Billie_Piper

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Billie Piper Billie Piper Billie Paul Piper Education Piper was first educated at Brookfeild School in Swindon, where she then moved up to Bradon Forest Secondary School; in Purton, near Swindon before moving to be educated at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone, London. Where she first met Lee Ryan, Tom Fletcher of band McFly, Matt Willis (then known as Matt Jay) of former band Busted, Jodi Albert, and Amy Winehouse. Career 1998-2003: Honey To The B and Walk of Life Piper in October 2006, at a book signing for Growing Pains. Born Lianne Paul Piper 22 September 1982 (1982-09-22) Swindon, Wiltshire, England Actress/Singer 1998–present Chris Evans (2001–07) Laurence Fox (2007–present) Occupation Years active Spouse(s) Billie Paul Piper (born Lianne Paul Piper[1] on 22 September 1982) is an English singer and actress. She began her career as a pop singer when she was a teenager but is now best known for portraying Rose Tyler, companion to the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who from 2005 to 2006, a role she reprised in 2008.[2] In 2007, Broadcast magazine listed Piper at #6 in its "Hot 100" list of influential on-screen performers, the top woman on the list.[3][4] She has also portrayed the prostitute Belle de Jour in Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Piper’s first break in the entertainment world came as a teenager, when she was selected to appear on the Saturday morning children’s television show Scratchy and Co. Piper later landed a role in a television commercial promoting the pop magazine Smash Hits. Piper was offered a record deal at the age of fifteen, and in 1998 became the youngest artist ever to debut at number one in the UK singles chart with "Because We Want To", released under the stage mononym "Billie". Her follow-up single "Girlfriend" also debuted at number one and her first album, Honey to the B (released immediately afterwards) debuted at Number 14 in the UK album charts. She released two further singles off the album, "She Wants You" and "Honey to the Bee"; both songs debuted at Number 3. Piper then took a year off to record her second album. She decided to release further records under her full name, Billie Piper. She returned to the Singles Chart in May 2000 with a new, sexier sound. She hit the Number 1 spot with "Day & Night". She waited until the following September to release "Something Deep Inside", which hit #4, but her success wasn’t to continue. In October 2000, Piper released her second album, Walk of Life, which reached Number 14 in the UK Album Chart. The song "Walk of Life", the final single off this album, was released in 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia December 2000 and reached Number 25 in the UK Singles Chart. In 1999, Piper was nominated for two BRIT Awards and was named Best Female Star at the Smash Hits Poll Winners’ party, although at the latter ceremony she was reduced to tears after being viciously booed by jealous fans of Ritchie Neville, member of boyband Five, whom she was dating at the time. On 15 January 2007, BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles started a campaign to get "Honey to the Bee" back into the Top 100 on download sales as a way of testing out new chart rules that favour download sales.[5] The campaign was highly successful, with "Honey to the Bee" re-entering the official UK singles chart at #17, eight years after it was first released. Piper preferred lip syncing during performances. She backs this up with the reason that she is afraid she would not be able to sing live. However, in 1999 she decided to try actually singing during her tour in America. The audience loved it, but Piper said it was too nerve-racking to do in Britain, where her much larger fan base lives. Despite having limited success outside of the UK, all of Billie Piper’s singles reached the top ten in New Zealand except for Something Deep Inside which peaked at #19 and Walk of Life which failed to chart at all despite being released there. Also, Piper’s debut album reached #14 in the UK while it reached #3 in New Zealand. Piper’s 2nd album reached #18 in New Zealand. Billie Piper