Coleen Mary Rooney (née McLoughlin) was born to Tony, who was a bricklayer and ran a boxing club, and Colette, who was a nursery nurse. She is one of four children. Coleen is the oldest, followed by her brothers Joe and Anthony and then her adopted sister Rosie, who has been diagnosed with Rett Syndrome. She met Wayne Rooney when she was 12 and when they lived in the same Liverpool suburb of Croxteth. They supposedly began a relationship at the age of 16, when in their final year of secondary school.

Wayne`s mother, Jeanette, worked as a part-time cleaner at St John Bosco, the Catholic school Coleen attended.

Rooney took Coleen to the cinema to see Austin Powers 2 on their first date.

McLoughlin left school with 11 GCSEs, including an A* for Performing Arts. She has long harboured dreams of becoming an actress, having starred in high school productions of Bugsy Malone and Grease.

Life with Wayne Rooney

Rooney proposed to Coleen on the forecourt of a BP garage in October 2003 when she was 17, presenting her with a £46,500 diamond engagement ring.[5] Later that year, she left school before completing her A-levels because she landed a small part in Hollyoaks, the Merseyside television soap. “I was getting offered acting parts and I couldn’t take them because of my school work,” she said. The couple, dubbed Wayleen, moved into a new £1.3m mansion in nearby Formby. They now live in a £3.5 million mansion in Prestbury, Cheshire, complete with a cinema, gym and games room and American diner-themed kitchen.[6] It also has seven plasma screen TVs and a £30,000 state-of-the-art security system.[7]

Coleen has always been very supportive of Wayne, even when he was found visiting prostitutes.[8]

Their wedding took place in Portofino, Italy on 12 June 2008. The couple was paid a reported £2.5 million by Britain`s OK! magazine for the exclusive wedding information and pictures.[9]

[edit] Media work

Coleen has her own column in the celebrity magazine Closer entitled "Welcome to My World", for which she earns up to £100,000.[10]

Coleen tried her hand at presenting, when in May 2006, she assisted Sir Trevor McDonald on his show Tonight with Trevor McDonald in a programme about genetic Rett syndrome, a cause obviously close to her heart.

She won the Ariel high street fashion award (as voted for by the public) for `Best Dressed Female`, turning up to the event in a Topshop dress.[11] She presented awards at the ELLE Style awards, Television awards and also presented an award to Best Dressed Female at Aintree in which she handed out the prizes, which included a shopping bag from McLoughlin`s favourite store, Liverpool boutique Cricket.[12]

Coleen was paid £500,000 to be the face of the LG Electronics Chocolate mobile phone advertising campaign. She has a £1.5 million deal with Nike Women Sportswear, a £2 million arrangement with Harper Collins to write a style jokebook and a £1.5 million deal to be the face of Asda. She was also paid £150,000 to make a documentary about her upbringing called Coleen`s Mimsy.[13]

Coleen has an exercise DVD on sale in the UK, entitled Coleen McLoughlin`s Brand New Body Workout, which became a bestseller.[14] For the DVD she was paid £250,000.[15]

She was paid £3 million to front the George at Asda campaign.[16]

Coleen`s autobiography, "Welcome to My World", was released in March.[17] She now has a wealth of over £8 million

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