In May 1996 she was presented with the Rear of the Year, title. She had a series of high-profile romances, including engagement to Darren Day, which led to an array of media stories of cocaine addiction which were ultimately proven to be false.
She married Robert Ashworth in June 2001, but a series of early problems occurred including a row on a return flight from the Caribbean having been filming ITV1's Wish You Were Here. In 2003, her father Karl Shaw was featured in an article in the News of the World, and said that Shaw survived on "three bottles of wine and a packet of crisps a day". He also said that if "she carries on this way it will kill her". She made moves to turn her life around including spending two months in rehab in the United States and leaving her husband. Before this she had set up an eating disorder charity called "The Tracy Shaw Foundation" which helps teenagers combat eating disorders, as she had struggled with anorexia during the 1990s and at one stage
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Tracy Shaw (born 28 July 1973 in Belper, Derbyshire) is an British actress.
She is best known for her role as hairdresser Maxine Peacock (formerly Maxine Heavey) in British read more...
Shaw was born into the hotel and pub trade, at the time when her parents ran the Talbot Hotel in Belper, Derbyshire. She attended St. Benedict's School in Derbyshire, and went to read more...
In May 1996 she was presented with the Rear of the Year, title. She had a series of high-profile romances, including engagement to Darren Day, which led to an array of media stories read more...