similar manner to the Canterbury Tales series in which she featured, with Hero now being a weather presenter in a television station. Piper has completed work on two standalone television productions. In the first, a BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman’s historical novel The Ruby in the Smoke broadcast in December 2006, Piper played protagonist Sally Lockhart, a Victorian orphan. The BBC plans to film all four of Pullman’s Sally Lockhart novels, with Piper continuing in the role in The Shadow in the North which was shown in December 2007. In 2007 she appeared as the main character, Fanny Price, in an adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Mansfield Park, screened on ITV1.[6] This was her first acting role on television for a broadcaster other than the BBC. Piper has provided voiceovers for various television commercials, including one for Comfort Fabric Softener airing in June 2007. Piper also stars as Hannah Baxter/Belle de Jour in Secret Diary of a Call Girl, an ITV2 adaptation of Belle de Jour’s The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl, a memoir detailing the life of a high-class prostitute. The series, which aired from 27 September 2007, saw Piper in several semi-nude scenes, including a lesbian romp and one scene featuring her saddling a client and riding him like a horse.[7][8] A second series, with Piper in the starring role, started filming in May 2008, during which two body doubles were hired in order to hide Billie’s pregnancy. 2003-present: Acting Career After an extended break, Piper decided to end her pop career in 2003 and return to her original ambition, acting. She took acting lessons while living in London. Piper gained very positive reviews for these appearances, critics seemingly feeling that she was a far better actress than she was a singer. In 2004, Piper appeared in the films The Calcium Kid, as the romantic interest of Orlando Bloom’s character, and Things to do Before You’re Thirty. Shortly before starting work on Doctor Who, she filmed a starring role in the horror movie Spirit Trap alongside Russian pop star Alsou, released in the summer of 2005 to generally poor reviews. In November 2005, Piper starred as Hero in a BBC adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing, updated for the modern day in a Doctor Who Doctor Who originally ran from 1963 to 1989. In May 2004, it was announced that the series would be resurrected beginning in 2005, and that Piper was to play the character Rose Tyler, a traveling companion to The Doctor, (to be played by Christopher Eccleston). Piper won the Most Popular Actress category at the 2005 and 2006 National Television Awards for her work on Doctor Who.[9] BBC News named Piper as one of its "Faces of the Year" for 2005, primarily due to her success in Doctor Who. At The South Bank Show Awards on 27 January 2006 Piper was awarded The Times Breakthrough Award for her successful transition from singing to acting. In March 2006, the Television and Radio Industries Club named Piper as best new TV talent at their annual awards ceremony. In September 2006, Piper was named Best 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Actress at the TV Quick and TV Choice Awards.[10] After the completion of the very successful first series of the revamped Doctor Who, the British media regularly released conflicting reports about how long Piper would be staying with the programme. In March 2006, she claimed that she would continue on Doctor Who into its third season in 2007.[11] On 10 May 2006, however, she was reported to be considering quitting the series, although she did express an interest in playing a female version of the Doctor in the future (possibly related to a proposed Doctor Who spin-off series about Rose which was later dropped).[12] On 15 June 2006, the BBC announced that she was to depart in the final episode of the second series, "Doomsday".[13] Piper’s decision to leave had been taken a year previously, but remained a secret until news of her departure became public.