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Hannah Spearritt
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| Hannah Spearritt | |
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| Birth name | Hannah Louise Spearritt |
| Born | April 1, 1981 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England |
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).
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She was born in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, the youngest of three children and is the younger sister of former model and fashion designer Tanya Spearritt. Her uncle, Eddie Spearritt [1], from Lowestoft was a professional football player who played for Ipswich Town F.C. in the 1960s. At the age of 3, Spearritt 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 flatmate, actress Sheridan Smith. She appeared in the NYMT's productions 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.
Spearritt is currently living with and dating her Primeval co-star Andrew-Lee Potts whom she met on set. [2] Her hobbies include kickboxing, tennis and photography.
As a member of S Club (1999-2003) Spearritt became known to and loved by a large number of people. Spearritt quickly became one of the group's most popular members — her impish and hyper-active 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), L.A. 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, Spearritt 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 for her future career, she 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, Spearritt revealed that she had been in a secret relationship with fellow band member Paul Cattermole for the previous six months. In 2002, Cattermole was the first to quit the group and thereafter S Club 7 became simply S Club before ultimately splitting in May 2003. Spearritt and Cattermole's relationship, however, would continue until early 2006.
In the last week of S Club's existence, Spearritt management claimed she was at home in bed with the flu. She was actually 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.
In March 2004, she successfully auditioned for a minor role in the horror Seed of Chucky, a movie which was seen by some as an attempt to distance herself from her squeaky clean S Club image.[3]
Shortly after completing filming, Spearitt decided to take a break from show-business to travel and spend time with her family.
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.
December 2005 saw Hannah appearing 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.[4]
In February 2006, it was revealed that Hannah had landed a lead role in a brand new ITV series called Primeval. Hannah plays the role of Abby Maitland, a reptile enthusiast who gets mixed up with time travelling Professor Nick Cutter (Douglas Henshall) when searching for a species of reptile she had never encountered. The series began on February 10, 2007.
In late 2006, Hannah began filming for ITV1, for a guest part in Agatha Christie's Marple television mystery series.[5] The episode, entitled At Bertram’s Hotel, aired September 23, 2007.
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Seeing Double | Hannah (Herself) | |
| 2004 | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London | Emily Sommers | |
| Seed of Chucky | Joan | ||
| 2007 | Little Lilly in Chapter One: Colour Blind | Little Lilly | Short film [6] |
| Year | TV Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Cater Street Hangman | Lily | TV film |
| 1999 | Miami 7 | Hannah Spearritt (herself) | |
| 2000 | L.A. 7 | Hannah Spearritt (herself) | |
| 2001 | Hollywood 7 | Hannah Spearritt (herself) | |
| 2002 | Viva S Club | Hannah Spearritt (herself) | |
| 2005 | Blessed | Girl Thing member | Ep. # 4, Ep. # 6 and Ep. # 7 |
| 2007- | Primeval | Abby Maitland | Main cast member, second season in post-production |
| 2007 | At Bertram’s Hotel | Tilly Rice |
| Year | Musical | Role | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-1995 | Pendragon | Various (including New York) | |
| 1996 | Tin Pan Ali | Various (UK) | |
| 1997 | Bugsy Malone | Louella | West End |
| 2005 | Snow! The Musical | Jilly | West End |
- ^ "Eddie Spearritt", The Pride of Anglia, 9 July 2007.
- ^ "Spearritt Moves in With Primeval Co-Star" DigitalSpy.co.uk 24 February 2007
- ^ 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.
- ^ Keychain productions. "Little Lilly", Keychain Productions, 18 May 2007.
- Hannah Spearritt at the Internet Movie Database
- Tanya Spearritt - Media Wiki
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| Members | Tina Barrett · Paul Cattermole · Jon Lee · Bradley McIntosh · Jo O'Meara · Hannah Spearritt · Rachel Stevens |
| Studio albums | S Club · 7 · Sunshine · Seeing Double |
| Compilation albums | Don't Stop Movin' (US) · Best - The Greatest Hits of S Club 7 |
| Singles | "Bring It All Back" · "S Club Party" · "Two in a Million/You're My Number One" · "Reach" · "Natural" · "Never Had a Dream Come True" · "Don't Stop Movin'" · "Have You Ever" · "You" · "Alive" · "Say Goodbye/Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" |
| Movies | Back to the 50s (TV) · Boyfriends & Birthdays (TV) · Christmas Special (TV) · Artistic Differences (TV) · Seeing Double |
| Television | Miami 7 · L.A. 7 · Don't Stop Movin' · Hollywood 7 · Viva S Club · S Club 7 Go Wild! |
| Tours | S Club Party 2001 · S Club 7 Carnival 2002 · S Club United |
| Related articles | Discography · S Club 8 · Upper Street |