Jennifer Metcalfe - British Soap Awards 2010

Jennifer Joanne Metcalfe (born 4 September 1983 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) is an English actress and model. She joined the cast of soap opera Hollyoaks in June 2006, playing feisty Mercedes McQueen.

She was brought up in Holme Wood in Bradford, West Yorkshire and has been acting since age 12. She attended the Scala Kids drama school in her hometown. Metcalfe did a degree in Health and Fitness before proceeding with an acting career.

Before Hollyoaks, she appeared in several TV shows including kids' TV series My Parents Are Aliens and ITV dramas Where The Heart Is and At Home with the Braithwaites, as well as Yorkshire soap Emmerdale.

In between acting jobs Metcalfe worked as a fitness instructor in Bradford.

Co-owns clothing rental boutique The Closet in Liverpool with Hollyoaks co-stars Claire Cooper and Leah Hackett, which opened in April 2010.