Five famous celebrities who were born or grew up in Romford

We cover characters like Frank Lampard, Gemma Collins and Jesy Nelson in a previous article, but Romford has even more celebrities to sacrifice.

From Grammy winning musicians to Premier League champions, here there are five more famous faces that were born or grew in Romford.

Sara Pascoe

Sara Pascoe was born in Dagenham but grew up in Romford (Image: PA) Born near Dagenham on May 22, 1981, Sara Easter grew up in Romford and attended Gaynes high school in Upminster.

Sara Begen playing Comedy Stand Up in 2007 and in the following year, she was runner -up at the Funny Women Award, losing to Katherine Ryan.

Since then, Sara has appeared in a large number of television programs such as Will II Lie To You, Qi, Mock The Week and, more recently, Jimmy Carr’s last laugh.

He has also written two books: Animal: The Autobiography of A Female Body, published in 2016 and ViR Power Money, published in 2019.

Tony Adams

Tony Adams was born in Romford on October 10, 1966 (Image: PA) Born in Romford on October 10, 1966, Tony Adams, which would later be known as Mr. Arsenal.

Tony signed with Arsenal as a school in 1980 and made his debut in the first team on November 5, 1983 against Sunderland with only 17 years.

He then made 656 appearances for the gunners and won 12 trophies, including four superior division trophies.

Tony retired from football in 2002 and in 2022 appeared as a contestant at Strictly Come Dancing.

Billy Ocean

Billy Ocean moved to Romford when he was 10 years old (Image: PA) Billy Ocean was born in Trinidad and Tobago on January 21, 1950 and moved to Romford when he was ten years old.

Billy’s successful Caribbean queen won two Grammy Awards nominations, and won Grammy for the best vocal presentation of R&B Male at the 1985 awards.

Other successes include love really hurts without you, when things get difficult, the difficult ones start up and go out to my dreams, go up to my car.

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Cliff Williams (left) was born in Romford on December 14, 1949 (Image: PA) Born in Romford on December 14, 1949, it was Cliff Williams, member of the Rock Broom BC/DC.

Cliff began his professional musical career in 1967 and previously had at home in English groups at home and bandits before auditioning for AC/DC, they were looking for a new bassist in 1978.

In 1982, Cliff was appointed bassist of the year in a vote made by Kerrang! Magazine.

It was included in the Rock and Roll American Hall of Fame as a member of AC/DC in 2003 and announced its retirement in 2016.

Michelle Dockery

Michelle Dockery was born in Romford on December 15, 1981 (Image: PA) Michelle Dockery was born in Romford on December 15, 1981 and is well known for playing Lady Mary Crawley in the Downton Abbey era drama.

In this role, she was nominated for a Golden Globe and three consecutive Primetime Awards for the outstanding main actress in a dramatic series.

He also obtained a nomination for the Olivier Award for the best support of support for his role in the 2009 game Burnt By the Sun.

More recently, Michelle repeated his main role in Downton Abbey and also appeared in The Gentleman directed by Guy Ritchie in 2019.