1 Jane was born in Bury, Greater Manchester on 8 November 1978 to mother Lynne, a care assistant, and builder dad Jack. She has one brother, Paul, and a sister, Alison. Even at a tender age, Jane was bound for stardom, and she has Pontins to thank for that. The Bluecoats were dazzled by seven-year-old Jane’s performance in a singing contest and urged her parents to take it seriously.
2 It wasn’t long before young Jane swapped singing for acting. She started her television career in 1991 alongside Dame Julie Walters in gritty drama GBH, credited as Jane Dawson – she had to change her surname to Danson after realising that there was another actress called Jane Dawson. In 1995, Jane joined kids’ drama Children’s Ward, where Corrie co-stars Samia…