[14] On 27 November 2007, the BBC confirmed that she would reprise her role as Rose Tyler in the fourth series for three episodes. Later, it was confirmed by Russell T Davies in Doctor Who Magazine that this return had been planned since she left. It was also revealed in the Turn Left Doctor Who Confidential that Billie had made arrangements to return as Rose since she decided to leave and lied to journalists when she claimed that she would never return. The series began in April 2008,[2] and after several cameos, Piper made her official return as Rose in the series four final episodes "Turn Left", "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey’s End". She has not said whether she will be reprising the role again, although on Doctor Who Confidential she said that she thinks "It’s never really the end for the Doctor and Rose" but it probably was "for the foreseeable future". On 16 May 2009, it was reported that Piper will reprise her role as Rose Tyler in the last of the 2009-10 Doctor Who specials.[15] Billie Piper Personal life Piper was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England to Paul Piper and Mandy Kent. Her parents changed her given name from Lianne to Billie three weeks after registering her birth. Piper has one younger brother, Charlie, and two younger sisters, Harley and Ellie.[17] Piper married businessman, DJ and television presenter Chris Evans in a secret ceremony in May 2001 in Las Vegas after six months of dating. Their marriage attracted much comment due to the sixteen-year age gap between the two.[18] The couple separated in 2004 and later divorced in May 2007.[19] A story in The Independent on 27 June 2006 stated that Piper has declared that she does not wish to claim any money from Evans’ reported £30m wealth or his £540,000 salary from Radio Two. "I’m not taking a penny from him," she told the Radio Times, "I think that’s disgusting." Piper also revealed in her interview with Radio Times that she left her pop star career with very little money.[20] Evans has admitted that the age gap was a reason in seeking the divorce.[21] Piper dated and lived with law student Amadu Sowe from 2004 to 2006.[22] She married actor Laurence Fox, son of James Fox, on 31 December 2007 at St Mary’s Church in Easebourne, West Sussex.[23] They live in their home in Easebourne, Midhurst in West Sussex.[24] Their first child, Winston James Fox, was born by Caesarean section at 1am on 21 October 2008.[25] Awards and nominations Awards • • • • • • • • • • • • • Best Female Best Dressed Female Princess of Pop Most Popular Actress Best Actress The Times Breakthrough Award - Rising British Talent Best Actress Most Popular Actress Best Actress Best New Talent Woman of the Year Exit of the year Theatre Piper made her stage debut in a touring production of Christopher Hampton’s play Treats, which opened in early 2007 in Windsor. Treats was to have ended its tour in the West End, at the Garrick Theatre, starting on 28 February 2007 with previews from 20 February. The play officially finished as of 26 May.[16] 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Billie Piper • Secret Diary of a Call Girl (ITV2, 2007-) Belle De Jour • The Shadow in the North (BBC One, 2007) - Sally Lockhart • Almost Famous (BBC Three, 2008) Herself at the age of 12 • The Justin Lee Collins Show (ITV2, 2009) Herself Nominations • Best Actress (role in Doctor Who & ShakespeaRe-Told: Much Ado About Nothing) • Best Actress • Best Actress Mansfield Park • Special Award for Best Entertainer (for Secret Diary of a Call Girl).[26] Filmography Television • Brit Awards 1997 (ITV, 1997) - herself • Channel 4 Schools (Channel 4, 1997) herself • Smash Hits Poll Winners Party (BBC1, 1998) - herself • Billie Wants You! (Channel 4, 1999) herself • Melinda’s Big Night In (BBC One, 1999) herself • Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC Two, 1999) - herself • Young Entertainers (BBC Two, 1999) herself • Dale’s All Stars (BBC1, 2000) - herself • Party in the Park 2000 (BBC One, 2000) Performer • winton’s wonderland (Five, 2000) Performer • Top of the Pops (BBC Two, 2000) - herself • The Canterbury Tales: The Miller’s Tale (BBC One, 2003) - Alison Crosby • Bella and the Boys (BBC Two, 2004) Bella • Doctor Who (BBC One, 2005-2006, 2008, 2009 - 2010) - Rose Tyler[27] • ShakespeaRe-Told: Much Ado About Nothing (BBC One, 2005) - Hero • The Friday Night Project (Channel 