Actress and Mum-of-three, Sheree Murphy is a charitable girl. She is launching the 'Charmin Family Of The Year' competition in conjunction with Banardos, to help encourage families to spend more time together. She is also enjoying her time out of the limelight and focusing on being a mum and spending time with her family.We caught up with her to chat about her charity work, her family life, baby plans and her dream dinner table for a night.
Hi Sheree, What have you been up to recently?
Well, not a lot really. I had my baby, Matilda 6 months ago now and I'm just taking time out to be a mum really. With the last two, I was working in Emmerdale so I didn't get to see them as much. It's really nice to be at home and be a mum, you know. So I try to fit things in, like this campaign that I'm doing. But no, my children and family come first.Do you have plans for any more children?
No, I'd like one more, but after that no more. I've always wanted four, so after that I think that's it. I'm shutting up shop after that!Can you tell us about your involvement with Charmin and looking for the Family of the Year?
Yes sure. I'm looking for the Family of the year and it's an ongoing competition and basically Charmin wanted to encourage families to spend more time together and we're looking for a family that enjoy spending time together, you know. You don't exactly need money to go out together and have fun. You know they can go out, go to the beach or whatever, just spend time together as a Family, which I think is great because your family should come first. That's what the campaign is basically, So you can write in to nominate your family, or someone else's family and we just want some positive stories, no more than 500 words and just to say about your family and what you get up to. And for every entry received Charmin will donate £1 to Banardos to help fund their charity. So the more entries we get, the better!
Do you do other charity work?
I do some charity work, but you know with a family, I like to focus on them. But when things do come in, I hate saying no! you know anything involving families is really close to my heart so I try to do as much as I can . Family is really important, especially when you have kids yourself, it pulls at the heartstrings.
You are a busy working mum, how do you find time to juggle your life?
Oh, it's super hard. I live in the North and my family live in the South and my husband's family live in Australia, so it's hard. We do really have to choose work. At the moment my husband's playing football, so I'm in the house. But if there's something I really want to do, then my mum comes up to look after the kids. It is hard though, we just juggle and I manage to get there. My kids come first, but I do love to work, once my husband comes back, I may go back to it.
Do you have any projects in the pipeline now?
I'm not looking for work right now, but when the time is right then great. There are things always coming in, but family comes first. I don't want to leave the kids and go off. You have to think about things and asses them, but I'm very lucky and happy anyway right now!
You must've missed them when you went into the jungle then?
Oh god yes, definitely. It's just not being to have any contact. When I was working, I could see them at night and it wasn't so bad, but being cut off from them was hard. It was a very enjoyable experience though, I can't wait for the new series, it's so much fun. I never thought I'd get that far, I was shocked to get there and I never imagined I would.
Have you ever been called a WAG, and what do you think of the label?
I've never been called it really, because It's all the British wives that get it and obviously, we don't really have Wags in Australia, So I'm lucky! I know a lot of the British girls and they get a lot of hassle. They're so down to earth as well and they're not what the media portrays them as at all.
Do you regret any of the comments you've said about your husband, for example you said he had a "peachy bum" on I'm a Celeb!
He knows what I'm like. He doesn't mind it really, I get carried away sometimes, but no he was fine about it. It was boredom in the jungle, you know you miss your loved ones, you talk about them and then you know.. comments slip out!
Do you still watch Emmerdale?
Yes, I do. It's usually teatime for me. It's always on in our house. My friends get excited about watching it too, and sometimes if I haven't seen it for a while I'll ring them up and ask who the new characters are!
You made a great comedy couple with Mark Charnock, who plays Marlon in Emmerdale, do you think you would ever reunite with him and do a show?
Oh bless him, Mark would never leave Emmerdale- I think he's chained to there! No, I'd love to go back and do a soap, so when I'd go back to work, a soap would be great fun.
Finally, we ask everyone we interview to come up with a question for the next person we interview, so Ben De Lisi asked you "If you could invite five people to a dinner party who would you invite?"
Oh, well erm. I'd invite my husband, then I'd invite Madonna and her husband just to find out how they are together, Sarah Jessica Parker, but she may be a bit serious, I don't know.. and erm.. someone to make me laugh, I think Jonathan Ross would be really fun.
For more information or to enter the Charmin Family Of The Year competition, visit www.familyoftheyear.co.uk
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