Tina Malone, 60, says she looks 40 after quitting booze and losing 12 stone

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Shameless star Tina Malone, 60, says she looks 40, after quitting booze (Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Shameless star Tina Malone, 60, says she looks 40, after quitting booze (Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Shameless star Tina Malone says she now looks 40 years old after she quit drinking booze.

The 60-year-old actress is known for her role as Mimi in the British sitcom from 2005 until 2013.

Her character was the brash, foul-mouthed, and violent matriarch of the Maguire family.

A decade after the end of the series, Tina discussed turning 60 and said she's 'feeling sexy' about herself.

"I’m so proud of being 60, it’s a ripe old age and I look 40!" she explained following her birthday at the end of January.

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"People always say ‘you can’t be 60,’ I love telling people. I feel the best I ever have – and I think I probably feel the sexiest I have in my life too."

Tina Malone, 60, says she looks 40 after quitting booze and losing 12 stoneTina said she feels 'sexiest in her life' after turning 60 (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Tina Malone, 60, says she looks 40 after quitting booze and losing 12 stoneThe star said she looks 40 (Manchester Evening News)

She added to Closer that her 'age is a privilege' and got a new perspective on her life after attending many funerals in the last few years.

"I’m going to visit a different country every single month this year," she continued.

"In January I went to Spain, February is Rome. I also want to go to Poland, Holland and LA."

After Shameless came to an end, Tina went on to star in the prison drama Clink, and even enjoyed a stint on Celebrity Big Brother in 2009.

Tina hit the headlines when she had a reported £50,000 makeover, including a tummy tuck and facelift after she lost 12 stone.

The star had a gastric band fitted, and she went under the knife to complete her full-body makeover.

Tina Malone, 60, says she looks 40 after quitting booze and losing 12 stoneShe played Mimi in the popular sitcom Shameless (Channel 4)

However, her career hit the brakes when she was sacked from a pantomime production of Sleeping Beauty in December 2018, after admitting to possession of cocaine.

She later insisted she had been set up.

Tina and her husband Paul Chase, 40, share a nine-year-old daughter, Flame, together.

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Following some rough patches in their marriage - even briefly splitting at one point in 2019 - the Celebrity Big Brother star admitted that her recent facelift helped reignite the passion in their relationship.

Paul and Tina tied the knot back in 2010 - beating the likes of Spencer from Big Brother to win their episode of Celebrity Four Weddings.

Zara Woodcock

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