Jacqueline Jossa is an English actress who is best known for portraying Lauren Branning on long-running soap opera EastEnders in 2010. In 2012, she won the National Television Award for Best Newcomer.
Besides, Jossa is in news for her relationship with her husband, Dan Osborne, who admitted cheating on Jossa for few times. Know more about her below!
Jacqueline Jossa Married Life With Husband Dan Osborne
Jacqueline Jossa tied the knot with Dan Osborne in a lavish ceremony at Delamere Manor, Cheshire in 2017.
The couple has now been together for four years as they recently celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary with a low-key family meal alongside their children, on 24 June 2021.
Jacqueline took the happy occasion to her Instagram account sharing a sweet snap of them together with their children, Ella, Mia, and Teddy from Dan’s former relationship, smiling up at the camera as they sat around a table laden with food.
The actress captioned the post: “Happy anniversary @danosborne.” She also posted a sweet selfie with Dan, as they looked loved up together.
Moreover, the pair sure did not hold back to celebrate their daughter Mia’s 3rd birthday with a bang, just a day later celebrating their anniversary.
Jacqueline Jossa with her husband, Dan Osborne, and two children. Ella & Mia (©: Instagram/ Jacqueline Jossa)
The proud mom-of-two excitedly shared snaps of the freshly decorated hallway in their house the night before Mia’s birthday, and also showed off a huge pile of presents for Mia in the post.
In a video, fans can see Mia’s doting father Dan as he blew up pink balloons and wrapped the endless presents for the birthday girl.
Jacqueline shared several sweet snaps of Mia on her Instagram stories as she gushed over her. She wrote: “We love you so so much. Baby girl please slow down now darling girl,” she added, “My little nutter. You fill each day with less sass and happiness. No words needed for this queen. Happy 3rd birthday.”
“When you wake up you’ll be 3 years old. Ready for some fun, we love you so much @danosborne,” she wrote.
As the big day arrived, Jacqueline shared a sweet video of her daughter testing out her fresh set of wheels, which she got as a present, in their garden for the first time. And with a series of photos shared in the post Mia was dressed in a sweet lilac floral dress as she opened all of her birthday presents and drove her new car in the garden. Their little lady sure had a banger in her birthday with a fun-filled celebration surrounded by pastel balloons and an enormous spread of foods.
As for the couple’s relationship, they seem to be still in much love as Dan exclaims his feeling of jealously he feels while in love with his wife Jacqueline. Jacqueline has formerly sharing some sizzling bikini-clad snaps from her sell-out swimwear range with In The Style, which amassed loads of flirty comments from men on her Instagram posts.
A source told Closer magazine: “Dan understandanly feeling a bit put-out by men leaving sexy messages about his wife’s body, which Jac is secretly enjoying – joking to pals that the tables have turned and she’s the ‘hotter’ one. It’s left her feeling more confident than ever and that’s not been a bad thing for their marriage – especially in the bedroom department.” However, Dan’s representatives denied claims when contacted by Daily Mail.
The star Jacqueline also responded to those rumors to set the record straight, with her representative telling OK! that, "no, Dan is not feeling ‘put out’ and there is no jealousy on his part."
Well, all things aside, the couple had quite the tumultuous relationship. It followed multiple claims that Dan had been unfaithful starting in 2018, when he was accused of cheating on her with Love Island star Gabby Allen, which they both denied. A year later, he was rumored to have snogged Love Island’s Alexandra Cane, but the pair insisted they were just friends. Dan also denied taking part in a threesome with CBB co-stars Natalie Nunn and Chloe Ayling in 2016.
But after a few years, Dan came out being up-front, as he may have been overcome with his guilt, and admitted to cheating on Jacqueline. Dan said, “I’ve done things I shouldn’t have done” but claimed Jac has forgiven him.
The pair briefly split after the tensions pent-up between them during lockdown for taking up some “breathing space” and “reassess” her marriage with Dan, as reported by The Sun. Jacqueline is said to have went back to her parents’ house with her two kids in order to get some time to herself and to work on her marriage, after the heavy tabloids were published speculating the couple’s split. Following her break time from her marriage, she also announced to take a little break from her social media as well.
Later on, Dan also felt responsible for all the things he has done wrong and came out to his social media account to publicly apologize for his wrongdoings.
Dan also went out of his way to tell The Sun regarding his unfaithfulness, “I’ve made mistakes, yeah. I’ve done things I shouldn’t have done. Me and Jac have spoken about that and she has forgiven me. I know in the past I’ve denied things when they’re not true, then when something has been true, I probably just kept my mouth shut. I was a different person.”
And now the couple has got their marriage back on track sorting out their issues in marriage. Six months after briefly moving out of the couple’s 1 million pounds Essex home, she told The Sun: “I felt like everybody wanted to watch me fall apart.” Moreover, not getting time to go through all those rumors together with Dan, she then took on to have a therapy.
They have gotten together again, as Jacqueline said that the lockdown has made their relationship to be more “tighter” than ever. And she also said that the couple would renew their “vows” when they feel the right time to do so.
