All you need to know about Ross Kemp's family

Ross Kemp has made a name for himself thanks to his iconic role as Grant Mitchell in EastEndersas well as his investigative journalism work on programmes such as . More recently, the 59-year-old has also become the host of on BBC.

Meet the documentary maker's wife and children here...

    Ross Kemp has made a name for himself thanks to his iconic role as Grant Mitchell in EastEndersas well as his investigative journalism work on programmes such as . More recently, the 59-year-old has also become the host of on BBC. 

    Ever wondered what Ross's life is like away from the cameras? The presenter can be found at home in Berkshire with his wife Renee O'Brien and his four children. If you're intrigued about his family, then keep reading to find out more…

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    Ross Kemp's first wife Rebekah Brooks

    In the late 90s, Ross began dating journalist Rebekah Wade, who worked for the now-defunct . The couple got engaged in 1996 and married in 2002, by which point Rebekah was the editor of . Sadly, the marriage wasn't to last and the couple officially divorced in 2009.

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    Ross Kemp's second wife Renee O'Brien

    In 2012, Ross married his second wife, Australian-born Renee O'Brien, and the couple remain happily married. The family like to keep their personal life private, and little is known about Renee. However, the father-of-four has briefly spoken about his wife in the past.

    While discussing his intense filming schedule, the former actor revealed his guilt about leaving his family. He previously told : "Guilt, I think that’s part and parcel of it. But I think, my wife didn't really know me from my soap days […] So when we [he and Renee] first got together, she just thought I was some kind of grumpy old bald bloke like in a bar – and she's probably right about that today, I’m still a grumpy old bald bloke in a bar."

    Ross Kemp's children

    After his divorce from his first wife Rebekah, Ross welcomed his first child, a boy, with his former partner and makeup artist Nicole Coleman. 

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    Since his marriage to Renee, the documentary maker has welcomed another three children. The couple share a son Leo, born in 2015, and twins Ava and Kitty, born in 2017. Speaking to the Mail Online in 2019, Ross said: "I'm very happy I've got my children and wouldn't have it any other way. I could have done it about a decade earlier though, I should've done. 

    "I was old, I was in my 40s, I was quite selfish  before, in terms of you put yourself first, you look at what's going to be best for you and that totally goes out the window when you have children, you put your children way in front of everything you do." 

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