Who is Ant McPartlin’s ex-wife Lisa Armstrong?

LISA Armstrong started life out as her pop star, before becoming one of the UK's leading make-up artists.

However, she is perhaps best known for being the ex-wife of I'm A Celebrity Ant McPartlin.

Lisa Armstrong was born October 26, 1976, in Oxford.

At the age of 14, Lisa won a place at Brit School for Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon, south London.

She began her career as a dancer before becoming a singer in pop band Deuce during the 1990s.

Lisa then left her music career behind to become a make-up artist, and is head of hair and make-up on Strictly Come Dancing.

Meeting Ant

Lisa and Ant met at a pop concert at Newcastle City Hall in 1994, when she was performing with Deuce and he was performing with his best pal Declan Donnelly in their band PJ & Duncan.

After a lengthy romance, Ant proposed to Lisa while on holiday in Dubai on April 26, 2005.

They married on July 22, 2006, in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, before announcing their divorce in 2018.

The former couple's £31M divorce was finalised in 2020.

Lisa's first long-term relationship since her marriage to Ant broke down was with James Green, who she got together with in 2020.

But she split from him after three years, with James moving out of her £4.5million home in July 2023.

Being a pop star

Lisa started her career as a professional dancer, but in 1994 she joined the band Deuce.

Her friend Kelly O'Keefe was working for a music management company and was asked to form a group.

Kelly decided to recruit her mate Lisa, who joined Deuce alongside Craig Young and Paul Holmes.

Their debut single Call It Love was released in January 1994 and entered the UK charts at number 21, working its way up to peak at number 11.

The band went on to release three more singles and an album, which reached No18, before splitting up in 1997.

Single I Need You reached No10 in 1995 and On The Bible peaked at No13.

Their final single, No Surrender, made it to No29 in June 1996.

Becoming a make-up artist

After ditching her pop career, Lisa makes a living as a make-up artist.

She has worked on shows like This Morning, Pick Me and Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.

Lisa has even worked on X Factor and Britain's Got Talent.

She is now head of make-up and hair for Strictly Come Dancing, and won the RTS award for Make-Up Design in Entertainment & Non Drama in November 2019.