| Lee Latchford-Evans | |
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Latchford-Evans in April 2009 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lee Latchford Evans |
| Born | 28 January 1975 Chester, Cheshire, England |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupations | Singer, actor, dancer |
| Instruments | Piano, guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Jive |
| Associated acts | Steps |
Lee Latchford-Evans (born 28 January 1975) is an English pop singer, actor and dancer, most famous for being a member of the British pop group Steps.
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He was born as Lee Latchford Evans, with his middle name Latchford taken from the surname of the footballer, Bob Latchford, as his father was a life-long Everton fan. At the point he started performing the eponymous comedian Lee Evans was well known, and so the Latchford name came into play and he was known as Lee Latchford for a short time. Before long it changed to Lee Latchford Evans (without the hyphen).
He studied musical theatre at The Cheshire School of Dance and Drama and moved down South in 1994 to study at Laine Theatre Arts in Epsom. In 1997, he became a member of the multi million selling pop group Steps; they went on to sell 14 consecutive Top 5 singles (a feat for a British act, at the time bettered only by the Beatles), sold more than 20 million records worldwide and announced their split on Boxing Day 2001.
He has appeared in London's West End starring in Grease; A Charmed Life as part of London's Sitcom Trials, and he made his debut at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh in August 2009 in the production of Wolfboy. He played the Prince in Rotherhams Pantomime version of Snow White in 2010 and will reprise his role of the Prince at Weymouths Pavilion Pantomime in December 2011. Latchford-Evans has appeared in the reality television shows The Games, Fear Factor, I'm Famous and Frightened!, The Match and went onto win Commando VIP. In 2006, he appeared in a new reality show on MTV, Totally Boyband. This show was from the same creators as the show Totally Scott-Lee, which featured his ex groupmate Lisa Scott-Lee and her family. In 2008 he appeared as part of Team Ant on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. He also appeared on Never Mind The Buzzcocks in October 2010. Steps have recently announced that they will be filming a four part documentary for Sky Living, which will be aired late September 2011. He appeared in Ten Dead Men (2008) produced by Phil Hobden, and also appeared in Cash and Curry playing the villain, Casper Warrington-Boothe.[1]
Lee is currently the face of OK!Famouslyfit. A joint venture between OK! Magazine and Lee's own business, Famouslyfit.com, Lee is also the manager of Kerry-Lucy Taylor's band, A Girl Called Alice .[2]
In 2000, both he and Claire Richards were criticized by the Anti Fascist Action organisation for making allegedly xenophobic remarks against asylum seekers.[3] Latchford-Evans stated that "there should be more jobs for English people" with Richards continuing, "Why are we paying for all these people to come into the country anyway?". All accusations were vehemently denied by both Latchford-Evans and Richards.
Lee is currently living with his partner, Kerry-Lucy Taylor, a singer-songwriter and dancer, who he met in January 2007. They both appeared in OK! Magazine in June 2011 discussing the up and coming OK!FamouslyFit range of fitness equipment.
In February 2010, Lee's relationship with French lingerie model Vanessa Perroncel (in 2001–02) was made public after revelations that English football captain John Terry had been having an extramarital affair with her. Latchford-Evans explained his side of the story in an article published in Daily Mirror on February 3, 2010.
Latchford-Evans is a fully qualified personal trainer and owner of fitness web magazine www.famouslyfit.com (on which he is billed as "Lee Latchford Evans" without the hyphen).[4]
Latchford-Evans passed his black belt in kickboxing in 2011.
Latchford-Evans is planning to run to Berlin in March 2012, he is said to be keen to see the historic site of where the old East used to meet the West. Francis Fukuyama has allegedly donated £40 already to his cross Europe bid.
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