Hannah Spearritt

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Hannah Spearritt

Birth name	Hannah Louise Spearritt
Born	April 1, 1981 Gorleston, Norfolk, England
Height	5' 4" (1.65 m)
Notable roles	Emily Summers, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

Hannah Louise Spearritt (born April 1, 1981) is an English actress and singer. She was previously a member of the successful pop group S Club 7.

1 Early life
2 S Club 7
3 Acting Career
4 Recent developments
5 Trivia
6 Filmography
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Early life

She was born in Gorleston in Norfolk, the youngest of three children. At the age of 3, she modelled in a Mothercare catalogue. When she was 12, she landed a part in the Great Yarmouth Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society's production of Annie. Thereafter she successfully auditioned for the National Youth Music Theatre, and became part of the company. While with the NYMT she met future S Club member and boyfriend Paul Cattermole, as well her friend and future actress, Sheridan Smith. She appeared in the NYMT's productions, of Pendragon (1994-1995) — performing in New York and Hong Kong, Tin Pan Ali (1996), and the West End musical Bugsy Malone (1997) — she was a member of the original cast.

In 1998 she got a part in the television film The Cater Street Hangman, playing the part of a maid who gets murdered. She had also made appearances on the National Lottery Show and Blue Peter. While Hannah was studying mathematics, performing arts and media studies at college in Great Yarmouth, she auditioned for S Club 7 after seeing an advert in a magazine - it was a life changing decision.

[edit] S Club 7

Hannah Spearritt in LA 7 (2000)

As a member of S Club 7 (1998-2003) Spearritt became known to and loved by a large number of people. Spearritt quickly became one of the groups most popular members — her impish and hyper personality, as well as her trademark smile appealed to a wide audience.

The group had four UK number one hit singles, one UK number one album and one US top ten hit. She co-starred in the groups own TV series - Miami 7 (1999), LA 7 (2000), Hollywood 7 (2001) and Viva S Club (2002). She took part in three UK tours, won two prestigious Brit Awards and numerous other awards. Along with Rachel Stevens, Hannah was a regular pin-up in dozens of magazines and was a regular in the FHM Top 100 Sexiest Women polls between 2000 and 2004. Perhaps more importantly Hannah gained the chance to act in a movie, when S Club released their movie Seeing Double in early 2003. Most famously, in October 2001, amid a blaze of publicity, she revealed that she had been in a secret relationship with fellow band member Paul Cattermole for the previous six months. Paul Cattermole was the first to quit the group in 2002, and thereafter S Club 7 became simply S Club and ultimately split in May 2003.

[edit] Acting Career

Hannah Spearritt as Emily in Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)

In the last week of S Club's existence, Spearritt was officially at home in bed with the flu. However, she was in Los Angeles to audition for a role in the film Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, a fact that Hannah revealed at the UK premiere of the film on 2004-03-24 in London. She got the role and three days after leaving the band she began filming — technically a breach of her contract with 19 Management.

In March 2004 she successfully auditioned for a minor role in the horror Seed of Chucky, a move which was seen by some as an attempt to distance herself from her squeaky clean S Club image.^[1]

After a lapse of public activity Spearritt's next appearance was at a charity auction in her hometown of Gorleston in early 2005 followed by a brief appearance on ITV's Hells Kitchen

In early November 2005 she made her acting comeback in the BBC's Blessed, an eight part sitcom. In Blessed she played a minor role, appearing as a member of a fake girl band, in two episodes. She most recently appeared in the unsuccessful West End musical, Snow! The Musical, at London's Sound Theatre. The musical was cancelled just three weeks into its run because of poor ticket sales (one show managed to attract an audience of only two people).^[2]

[edit] Recent developments

In February 2006 it was revealed that Hannah had landed a lead role in a brand new ITV series called Primaeval. Hannah will play the role of Abby Maitland, the assistant to the time travelling Professor Nick Cutter (played by Douglas Henshall). The series is expected to be screened in early 2007. In late 2006 Hannah began filming for a role in ITV's At Bertram’s Hotel, which is part of the Miss Marple mystery series. ^[3]

[edit] Trivia

She is currently dating Andrew-Lee Potts.
Her uncle, Eddie Spearritt, was a professional football player who played for Ipswich Town F.C. in the 1960s.
She is very good friends with Sheridan Smith.
Her hobbies include kickboxing, tennis and photography.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Films

Year	Film	Role
2006	Colour Blind	(Starring)
2004	Seed of Chucky	Joan
2004	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	Emily Summers
2003	Seeing Double	Hannah (Herself)

[edit] Television

Year	TV Show	Role	Notes
2007	At Bertram’s Hotel		Filming
2007	Primeval	Abby Maitland	Filming finished
2005	Blessed	Girl Thing member	Ep. # 4 and Ep. # 6
2002	Viva S Club	Hannah (herself)
2001	Hollywood 7	Hannah (herself)
2000	LA 7	Hannah (herself)
1999	Miami 7	Hannah (herself)
1998	The Cater Street Hangman	Lily	TV film

[edit] Musicals

Year	Musical	Role	Location
2005	Snow! The Musical	Jilly	West End
1997	Bugsy Malone	Louella	West End
1996	Tin Pan Ali		Various (UK)
1994-1995	Pendragon		Various (including New York)

[edit] References

^ 3am. "Han's Evil Spearritt", The Daily Mirror, 23 March 2004.
^ Victoria Newton. "That's Snow-biz", The Sun, December 2005.
^ Liz Thomas. "McCutcheon to star in next Marple drama", The Stage, 13 November 2006.