Who is Michelle Keegan, FHM's sexiest woman for 2015?

Can a former British soap star really edge out A-listers like Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlett Johansson for the title of Sexiest Woman in the World?

Yes, she can, and she just did.

Meet Michelle Keegan. 

 

 

The 27-year-old topped FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World list for 2015 earlier this week, prompting many to go: "Who?"

 

 

Want to know more about her?

Here's our pictorial guide to the world's sexiest woman. 

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Acting career

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Up until last year, she played a character on long-running UK TV show Coronation Street (spoiler alert: her character, sadly, was murdered). 

 

 

This year, she starred in a six-part TV series, Ordinary Lies. 

 

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Love life

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More importantly, for about two years, she and (the now defunct boy band) The Wanted's Max George were an item. 

According to a Mail Online report from 2013, George said he was dumped because of his "serious drinking problem". 

Keegan has since moved on with TV presenter Mark Wright, and the couple is due to marry sometime this month. 

 

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Designer

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Keegan has her own fashion line with UK store Lipsy ...

 

 

 

.. which has been worn by the likes of singer Perrie Edwards, aka the (real) future Mrs Zayn Malik. 

 

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She's always been sexy ...

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Keegan's FHM crown is not her first experience with "sexiest" lists. 

She's been voted "sexiest female" at the British Soap Awards for five years running. 

 

 

She's also been inching up the FHM list over the years - landing at number 30 and 26 in 2010 and 2011, and then placing fourth in 2013, before finally hitting No. 1 this year. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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