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Natalie Appleton Background information Birth name Natalie Jane Appleton Born May 14, 1973
Mississauga, Ontario, CanadaOrigin New York Genres Pop, R&B Occupations Singer, Actress Instruments Singing Years active 1996–2010 (group), 2000-2003 (solo) Associated acts All Saints
AppletonNatalie Jane Appleton Howlett (born May 14, 1973) is a Canadian pop singer and actress who rose to fame as a member of the band All Saints. During All Saints' five years of inactivity, she was a member of Appleton with her younger sister Nicole.
Biography
In addition to Nicole, Natalie has two older sisters, Lori and Lee. Natalie was born in Mississauga, Ontario to her British mother Mary and Canadian Jewish father, Kenbut,[citation needed] the family lived in Toronto, New York City, and London while the girls grew up. She attended high school in Ellenville, New York and eventually quit to sing at a Borscht Belt country club at age fifteen.[1]
In 1983, Appleton moved to London to enlist in the Sylvia Young Theatre School. In 1986, she made a brief appearance in an episode of Grange Hill.[2] She moved back to New York City and, in 1990, back again to Camden, England, where she met Carl Robinson (born c.1967), a stripper with The Dreamboys whom she met when seeing them perform on a night out in London when she was 17, She moved in with him three months later. On May 19, 1992, their daughter Rachel was born. She married Robinson in New York in 1993,[3] being with him for a short period, divorcing in 1995.
Appleton's father met Melanie Blatt, with whom Nicole had attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School, and heard that Blatt was considering starting a girl group and was looking for new members. Nicole asked whether her sister could join the group as well.[4] In 1996 both sisters joined Blatt and Shaznay Lewis in forming the band All Saints. In 2000, both Natalie and Nicole appeared in the poorly received film Honest.
All Saints split acrimoniously in 2001 amid much foment and rumour. In their five year career, the band scored a total of five #1 singles.
Natalie and Nicole formed a new band Appleton and launched their first single "Fantasy" in September 2002 which features Natalie doing a stage dive. Initially it was to be Nicole doing the stage dive, but she backed out at the last minute, and thus Natalie took her place.[5] The album Everything's Eventual was released in early 2003 and coincided with the documentary Appleton on Appleton which gave an inside look into the life of the sisters.
On June 6, 2002 Appleton married Liam Howlett of The Prodigy. In addition to Appleton's daughter from her first marriage, the couple have one child, Ace Billy Howlett (March 2, 2004). In November, 2004 Appleton was a contestant on the fourth series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. While on the show she was not very successful in completing the challenges and left after the public voted for her to do what would have been a record 5th bushtucker trial.[6]
All Saints reunited in early 2006 and released their third studio album titled Studio 1[7] on November 13, 2006.[8]
References
- ^ Canoe Jam! All Saints biography
- ^ All Saints A-Z Biography Natalie Appleton
- ^ Jungle Natalie's stripper ex bares all
- ^ Askmen.com Biography Natalie Appleton. Retrieved: September 15, 2006
- ^ BBC, Appleton on Appleton documentary.
- ^ Scotsman.com "Natalie is second to quit jungle", 29 Nov 2004. (Retrieved: September 15, 2006)
- ^ uk.news.launch.com "All Saints: Back", September 20, 2006 03:07 PM (Retrieved: September 20, 2006)
- ^ hmv.co.uk Product details Studio 1. Accessed October 19, 2006
External links
- All Saints Official Website No longer active
- Natalie Appleton at the Internet Movie Database
All Saints Studio Albums All Saints • Saints & Sinners • Studio 1Compilations The Remix Album • All Hits • Pure Shores: The Very Best of All SaintsSingles "I Know Where It's At" • "Never Ever" • "Under the Bridge"/"Lady Marmalade" • "Bootie Call" • "War of Nerves" • "Pure Shores" • "Black Coffee" • "All Hooked Up" • "Rock Steady"Promotional Singles "Let's Get Started" • "Chick Fit"Related Articles Joe Pasquale · Paul Burrell · Fran Cosgrave · Janet Street-Porter · Sophie Anderton · Antonio Fargas · Sheila Ferguson · Vic Reeves · Nancy Sorrell · Natalie Appleton · Brian HarveyCategories:- 1973 births
- Living people
- All Saints (group) members
- Canadian people of British descent
- Canadian people of Jewish descent
- Canadian pop singers
- Canadian film actors
- People from Mississauga
- Participants in British reality television series
- I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! contestants
- Alumni of the Sylvia Young Theatre School
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