Danielle Maria Bux (born 15 June 1979) is a Welsh actress and model. She made her modelling debut in 1999 winning a place on the Miss Hawaiian Tropic

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in Las Vegas. She was married to former England footballer

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from 2009 until 2016.

Early life

She was born in

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, Wales, to parents Kim Lewis and Roy Bux. They divorced when she was young. Bux grew up in Cardiff. She has one sister, three brothers, and one half-brother. She attended

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. Bux reports that she suffered from racist bullying during her childhood. Her grandfather was from

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(present-day

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Career

Bux started modelling as a teenager after winning a place in the Miss Hawaiian Tropic contest in Las Vegas. Whilst modelling part-time, she was a flight attendant with

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. Becoming a full-time model, she has since appeared on the cover of various magazines including '' Hello!'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She assisted

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onstage at the 2008

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. She finished in third place in the 2009 series of ITV's ''

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''. In June and July 2009, she was a guest panellist on ITV's ''

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''. Bux made her acting debut on the stage at the

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in ''Calendar Girls'' in 2011. Her television appearances include BBC One drama ''

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'' and '' Aquarius''.

Personal life

Gary and Danielle Lineker at The Asian Awards

Bux has a daughter from a previous relationship when she was 22. She married

on 2 September 2009, in

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, Italy. They went on to win £30,000 for charity on ITV's gameshow '' Mr and Mrs''. On 13 January 2016, Lineker and Bux announced they were divorcing after six years of marriage, the reason given being Lineker not wanting more children. Bux started a relationship with American entertainment lawyer Nate Greenwald in 2016 and they had a daughter in 2017. They married at a private ceremony at his parents' house in November 2019 on

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. Bux is a patron of the Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation. She began fundraising for the charity after her half-brother sustained a life-altering spinal injury from a fall at the age of 22.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bux, Danielle 1979 births Living people Actresses from Cardiff Welsh female models Welsh people of Indian descent 21st-century Welsh people Welsh models