Natalie Appleton

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Natalie Appleton
Natalie Appleton in the Appleton on Appleton documentary
Background information
Birth name	Natalie Jane Appleton
Born	May 14, 1973 (age 33)
Origin	Mississauga, Ontario Canada
Genre(s)	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Singing
Years active	1997 - present
Associated acts	All Saints Appleton

Natalie Jane Appleton (born May 14, 1973, Mississauga, Ontario) is a female pop singer and a member of All Saints. During All Saints' five years of inactivity, she was a member of Appleton with her younger sister Nicole .

1 Biography
2 Trivia
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

In addition to Nicole, Natalie has two older sisters, Lori and Lee. The family lived in Toronto, New York City, and London while the girls grew up. Natalie Appleton attended high school in New York City and eventually quit to sing at a Borscht Belt country club^[1] at age fifteen.

In 1983 Natalie moved to London to enlist in the Sylvia Young Theatre School. In 1986 Natalie made a brief appearance in an episode of Grange Hill.^[2] She moved back to New York City and, in 1990, back again to Camden, UK were she met Carl Robinson whom she married for a short period. On May 19, 1992 their daughter Rachel was born, but they divorced soon afterwards.

Natalie Appleton's father met Melanie Blatt with whom Nicole attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School and heard that Melanie was considering starting a girl group and was looking for new members. Nicole asked whether her sister could join the group as well,^[3] In 1996 Natalie and her sister Nicole joined Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis in forming the band All Saints. In 2000, both Natalie and Nicole appeared in the universally panned film Honest, featuring a particularly saucy nude scene by Natalie.^[4]

All Saints split acrimoniously in 2001 amid much foment and rumour. In their five year career, the band scored a total of five #1 singles.

Natalie and Nicole formed a new band 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 Nataliew took her place.^[5] 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 2002 Appleton married Liam Howlett, of the band The Prodigy. In addition to Appleton's daughter from her first marriage, the couple have one child, Ace Howlett (March 2, 2004). In 2004 Appleton was a contestant on the fourth series of I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here. While on the show she was not very successful in completing the challenges and left after one week.^[6]

All Saints reunited in early 2006 and released their third studio album titled Studio 1^[7] on November 13, 2006.^[8]

[edit] Trivia

Natalie has lower back tattoo of a bow tie that she got during her marriage to Carl Robinson.

[edit] References

^ Canoe Jam! All Saints biography
^ All Saints A-Z Biography Natalie Appleton
^ Askmen.com Biography Natalie Appleton. Retrieved: September 15, 2006
^ http://www.cndb.com/movie.html?title=Honest+%282000%29#29629 CNDB.com
^ BBC, Appleton on Appleton documentary.
^ Scotsman.com "Natalie is second to quit jungle", 29 Nov 2004. (Retrieved: September 15, 2006)
^ uk.news.launch.com "All Saints: Back", September 20, 2006 03:07 PM (Retrieved: September 20, 2006)
^ hmv.co.uk Product details Studio 1. Accessed October 19, 2006