4, 2006) - herself (guest presenter) • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (BBC One, 2006) - herself • The Paul O’Grady Show (Channel 4, 2006, 2009) - herself • The Ruby in the Smoke (BBC One, 2006) Sally Lockhart • The Charlotte Church Show (Channel 4, 2007) - herself (guest) • Mansfield Park (ITV, 2007) - Fanny Price • Parkinson (TV series) (ITV, 2007) - herself (guest) • Top Gear - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car posted a time of 1:48.3 Film • Evita (1996, uncredited bit-part) • The Leading Man (1996, uncredited bitpart) • The Calcium Kid (2004) - Angel • Things To Do Before You’re 30 (2005) Vicky • Spirit Trap (2005) - Jenny Discography Albums • • • • 1999: 2000: 2005: 2007: Honey to the B Walk of Life The Best of Billie The B-Sides Collection Singles Ranking in polls Ranking in FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women In The World Since turning 16 Billie has regularly appeared in the FHM Top 100: • 1999: #56 • 2000: #86 • 2001: #48 • "Ten Years of FHM’s Sexiest Women polls" - 1995-2004: #142 • 2005: #62 • 2006: #11 • 2007: #47 • 2008: #94 • 2009: #92 References • Cook, Benjamin (4 January 2006). "Billie". Doctor Who Magazine. pp. 13-21. • McLean, Craig (5 November 2005). "Why we fell under Piper’s spell". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Year Single 1998 "Because We Want To" "Girlfriend" "She Wants You" 1999 "Honey to the Bee" "Last Christmas" "Thank ABBA for the Music"1 2000 "Day & Night" "Something Deep Inside" "Walk of Life" 2007 "Honey to the Bee" Peak positions UK[28] IRL[29] Australia[30] SE[31] Billie Piper SW[32] NZ[33] 1 1 3 3 n/a 4 1 4 25 17 9 1 21 25 n/a 5 13 n/a 19 35 6 n/a 9 8 20 n/a 8 22 47 8 52 n/a 1 n/a 62 97 66 n/a 9 3 4 5 n/a 6 6 18 n/a • • • • arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/11/05/ bvbillie05.xml. Retrieved on 2006-01-03. "Faces of the year - the women". BBC News. 30 December 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/ 4567396.stm#billie. Retrieved on 2006-01-03. Searchable index of UK chart positions, including Piper’s hits List of all #1 songs (including Piper’s) from The Official UK Charts Company Chris Evans Saved My Life Footnotes [1] "Interview: Billie Piper". The Observer. 2008-09-07. http://www.guardian.co.uk/ culture/2008/sep/07/ television.doctorwho. Retrieved on 2008-09-07. [2] ^ "Billie Piper to return to Doctor Who". BBC News Online. 2007-11-27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/ 7114699.stm. Retrieved on 2007-11-27. [3] "Hot 100: Talent" (free registration required). Broadcast. 2007-12-18. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/ people/2007/12/hot_100_talent.html. Retrieved on 2007-12-22. [4] "Ross Tops Tv Talent". Daily Record. 2007-12-21. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/ newsfeed/2007/12/21/ross-tops-tvtalent-86908-20261404/. Retrieved on 2007-12-22. [5] Tye, Stephanie (2007-01-17). "Billiein the charts again". Swindon Advertiser. http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/ news/swindonnewsheadlines/ display.var.1128777.0.billie_in_the_charts_again.php Retrieved on 2007-01-17. [6] Dooks, Brian (2006-08-16). "Historic hall to host Austen adaptation". Yorkshire Post. http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=169831 Retrieved on 2006-08-16. [7] "Call-girl Billie’s steamy onscreen ménage a trois". Daily Mail. 2007-09-26. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/ articles/showbiz/ showbiznews.html?in_article_id=484047&in_page_id Retrieved on 2007-09-26. [8] "Billie leaves Entourage behind", The Guardian, 2007-09-28. Retrieved on 2007-09-28. [9] "Dr Who scores TV awards hat-trick". BBC News (bbc.co.uk). 2006-10-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/ 6104048.stm. Retrieved on 2006-10-31. [10] "Doctor Who lands three TV awards". BBC News. 2006-09-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/ 5314890.stm. Retrieved on 2006-09-05. [11] Dermody, Nick (2006-03-30). "Third series for Dr Who and Rose". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/ 4858010.stm. Retrieved on 2006-03-30. [12] "Billie Piper to be the first female Doctor Who?". Fametastic. 