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Lily Allen Profile |
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Birth Date: May 2, 1985
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Birth Place: Hammersmith, London, England, UK
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Birth Name: Lily Rose Allen
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Height: 5'2"
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Biography |
Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born May 2, 1985) is an English
singer-songwriter known for songs such as "Smile" and "LDN".
She is the daughter of actor/musician Keith Allen and film
producer Alison Owen.
Her single "Smile" reached number one on the UK singles
charts in July 2006. In December 2006 her debut album
Alright, Still was voted the third best album of the year by
Mixmag. In 2007 it was nominated for the award of Best
British Album at the Brits.
Lily Allen was born in Hammersmith, London, to Keith Allen
and film producer Alison Owen. She and her family eventually
settled in the North London borough of Islington. She has an
older sister, Sarah; a younger brother, Alfie Owen-Allen
(who was the subject of her song "Alfie"); and a younger
sister Rebecca. She also has a number of half-siblings. Lily
Allen is also the goddaughter of late Clash guitarist, Joe
Strummer.
In 1988, Allen appeared on The Comic Strip Presents...
episode "The Yob", which her father had co-written. When
Allen was four years old, her father left the family. Allen
claims to have grown up with her mother in a working class
environment, living in a council house environment for most
of her childhood. This certainly seems at odds with the fact
that she attended some of England's costliest public
schools; Allen attended 13 schools in all, including Hill
House School and Bedales School, and was expelled from
several of them for drinking, smoking and performing
fellatio. In her free time, she listened to artists such as
The Specials, T.Rex, and Happy Mondays and read.
Allen made an appearance as a lady-in-waiting in the 1998
film Elizabeth, produced by her mother. She dropped out of
school at age fifteen, not wanting to "spend a third of her
life preparing to work for the next third of her life, to
set herself up with a pension for the next third of her
life." After her family went to Ibiza on vacation, Allen
told her mother that she was staying with friends but
remained in Sant Antoni de Portmany instead. She earned
money by working at a Plastic Fantastic record store and
dealing in ecstasy.
Allen's vocals appeared on the single "Who Invented Fish &
Chips?" by Fat Les, in which her father was the lead singer
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Attended "Bedales School" with Natalia Tena, the same school
which Minnie Driver and Daniel Day-Lewis attended.
Is the daughter of Keith Allen and Alison Owen.
Her single 'Smile' went to #1 for two weeks in the UK
singles chart in 2006. Her album 'Alright, Still' debuted at
#2 in the UK album charts.
Has a younger brother Alfie Allen, and an older sister
Sarah.
"Alfie", the final track on "Alright, Still" is about her
brother, the actor Alfie Allen.
After uploading her first demo tracks to community website
MySpace.com in November 2005, she became an overnight
sensation in the UK.
Was voted the third coolest person of the year on the Cool
List of "NME" magazine, but also ranked #10 in BBC3's The
Most Annoying People of 2006 (2006) (TV).
Scooped three nominations for the 2007 Brit Awards including
"British Female Solo Artist", "British Album" and "British
Breakthrough Artist" (16 January 2007).
Niece of Kevin Allen. |
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