Natalie Appleton

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Natalie Appleton
Natalie Appleton of All Saints (2007).jpg
Appleton performing in 2007
Born
Natalie Jane Appleton

(1973-05-14) May 14, 1973 (age 48)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Other namesNatalie Appleton Howlett
Occupation
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65m)
Spouse(s)
Carl Robinson
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(m. 1993; annul. 1995)​
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(m. 2002)​
Children2
RelativesNicole Appleton (sister)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
Years active1996–present
Associated acts

Natalie Jane Appleton Howlett (born May 14, 1973) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. She is a member of the British group All Saints and Appleton. She is the older sister of Nicole Appleton.

Appleton joined All Saints in 1996, becoming the fourth and final member of the group, but five years later they split up amid group in-fighting.[1] She went on to form a duo with her younger sister Nicole under the name Appleton. Since then, she has reunited to release three more albums with All Saints, in 2006, 2016 and 2018.

Career[]

In 1983, Appleton moved to London and attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School. She had a brief cameo in an episode of Grange Hill in 1986.[2]

1996–2001: All Saints[]

Appleton's father met Melanie Blatt, with whom Nicole had attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School, and heard that Blatt was looking for new members for her girl group. Nicole asked whether her sister could join the group as well.[3] In 1996 both sisters joined Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, forming All Saints. In 2000, 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 group scored a total of five number-one singles.

2002–2005: Appleton and television[]

Natalie and Nicole formed the duo 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.[4] 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. 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 the public voted for her numerous times to take part in bushtucker trials, 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 fifth bushtucker trial.[5][6]

2006–2008: Return of the All Saints[]

All Saints reunited in early 2006 and released their third studio album titled Studio 1[7] on November 13, 2006. However, the group subsequently split again in 2009.

2014–present: Second All Saints reunion[]

In 2014, All Saints reformed to support the Backstreet Boys for five dates across the UK and Ireland.[8] On January 27, 2016, it was confirmed that All Saints were scheduled to release their fourth studio album Red Flag on April 8, 2016. The lead single from the album, "One Strike", preceded the album on February 26, 2016.[9]

Early and personal life[]

Nicole and Natalie have two older sisters, Lori and Lee. Natalie was born in Mississauga, Ontario,[2] to a British mother Mary and a Canadian father, Kenneth.[10] While growing up she lived in Toronto, New York City, and London.

She attended high school in Ellenville, New York, and eventually left to sing at a Borscht Belt country club at age 15.[11] In 1990, she moved back 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. On May 19, 1992, their daughter Rachel Appleton (now Rachel Howlett)[12] was born. She and Robinson moved to New York where they married in 1993,[13] before Appleton returned to England after having the marriage annulled.[2]

She had relationships with television presenter Jamie Theakston and actor Jonny Lee Miller during the late 1990s.[14]

Appleton began dating Liam Howlett of the electronic band The Prodigy in 2000, after they met at the V Festival.[15] They married on June 7, 2002 in a ceremony in France.[16] In addition to Appleton's daughter from her first marriage, the couple have a son, Ace Billy Howlett, born March 2, 2004.[17][18] As of 2014, the family lived in the Hampstead area of London.[19]

Discography[]

Further information: All Saints discography and Appleton (music duo) § Discography

Filmography[]

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Co-presenter Herself (as All Saints)
2004 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Contestant/herself/competitor Season 4
2004 The Weakest Link Contestant / Winner Episode: "Pop Special"
2004 PJ's Storytime Co-presenter
2003 V Graham Norton Herself
Films
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Honest Mandy Chase Nominated — 2000 Cannes Film Festival

References[]

  1. ^ "Saintlier than thou". The Guardian. 5 November 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Natalie". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Celebs". AskMen. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ^ BBC, Appleton on Appleton documentary.
  5. ^ "Natalie is second to quit jungle". The Scotsman. 29 November 2004. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ^ Busk-Cowley, Mark (2014). I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!: The Inside Story. Bantam Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-0593073483.
  7. ^ "Yahoo Celebrity UK – Yahoo". Yahoo!. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  8. ^ James Robertson. "All Saints reunite to support Backstreet Boys on UK tour next year". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  9. ^ Amy Davidson (27 January 2016). "All Saints announce new single 'One Strike', and it was inspired by Nicole Appleton's split from Liam Gallagher". Digital Spy.
  10. ^ "Featured Content on Myspace". Groups.myspace.com. Retrieved 18 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ [1][dead link]
  12. ^ "As it celebrates 40th anniversary of opening, gallery looks back to the day when James Bond dropped in for a cuppa". Camden New Journal. 8 November 2012.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ [2] Archived February 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Hanging tough". The Guardian, Lindsay Baker September 30, 2000
  15. ^ "Interview with Liam Howlett of the Prodigy". The Guardian. 20 August 2004.
  16. ^ "I'm A Celebrity: Natalie Appleton factfile". The Telegraph. 19 February 2007.
  17. ^ "All Saints Put Children Before Touring". Female First. 23 April 2016.
  18. ^ "NATALIE DELIVERS AN ACE". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 12 June 2004. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  19. ^ "All Saints Appleton sisters support South End Green Indian restaurant's charity drive". 4 October 2014.

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