The actress, theatre director and acting coach picked up the nickname from the tabloid press due to her barbed comments as a talent expert on TV reality shows Reality Check and Pop Idol.
But while the likes of Simon Cowell are more than familiar with her put-downs, she has recently been turning her attention away from celebrities towards disadvantaged young people. Since opening her acting studio last year in Manchester, Marlow has been offering young people not in education, employment or training from the Rathbone Centre free courses in acting and body language.
"One of my favourite statistics at the moment is that 97 per cent of communication is non-verbal. That shows how important the way you use your body is," she says. "Some young people come in and see me with their hoods up, not making eye contact and when they sit down they have one leg stretched out pointing at the door. What kind of impression does that give to an employer, a teacher or their friends?
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