Lucien Laviscount's rise to stardom: From Grange Hill to Shakira's new flame ... trends now
Lucien Laviscount has had quite the remarkable rise to fame since his days on Grange Hill as a teen actor.
The 31-year-old is now one of Britain's most promising young stars with a role on Netflix hit Emily In Paris.
But the Burnley native isn't just known for his acting abilities as his love life has also attracted considerable attention.
Lucien is currently romancing none other than Latin superstar Shakira after they fell for each other on the set of her new music video.
As his star looks set to rise to new heights, MailOnline brings you everything you need to know about Lucien Laviscount.
Lucien Laviscount has had quite the remarkable rise to fame since his days on Grange Hill as a teen actor (pictured in March 2024)
Lucien was born in Burnley, Lancashire to English mother Sonia and bodybuilder father Eugene who is of Antiguan descent.
The actor and his siblings Louis and Jules were raised by their parents in Read, Ribble Valley, in Lancashire.
Lucien caught the acting bug early and was a member of a theatre workshop in Bury during his teen years.
He had his first taste of the limelight at age 10 when he appeared in an ad campaign for Marks & Spencer.
His first acting job came the same year when he appeared in an episode of BBC drama Clocking Off.
He was 14-years-old when he landed his first big role in children's drama Grange Hill, following in the footsteps of some famous TV faces
It wasn't long before he landed his next role on the small screen, and was cast as religious swimmer Ben Richardson in Coronation Street
Lucien was born in Burnley, Lancashire to English mother Sonia and bodybuilder father Eugene (pictured) who is of Antiguan descent
He was 14-years-old when he landed his first big role in children's drama Grange Hill, following in the footsteps of some famous TV faces.
Lucien went through seven auditions and beat off 100 competitors to land the role of Jake Briggs in the show.
In 2006 he told the Lancashire Telegraph: 'Hopefully I will be in Grange Hill for a few years and after that I want to get into films. I would love to make it big in America or Britain.'
It wasn't long before he landed his next role on the small screen, and was cast as religious swimmer Ben Richardson in Coronation Street.
Reality TV romanceLucien's career briefly went in a different direction when he appeared as a housemate on Celebrity Big Brother in 2011 when the show moved to Channel 5.
During a stint in the household Lucien found himself falling for a then 30-year-old Kerry Katona.
She was won over by his boyish good looks and low-key charm and the pair were spotted kissing, hugging and lying in bed together.
The hunk was seen telling fellow housemate Amy Childs: 'I don't fancy this woman, I'm head over heels with this woman.'
Later, he flirted with the TOWIE star, snuggling up with her in bed and telling Big Brother: 'You know what, Amy is a solid girl and as time has gone on, I've seen more and more of her and she's cool.'
When Lucien left the show, Kerry admitted that there was a lot of 'sexual tension' between them but the 'age gap is definitely holding us back'.
Lucien found himself falling for a then 30-year-old Kerry Katona when he appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2011
She was won over by his boyish good looks and low-key charm and the pair were spotted kissing, hugging and lying in bed together
Lucien was also linked to Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson in November of that year when they were pictured kissing in the back of a rickshaw in London
Although the pair enjoyed a 'friends-with-benefits' set-up for a while, Lucien later cooled things off saying he 'felt taken advantage of'.
He told new! magazine: 'The whole Kerry Katona thing was too much for me to handle. I'm not the sort of person to put stories out there that aren't true.
'I felt taken advantage of with the situation. I thought it was a friendship, but in her article [her OK! magazine column], she starts writing things about me, and I'm thinking, 'The woman's like how old? She doesn't need to be slagging me off'.'
After the drama, Lucien told Digital Spy he was stunned to be considered a womaniser, explaining: 'When people say, 'You're a womaniser'... I've got a big brother and a little brother that pull a hell of a lot of girls.
'I'm in between and I'm trying to do what I'm doing. So I don't know. It's crazy when I think about things like that because my brothers just take the p*ss out of me.'
