, stunned onlookers with her new slimline look which friends put down to her adopting a much stricter approach to healthy eating.

“Dawn is generally taking care of her health and is feeling very happy,” a friend of the star told the Daily Express.

“She is eating healthily, she looks great and it shows.”

The friend insisted that the actress – who divorced her husband of 25 years Lenny Henry last October – was “not dating anyone at the moment” despite recently being pictured enjoying the company of a mystery man.


Dawn French stunned onlookers with her new slimline look



Still, Miss French had plenty to smile about at the Glamour Women of the Year ceremony on Tuesday, where she was named Writer of the Year for her debut novel A Tiny Bit Marvellous.

Wearing a black kaftan, the comic was all smiles as she received compliments all night long. But she brushed off her admirers by telling fellow party-goer star Lorraine Kelly: “If you want glamour, go and check out [reality TV star] Kim Kardashian.”

Miss French is currently working on a second series of BBC2 sitcom Roger And Val Have Just Got In with co-star Alfred Molina.

And she certainly seems to have a new spring in her step.


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The star, who played Geraldine Granger in the Vicar Of Dibley for 13 years, was spotted leaving an Ann Summers sex shop in Soho last month, laden with shopping bags, having earlier been seen out shopping with a male friend.Her new look is a far cry from her appearance at the ballet in 2009. Attending a performance of Swan Lake at Sadler’s Wells, north London, the star walked with a stick and, despite wearing a cheerful floral coat, looked tired and several dress sizes larger as she struggled with an ankle injury.

Since her split from Henry, 52, Miss French has insisted she and her ex are “the best of friends” and plan to remain so for the sake of their adopted daughter Billie.

And, while she has not been linked to anyone since, the star recently said she was “not lonely”, hinting that love might be in the air.


I am so pleased for her she looks so pretty. Maybe someone could provide the photo please ( todays express)

God, she looks years younger!

She got divorced...that's how she lost 5st.

kitti wrote:She got divorced...that's how she lost 5st.

Bit like Vanessa Feltz, except she lost 4 tons!

carmen wrote:

Thank you carmen.

fred wrote:God, she looks years younger!

Yes she looks really good. Dawn is a brilliant comedian /actress so hope we see more of her now. It much have been very traumatic when Lenny Henry was caught spending the night with a slim blond after saying that thin girls were a turn off to him. Dawn acted very gracefully at that time but it must have hurt like hell. Good job she is a strong woman.

Krisy22 wrote:

carmen wrote:

Thank you carmen.

You're welcome