Michelle Keegan

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She’s just so gorgeous! Want to look like her.

Really enjoying her new series on Netflix, love every outfit (aside from a shiny puffy jacket maybe)

She’s a Northerner too, so extra points 😂

I thought she was younger than she is though

I completely agree. It’s frankly terrifying how normalised cosmetic surgery, lip fillers etc have become. At some point those who haven’t been “done “ will be the ones who stand out.

A lot of Michelle Keegan's recent jobs seem to come via Danny Brocklehurst who's the writer on this Netflix show, as well as on Brassic, and Ten Pound Poms.

Brilliant post. I came on to say something similar, but don't need to, as it's already been so well expressed.

MK is a product of our times. I do think it's a shame, both that she felt insecure or pressured enough to alter what was already a lovely face, and also that this will just continue to add to the pressure that young women now are faced with. And as a pp said, I also think it's an important conversation to have. I do hope that this trend/phase passes soon. I personally only find faces truly beautiful if they have and show character. These carbon copy, currently fashionable faces don't really do that.

Away from plastic surgery, I find her a very one note actor. She's pretty much the same person in very role. If you look at actors like Claire Foy, Jodie Comer, Carey Mulligan, Vanessa Kirby, Morven Christie, Juno Temple, Leticia Wright, Emily Blunt - they are all in their thirties too but have so much more range.

Her acting reminds me of Keira Knightly's, albeit a very different style- you know exactly what you're going to see because you've seen it so many times before.

What are we ‘allowed’ to discuss on here if we can’t comment on looks or acting ability?
The OP has an opinion. Others have an opinion.
Maybe posters are comparing how they look and others they know. Why do people assume if you don’t think MK is gorgeous you must be hideous? It’s all a matter of personal taste. No one on here has been vile.

Michelle Keegan is not a good actress. Anyone who thinks she is really needs to watch better quality shows.

See its interesting because I’d absolutely rate her as highly as those actors - and higher than some, to be honest - with the exception of Jodie Comer who is a once in a generation, exceptional talent in my opinion.

But I guess it’s partly about what you value in performance - I think the ability to be believable and feel like a real person you might meet in the street, while at the same time having enough warmth and heart to make an audience care is a special - and actually quite rare skill. Different to being a chameleon type actor, but in my opinion as skilled.

@Howbizarre22 Is she not nice in real life then? Surely having a father as a mason (if she does 🤷🏻‍♀️) wouldn’t get you top acting jobs

What saddens me most about posts like yours is the inability for some people to see the surgical changes in someone's face. Her nose and jaw are completely different and no amount of claiming otherwise changes this. She has filler in the back of her jaw which gives the Angelina jolie jaw look. Her nose is completely reshaped and much much smaller and refined. Her lips go without saying.

What is most worrying is if there are people who can't see this, there will be young women who will feel a lot of self hatred for their natural look. If you look back to the 80s and 80s the beauties look plain and flawed compared to the surgically enhanced beauties like MK. She's even had veneers which is word as she had decent teeth. She is wholly artificial looking now but quite stunning. But it's important that people understand that she looks the way she does through surgery and her very very few people if any look like this naturally and that people's natural look is not therefore inferior

Agree with this. After having seen her in Fool me once (very Netflix-y show haha), I have forgotten her almost immediately, yes, she is pretty, reminds me of Cheryl Cole which has no much substance etc, but since seeing some people (PR Team?) who push their agenda quite aggressively and shutting up posters who disagree with their views, I started being quite critical of MK (plastic surgeries, mediocre actress, gets roles thanks to connections, inter-changeable looks (think Cheryl Cole)

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But she was so unbelievable in Ten Pound Poms BECAUSE she looked so "done." It really jarred and took away from any warmth her performance may have. I guess this is where the cosmetic work and the acting work collide.

Michelle Keegan was attractive when she was in Corrie. Everyone said she was attractive. She kept winning the Sexiest Female award. She met Mark Wright. She moved to Essex and married him. So, now she has to have everything done, that she can have done because she has to live up to her reputation and be better the Essex girls.

This! Yes, she's obviously had a few tweakments here and there... but all they do is further enchance how good looking she already is.

Let's face it, MK really has got it all... stunningly beautiful, a great actress and savvy businesswoman, has a devoted husband (whatever people think of him!) and lives in a mansion. That is just simply not ALLOWED! 🙄

I started watching Fool Me Once and really wanted to like it and tried not to be judgmental but I have to say while she is beautiful and there is nothing wrong with her as an actress I find her style of beauty (the obvious cosmetic work, lip fillers etc) really distracting and I kept thinking I was watching a soap or a reality programme and in the end gave up.

I think women should of course do what they want with their appearance but for actors I do think it takes something away from the performance when they are supposed to be chameleon-like although this could be just unconscious bias on my part...

But why is it important for people to 'understand' why she looks the way she looks? Any work she's had done to achieve her look, is her business and her's alone. Sorry but other people's insecurities aren't her problem.

I can't see that she's had that much work done? Definitely lip filler, maybe a bit of botox/filler elsewhere on her face. She works out to keep her body slim. She is beautiful.

I've never really liked her as an actress and don't think she's overly attractive or unattractive, kind of average.
Well done to her for her successful acting career, casting obviously think she's got something special.

Her acting reminds me of Keira Knightly's, albeit a very different style- you know exactly what you're going to see because you've seen it so many times before.
And I'd add Suranne Jones to this list as well but I know I'm in a minority (of one?!)

but since seeing some people (PR Team?) who push their agenda quite aggressively and shutting up posters who disagree with their views, I started being quite critical of MK (plastic surgeries, mediocre actress, gets roles thanks to connections, inter-changeable looks

Yes. There's some weirdly OTT gushing posts about her beauty and talents on this thread. They stand out a mile.

The reality is that she's had too much filler. As I've already said the lip filler is the worst thing, and not well done - too much in the top lip (she moves her mouth oddly too now) and the jaw filler giving a square shape face. Not my idea of beauty at all, and that overdone look is not uncommon at the moment as you can see many people like her.

She reminds me of a real-life Vicky Pollard, although slightly more orange and with fewer acting capabilities.

MK and SJ are both very overrated imho.

Well it’s clear she looks noticeably different in her before and after photos, however, I think the work she’s had done was worth every penny. She looks stunning. I’ve even googled brow and jaw lifts!

The only thing I wonder about though regarding celebs who change their faces is whether they worry that their offspring will inherit their old faces? Do they need to hide the kids away until they’re old enough to have their own cosmetic surgery??!

Actually I don't think it's just about her looks. In Fool Me Once she seemed really at odds with the other actors somehow, like parachuted from a different production. Watching her with Joanna Lumley was quite cringe! And she looked so much younger than Richard Armitage although there isn't that much of an age difference between them (unless that was the point, I couldn't be bothered to stay tuned to find out).

I've googled and there's 16 years between them which is a pretty sizeable age gap.

Yes I know but she is 36 which is hardly a spring chicken while she looks like a kid, is what I mean.