Charity Work and Personal Life
Langford has supported the BBC's Children in Need appeal (1983 and 1987) and Comic Relief appeal (2007). During her 1987 Children in Need appearance, she had her ears pierced for the first time live on air after some of her friends had promised to make a large donation if she did so. For the latter, she appeared in the video for the charity single I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by the Proclaimers, Peter Kay and Matt Lucas.
She has also appeared in celebrity versions of game shows to support Childline when she played in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? alongside Anton Du Beke in December 2006, and the CdLs Foundation on both The Weakest Link in January 2007 (which she won) and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, this time alongside Jason Gardiner, in January 2008.
After a brief hiatus she has returned to screen and stage following her acclaimed performances on celebrity talent show Dancing on Ice. In 2009, Langford moved to the United States, and now divides her time between New York and Britain. She lives with her husband, fellow actor Paul Grunert (ChuckleVision), whom she married in Mauritius in 1995, along with their two daughters, the elder of whom is Grunert's child from his previous marriage. The younger daughter, Biana was born in October 2000.
Langford, along side Kerry Ellis is the patron for Performance Preparation Academy in Guildford.
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