2006-05-10. http://fametastic.co.uk/archive/ 20060510/1210/billie-piper-to-be-thefirst-female-doctor-who/. Retrieved on 2006-06-02. [13] "Billie Piper to leave Doctor Who". BBC. 2006-06-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/ entertainment/5082668.stm. Retrieved on 2006-06-15. 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Billie Piper [14] "Cover Girl Billie". BBC. 2006-06-27. 2007-06-04. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/ http://www.hellomagazine.com/ cult/news/drwho/2006/06/23/ celebrities/2007/06/04/billy-piper33250.shtml. Retrieved on 2006-06-27. cottage/. Retrieved on 2007-07-08. [15] "Billie Piper returns to Doctor Who to [25] "Billie Piper gives birth to son". BBC see David Tennant bow out in all-star News. 2008-10-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/ show". Mail Online. 2009-05-16. 1/hi/entertainment/7682446.stm. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ Retrieved on 2008-10-26. article-1183150/Billie-Piper-returns[26] Staff writer (2008-02-28). "Nominees Doctor-Who-David-Tennant-bow-starAnnounced for Rose d’Or Festival". show.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-16. World Screen. [16] Calvi, Nuala (22 December 2006). "Piper http://www.worldscreen.com/ breaks into the West End with newscurrent.php?filename=rose022808.htm. Hampton’s Treats". The Stage. Retrieved on 2008-03-01. http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/ [27] "Billie Piper returns to Doctor Who". newsstory.php/15466/piper-breaks-intoDaily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ the-west-end-with-hamptons. tvshowbiz/article-1183150/Billie-Piper[17] Drew, Mark (2001-06-19). "I’m happy returns-Doctor-Who-David-Tennant-bowabout the wedding". Swindon Advertiser. star-show.html. Retrieved on http://archive.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/2001/ 2009-05-16. 6/19/215835.html. Retrieved on [28] Discography. billie-piper.net. Retrieved 2006-04-04. on 2007-03-27. [18] "Billie Piper and Chris Evans (section)". [29] Searchable Database. The Irish Charts The Independent. 2005-01-31. All There is to Know. Retrieved on http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/ 2007-03-27. this_britain/article17676.ece. Retrieved [30] Australian Charts. australian-charts.com. on 2007-03-08. Retrieved on 2007-09-10. [19] "Divorce given to Piper and Evans", BBC [31] The Swedish Charts Portal. Billie Piper News, 2007-05-27. Retrieved on 2007. Discography. swedishcharts.com. [20] Noah, Sherna (2007-06-27). "I won’t take Retrieved on 2007-03-27. cash from Evans split, says Piper". The [32] The Official Swiss Charts. Billie Piper Scotsman. http://news.scotsman.com/ Discography. swisscharts.com. Retrieved topics.cfm?tid=531&id=936732006. on 2007-03-27. Retrieved on 2007-03-08. [33] The New Zealand Charts Portal. Billie [21] "Evans: Age gap caused marriage split". Piper Discography. charts.org.nz. 2005-02-28. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ Retrieved on 2007-03-27. pages/live/articles/showbiz/ showbiznews.html?in_article_id=339569&in_page_id=1773. Retrieved on 2007-03-08. • BBC Drama Faces: Billie Piper [22] "Billie’s marriage plans". FemaleFirst. • Billie Piper at the Internet Movie Database 2006-04-14. • Billie Piper at TV.com http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/ • Audio interview at BBC Wiltshire (October 94322004.htm. Retrieved on 2006) 2006-06-02. • Audio interview at BBC Somerset [23] "Piper and Fox arrive for wedding". BBC (February 2007) News. BBC Online. 31 December 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/ 7165825.stm. Retrieved on 2007-12-31. [24] "Billie and her beau Laurence quit the city for country life". Hello Magazine. External links Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Piper" Categories: English television actors, English film actors, English stage actors, English pop singers, English female singers, English child singers, Fox family, People from Swindon, Sylvia Young Theatre School pupils, 1982 births, Living people 6 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Billie Piper This page was last modified on 22 May 2009, at 22:08 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) taxdeductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers 7