Claire Jane Sweeney is an English actress, singer and television personality, best known for playing the role of Lindsey Corkhill in the Channelsoap opera Brookside and her appearance on the first series of the reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother.
Sweeney was born in Walton, Liverpool, Merseyside, the daughter of a butcher who had a shop in Toxteth. She trained at the ElliottClarke Theatre School in Liverpool, and worked on the weekends in her fathers shop.
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