Penny Lancaster

About

Penelope Claire Lancaster, Lady Stewart (born 15 March 1971) is an English model and television personality. She is married to rock singer Rod Stewart. In 2014, she joined the ITV lunchtime show Loose Women. She appeared as a panellist from 2014–2019 returned in 2021 and returned permanently from 2024 onwards.

Lancaster was born in Redbridge, Essex, England, on 15 March 1971, to Graham and Sally and has a brother named Oliver, born two years later. She grew up in the Ilford suburb of Barkingside and in 1986 her family moved to Chigwell. At the age of six, Lancaster took up dance, including tap, ballet and modern. At 16, she gave up because of her height and decided that aerobics would better suit her frame, and six years later she became a certified fitness trainer. It was during this time that she was spotted by a model scout, who suggested she should consider a career in modelling.

Throughout the 1990s, Lancaster was in a relationship with city trader Mickey Sloan. They lived in Bermuda from 1996 to 1998 but separated in 1999.
Around this time, Lancaster began taking photography classes.

In 2002, Lancaster signed up to…