Jacqueline shared their loved up snaps after her reunion with Dan on her social media post as they cozied up together. The actress wrote: “Time well spent my love,” as she rested her head on her husband’s face and embraced him tightly.
The pair first sparked romance after meeting at an awards ceremony, while Dan’s ex Megan Tomlin was still pregnant with his son Teddy. They hit off well together in their relationship, which led them to welcome their first child named Ella together in February 2015.
In June 2015, Dan proposed to Jacqueline on a romantic getaway to Greece and later tied the knot in two years later at Cheshire Manor House with many of her EastEnders co-stars in attendance. However, the pair briefly split during the mid-2018, just a month before welcoming their second child Mia together, after the cheating rumors of Dan surfaced, which they both denied. They later reunited after a challenging few weeks in October 2018. Then again, Dan was hit by a series of claims to have had a fling with Alexandra Cane, threesome with CBB stars Natalie Nunn and Chloe Ayling, which again was denied by all of them.
In December 2019, Jacqueline was reportedly left furious when campmate Myles Stephenson offered new details about his now-ex Gabby’s relationship with Dan. Following these events, Dan publicly apologized on his social media account for his mistakes that nearly ended their marriage and they seemed to have got back on track as they jet to Dubai for a romantic getaway in January 2020.
After having a tumultuous relationship for years, Dan came out to the public to clarify his previous denials to have cheated on Jacqueline. He admitted to have cheated on her though he did not said out loud which of the rumors were true. This put a strain on Jacqueline eventually leading them to briefly split for reassessing their relationship.
They reevaluated their relationship while on a brief marriage break. Jacqueline and Dan put on a united front and he admitted in July 2020 that he’d “made mistakes”, but said he and Jacqueline were looking forward to a “clean, fresh start together”. Since then, they’ve appeared happier than ever.
Prior to her relationship with Dan, Jacqueline had a fling with her EastEnders’s co-star Tony Discipline for a year and a half, before they split as the Daily Star reported at the time that the pair remained good friends. Following her split with Tony, it was reported that the star was getting cozy with co-star David Witts, however Jacqueline denied those rumors publicly.
Net Worth Of Jacqueline Jossa And Her Career
Jacqueline Jossa earns lots of money through her professional career as an actress. The express.co.uk noted that she has an estimated net worth of 1.2 million pounds. During her time on EastEnders, the actress was said to be paid a six-figure salary, as she earned around 100,000 pounds a year. According to The Sun, she was paid 75,000 pounds for her jungle stints on the show I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!.
Moreover, after her reunion with husband Dan, the couple did a complete renovation to their new 1.2 million pounds mansion in Essex after selling their previous house. While Jacqueline may have left EastEnders back in January 2018, she has proved she hasn’t forgotten where she came from as she built a huge tribute to the soap in her garden on her new house. She built her very own Queen Vic – complete with stools, chairs, bar mats plus a high-end karaoke machine – just like in Albert Square. The incredible bar even boasts a bust of Queen Victoria.
Jacqueline started her career as an actress after she was cast as Lauren Branning in the soap opera EastEnders in 2010. She remained in the show for over 7 years till 2018. After her departure from the show, she appeared as a contestant on the 19th series of the ITV reality TV show, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and was crowned the new “queen of the jungle” on the show.
Besides, she has also appeared in several other entertainment shows projects like Lauren’s Diaries, Sweat the Small Stuff, Mixology, In All Weathers, Sinister Circus, and such.
Who Is Jacqueline Jossa? Brother
Jacqueline Jossa was born on 29 October 1992 in Bexley, Kent, England, as Jacqueline Mary Jossa. She has one older sister Katrina, and two older brothers who died in infancy.
Her sister Katrina revealed the tragedy of losing their brother on her London Marathon fundraising page, which Jacqueline later retweeted on April of 2018. She described on her GoFundMe page how her sibling’s death was her driving force for the 26.2 mile challenge. “I am raising money for the Lullaby Trust, a fantastic charity for a cause close to my heart."
“Some people know my family’s story and some will not but I hope it touches you all enough to understand how important this charity is for all of the families who have suffered a loss of a baby in this way.”
She went on to explain that they lost their infant brothers in the hospital due to an illness caused by lack of oxygen at birth while both the sister were of young age, which led their family to have a soft spot for charity and fundraising.
During this challenging upbringing, the actress also dealt with her father John going to prison for fraud, coping the family tragedy of losing two of her brother before her birth and finally working as a teen to support her family financially.
Back in the 2020, when Jacqueline went to her parents’ house to spent some time there to work out on her marriage with husband Dan, her mum Seline and dad John were very worried about her and her future if she continued to be together any longer with Dan. They offered their full support for their daughter and hoped to have her cut ties with Dan once and for all.
Jacqueline while on her parents’ house shared some of the glimpse of the insides there as she spent time with her two kids on the house. She shared a snap of herself and her daughter Mia on a new cream sofa in the front room. She also took to her Instagram stories to share a peek at the airy room converted to spacious bedroom. Well, she seemed to have had a fun-time on her ‘part-time’ house as she reassesses her relationship with Dan. Nonetheless, it all seems to have worked out since the couple now is together in marriage having fun and happy time as a family with their kids in their newly bought-and-renovated house.