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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).
Early life: She was born in Great Yarmouth 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.
S Club 7: 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), 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.
Acting career: 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.
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.
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.
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 a role in ITV's
At Bertram’s Hotel, which is part of the Marple
mystery series.
In 2007, Spearitt will appear in an episode of Poirot
also for the ITV network and begin filming a role in a
as yet unnamed independent film.
Trivia:
- She is currently living with and dating her
Primeval co-star Andrew-Lee Potts whom she met on
set.
- Her uncle, Eddie Spearritt, was a professional
football player who played for Ipswich Town F.C. in
the 1960s.
- She once shared a Kilburn flat and is still good
friends with Sheridan Smith.
- She was previously in a long term relationship
with her former S Club bandmate Paul Cattermole.
- Her hobbies include kickboxing, tennis and
photography.
- She is set to guest host an episode of The Friday
Night Project on Channel 4 on Friday 22nd June 2007.
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