Natalie Appleton

Natalie Appleton
Born	Natalie Jane Appleton (1973-05-14) 14 May 1973 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Residence	Hampstead, London, England[1]
Other names	Natalie Appleton Howlett
Occupation	Singer songwriter actress
Spouse(s)	Carl Robinson (m. 1993; annulled 1995) Liam Howlett (m. 2002)
Children	2
Relatives	Nicole Appleton (sister)
Musical career
Genres	Pop R&B
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1996–present
Associated acts	All Saints Appleton

Natalie Jane Appleton Howlett (born 14 May 1973 in Mississauga) is a Canadian-born British singer, who is a member of the girl group All Saints. She also released an album with her younger sister Nicole under the name Appleton after All Saints originally split in 2001.

Career

In 1983, Appleton moved to London to enlist in 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 in forming 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 group scored a total of five number one singles.

2002–2005: Appleton and television

Natalie and Nicole formed a 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]

2006–2008: Return of the All Saints

All Saints reunited in early 2006 and released their third studio album titled Studio 1^[6] on 13 November 2006.^[7] however the group subsequently split again in 2008.

2014–present: Second All Saints reunion

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

Early and personal life

In addition to Nicole, Natalie has two older sisters, Lori and Lee. Natalie was born in Mississauga, Ontario,^[2] to her British mother Mary and Canadian father, Kenbut.^[10] While growing up she lived in Toronto, New York City, and London.

She attended high school in Ellenville, New York, and eventually quit to sing at a Borscht Belt country club at age fifteen.^[11] 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 19 May 1992, their daughter Rachel Appleton (now known as Rachel Howlett)^[12] was born. She and Robinson moved to New York where they married in 1993,^[13] before Appleton returned back 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 6 June 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 2 March 2004.^[17][18]

Discography

Filmography

References

External links

• Natalie Appleton at the Internet Movie Database