Early life and family
Coleen Mary McLoughlin was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, to Tony and Colette McLoughlin. Tony McLoughlin, who was a bricklayer, also ran a boxing club. The McLoughlins are of Irish descent. Coleen is the eldest of four children; her adopted sister Rosie, who suffered with Rett syndrome died on 5 January 2013 at the age of 14.
Coleen Rooney attended St John Bosco Arts College and left school with 10 GCSEs, including an A* for Performing Arts.
Career
Rooney wrote a column for celebrity magazine Closer entitled “Welcome to My World”. She left Closer in 2008 to write a weekly fashion and news column for OK! magazine. Rooney began presenting when in May 2006, she assisted Sir Trevor McDonald on his show Tonight with Trevor McDonald in a programme about the genetic disorder Rett syndrome, from which her younger sister suffered. She went on to make her own series for ITV called Coleen’s Real Women in which she was labelled as “The nation’s favourite girl next door and looked for “real women” to front advertising campaigns as an alternative to models.
In December 2005, Rooney sold an exercise DVD entitled Coleen McLoughlin’s Brand New Body Workout, which became a bestseller in the United Kingdom. She was paid £3 million to front the George at Asda campaign. In June 2010, Rooney struck a deal with retail and gambling company Littlewoods. Rooney’s autobiography, Welcome to My World, was released in March 2007. This was followed by Coleen’s Real Style the following year, published by HarperCollins. She has also published a four-book series called Coleen Style Queen from 2008 to 2010.
Personal life Marriage and children
She met her future husband, Wayne Rooney, at the age of 12 in the Liverpool suburb of Croxteth. They began a relationship at the age of 16, after they left secondary school. Wayne’s mother, Jeanette, worked as a part-time cleaner at St John Bosco Arts College, which Coleen attended.
They married in Portofino, Italy on 12 June 2008. The couple was paid a reported £2.5 million by Britain’s OK! magazine for exclusive wedding information and pictures. The couple, dubbed Wayleen, moved into a new £1.3m mansion in Formby. They currently live in Prestbury, Cheshire, in a £4 million Neo-Georgian mega-mansion.
COLEEN Rooney has been by Wayne Rooney’s side all the way on his rollercoaster journey which saw him burst on to the scene as a 16-year-old sensation and has also seen him captain Manchester United and England.
What is Coleen’s net worth?
Coleen’s net worth is estimated at around £19.1million.
She and Wayne own a number of multi-million-pound properties around the world so she has a significant share in those assets.
But Coleen is much more than just a Wag and has carved out a name for herself with an exercise DVD, books and a series of sponsorship and media deals.
Meanwhile, footballer husband Wayne is reportedly worth over £140million.
How many children does Coleen have?
Coleen had their first child, Kai Rooney, in November 2009.
Second child, Klay Anthony Rooney, was born in May 2013 and their third son, Kit Rooney, arrived in January 2016.
Their most recent son Cass was born in February 2018.
