On 2 January 2009, Malone entered the Celebrity Big Brother house to compete in the sixth series. She was the seventh person to enter and was immediately picked up on her loudness.[9] On 16 January, Malone was the second person to be evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother House.[10] From 8–11 September 2009, Malone directed and starred in Kerry Williams' play MeeT ThE DeAN's at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool.[11]
Malone appeared on Celebrity Four Weddings in December 2010, which she won.[12] She also appeared in Scousers in St Helens on 26 October 2010.
In 2016, she was a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef.[13] In May 2019 Malone played Elaine McDermott in the 5Star prison drama Clink. In August 2019, she was a contestant on Celebs on the Farm and was first to be eliminated.[14]
Personal life
Malone runs her own acting school, To Be Frank Productions, in Manchester. The school produces plays in local Liverpool theatres such as the Everyman Theatre. The drama school is named after her late father, Frank Malone. She also used to run an agency with Dean Sullivan called DSTM. Malone has stated that she has obsessive compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder.[15][16]
Malone's oldest daughter Dannielle, who she gave birth to in 1982, is also an actress, and has appeared in Hollyoaks.[17][18]
In 2013, she gave birth to a second daughter named Flame Chase at age 50.[20]
In March 2019, Malone pleaded guilty to contempt of court, having shared a social media post which purported to reveal the new identity of Jon Venables, one of two boys who murdered James Bulger, contrary to a court order. She was given an eight-month prison sentence which was suspended for two years.[21]
In October 2019, Malone announced, via Twitter, that she and her husband Paul Chase had separated after 11 years together. They reconciled in February 2020.[22] Chase died by suicide in March 2024.[23][24]