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Louise Griffiths 
Born 31 July 1978
Hertfordshire, England, UKOccupation Singer, songwriter, fashion model, actress Years active 2002—present Louise Griffiths (born 31 July 1978 in Hertfordshire, England) is an English pop singer-songwriter, fashion model and actress.
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Early life
Griffiths is the daughter of a London taxicab driver. She plays the saxophone, and was a contestant in the BBC television series Fame Academy in 2003.
Career
Music
Griffiths was a member of an all-girl band, Orchid, who originally recorded the hit song Sound of the Underground in 2001. Their single was never released, but the song was later re-recorded by Louis Walsh's pop band Girls Aloud.
In 2003 Griffiths was one of the first four students chosen by the public to appear on the second series of the BBC TV show Fame Academy when it was revealed in the press that she was the girlfriend of Formula One driver Jenson Button. Despite complaints that her celebrity boyfriend and former recording and songwriting experience gave her an unfair advantage, she made it to the final eight before being voted out.
Although Griffiths did not get a recording contract after the show, one of the songs she co-wrote with fellow student Alistair Griffin, "The Heart Can't Lie", was included on his debut album Bring It On which reached #12 in the UK album chart in January 2004. Shortly after leaving the show it was reported that she had been given an unreleased song by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers to record, but this was never released.[1]
Acting
In 2006 Griffiths made her film debut in the role of Melissa in the horror movie The Devil's Chair co-starring with Elize du Toit, Gary Mackay and Matt Berry, directed by Adam Mason. This was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2007 and was first screened in the UK at August 2007's London FrightFest Film Festival.[2][3]
In April 2008, Griffiths booked her first lead role in the dark comedy feature The Revenant opposite David Anders, Jacy King and Chris Wylde.[4][5]
Griffiths had a supporting role in the film Tekken, which starred Luke Goss and Ian Anthony Dale, who now stars as one of the lead roles in the NBC series The Event. The film also starred the well-known American character actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.[6]
Griffiths starred in All's Faire in Love opposite Christina Ricci, Matthew Lillard, Cedric the Entertainer and Ann Margaret, which is due for release in early 2011. Griffiths' latest film 'The Mudman' [7] is in post production and is scheduled for release in 2011. Other actors in the film include Time Winters and Samuel Child.
Griffiths can currently be seen as "Denese Saintclaire" along side Jaime Pressly in the hugely successful campaign for Axe shower gel. "Axe cleans your balls" is enjoying millions of hits virally and is now being broadcast on nationwide TV across the United States.[8]
In early 2010, Griffiths had a recurring role in the popular MTV series Warren The Ape.[9][10]
Griffiths also worked alongside Malcolm McDowell and Holly Valance for the video game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 in 2009 playing Commander Lydia Winters.[11]
Personal life
Having announced her engagement to Jenson Button soon after leaving Fame Academy in 2003, Grifffiths regularly accompanied him to many motor racing events. Griffiths' unreleased single "Catch Me If You Can", (a song put together by producer Arnon Woolfson, producer of Formula 1's theme tune for ITV) was used by ITV to close their TV coverage of the 2004 Australian Grand Prix. The couple broke off their engagement in 2005 after five years together.
References
- ^ BBC apologises to Academy hopeful
- ^ The Devil's Chair on IMDB
- ^ The Devil's Chair at FrightFest Film Festival
- ^ The Revenant on imdb.com
- ^ Official Website for The Revenant
- ^ Tekken on imdb.com
- ^ The Mudman IMDB.com entry
- ^ Axe Shower Gel Campaign on YouTube
- ^ Warren the Ape on imdb.com
- ^ Warren the Ape on MTV.com
- ^ Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
External links
- CBBC News Report 2002 Cover of "Sound of the Underground"
- BBC Press Release Fame Academy 2003
- Fame Academy Watch
- Louise Griffiths at IMDB
- Adam Mason's The Devil's Chair Twitchfilm.net
- Louise Griffith's Axe Campaign YouTube
Categories:- Living people
- English female singers
- English people of Welsh descent
- English songwriters
- Fame Academy participants
- 1978 births
- People educated at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
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