Jake Peter Roche (born 16 September 1992) is an English singer and actor. He is known as the lead vocalist of the band Rixton (later known as Push Baby), charting at number 1 on the UK singles chart with " Me and My Broken Heart". In 2010, he appeared in the ITV soap opera ''

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'', portraying the role of Isaac Nuttall.

Early life

Born in Reigate, England in 1992, Roche is the son of actor Shane Richie and his then wife, singer and television personality Coleen Nolan. His parents

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d when he was nine years old. He has said about the divorce: "I remember seeing on the front pages about my dad cheating, but, as horrible as that was, we didn't fully understand because we were so young – so it’s not had this massive, damaging impact on us or anything." He attended St Mary's Catholic College in

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, prior to moving to

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Career

Acting

Roche trained at The Sylvia Young Theatre School for two years and appeared in the film '' Finding Neverland''. In 2010, he auditioned for the part of Isaac Nuttall in ''

''. Of the auditions he has said that he did not tell anyone who his parents were, Roche has said "I'd never go off mum and dad’s back because I wanted to know I could hold my own in a job like this." He was subsequently cast in the part and appeared on screens from August to October 2010. He also appeared as Matt in the

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musical film ''Rules of Love'' in 2010, and appeared briefly in drama '' Scott & Bailey'' in 2012. In 2014, along with his band, he appeared on the

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series '' The Haunted Hathaways'' as themselves.

Music

Roche is the frontman for the band Push Baby, formerly Rixton, a pop and R&B group signed by Scooter Braun's SB Projects. The members of Push Baby are Roche on vocals and rhythm guitar and Charley Bagnall. Rixton's first music video was released in October 2013 entitled "Make Out", an upbeat song that lampoons famous music videos from

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, Robin Thicke,

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and

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, but it was never released as a single. Their first official single, " Me and My Broken Heart", is taken from their EP of the same name.

Personal life

Jake has an older brother and younger maternal half sister. In 2014, Roche was in a relationship from 2015 to 2016 with Jesy Nelson from the girl group Little Mix.

Filmography

Discography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roche, Jake 1992 births English male soap opera actors English people of Irish descent Living people 21st-century English male actors 21st-century English singers 21st-century English male singers Alumni of the Sylvia Young Theatre School Actors from Reigate Male actors from Surrey