Michelle Keegan played Tina McIntyre in the soap opera Coronation Street. Keegan was born in Stockport, her parents split when she was 13. After that she started living with her mother and stepfather.
She attended St Patrick's RC High School and the Manchester School of Acting. Michelle worked at Selfridges in the Trafford Centre shopping mall and as a check-in agent at Manchester Airport. She had a small cameo appearance in Red Dwarf: Back to Earth.
In late 2007, in only her second-ever audition, she was chosem to play the part of Tina McIntyre in Coronation Street.
On 14 June 2009 Michelle made her radio debut co-hosting the BBC Radio 1 programme The Official Chart with Reggie Yates. She was on the cover of FHM Magazine in January 2011 and was voted #30 in the FHM 100 Sexiest Women poll in 2010.
She appeared as a guest judge on the Dancing on Ice Tour 2010.
Keegan dated Hollyoaks actor Anthony Quinlan from 2006 to 2008 and model Brad Howard from 2008 to 2010. Since December 2010 she has been dating Max George from the boyband The Wanted. She lives in Irlam.
As of March 2024, she has amassed 7.3 million followers on her Instagram platform.