Get To Know... Leigh-Anne Pinnock

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Full name: Leigh-Anne Pinnock

Birthday: 4 October 1991

Star sign: Libra

Birth place: High Wycombe

Ethnicity: British/Jamaican/Barbadian

Relationship status: Taken (engaged to footballer Andre Gray)

Children: Twins (born 16/08/2021)

Pets: Two dogs, Harvey & Kyro

Awards: Celebrity of the Year (National Diversity Awards); Media Champion in the Public Eye (Burberry British Diversity Awards); Equality Award (Ethnicity Awards); Media Progress Moment (Ethnicity Awards); Best Documentary (I Talk Telly Awards); Documentary of the Year (Visionary Honours Awards)

10 Facts About Leigh-Anne

Fact #1. Leigh-Anne used to work at Pizza Hut and would steal cookie dough from the kitchen to cook at home. She references her first job in the Little Mix song 'Down & Dirty', singing: "Check out the stamps on my Visa, we international divas, but I started out making your pizzas".

Fact #2. In 2022, Leigh started living part-time in Greece after her footballer fiancé signed a four-year contract with a local team

Fact #3. Leigh-Anne has discussed her experiences of racism in the documentaries The Talk and The Outsiders, and she fronted her own documentary on the subject in 2021 titled Leigh-Anne: Race, Pop & Power

Fact #4. In 2021, Leigh launched The Black Fund, a charity which funds existing charities and community groups supporting the Black community

Fact #5. Leigh-Anne used to run a fashion blog called "Leigh Loves" on Tumblr

Fact #6. She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2019 to fundraise for Comic Relief

Fact #7. Leigh-Anne launched her own inclusive fashion brand, In'A'Seashell, in 2019. The brand is popular with many celebrities (including Kelly Rowland, Maya Jama, Jourdan Dunn and Munroe Bergdorf).

Fact #8. She starred in the 2021 British Christmas movie Boxing Day, which was notable for being the first British Christmas rom-com with an almost entirely Black cast

Fact #9. Leigh has launched a production house, Pinnock Productions, with plans to embrace diversity and cultures underrepresented in the media. It has already contributed to the creation of the movie Boxing Day.

Fact #10. Leigh-Anne has a series of butterflies and musical notes tattooed on her back as a nod to Little Mix's first ever single, 'Wings'