Kimberley Walsh
Biography
Kimberley Walsh is a singer known best for her work with the British girl band Girls Aloud. Find more Kimberley Walsh pictures, news and information below.
Background information
Birth Name Kimberley Jane Walsh
Nickname Kimmi
Birth date November 20, 1981
Birth place Bradford, England, UK
Genres Pop, R&B
Occupations Singer, songwriter, actress, model, television presenter and dancer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2002–present
Younger sister of Sally Walsh.
She was the fourth girl to make it into Girls Aloud
Early life
Walsh was born in Bradford to Diane and John Walsh. She grew up with elder sister Sally, younger brother Adam and younger sister Amy in the suburb of Allerton. Sally appeared on the soap opera, Emmerdale, between 1997 and 2000, playing the role of Lyn Hutchinson.
Walsh attended Sandy Lane First School, Stoney Lee Middle School and near Bingley at Beckfoot Grammar School, and had her first taste of fame appearing in an advert as a child along with sister Sally in a George for ASDA advert. She starred as Young Cosette in the West End production of Les Misérables and starred in ITV's The Book Tower.
Walsh also attended the Bradford based theatre school Stage 84 for many years and was also, briefly, a teacher there.
Career
Kimberley Jane Walsh is an English pop singer-songwriter, dancer, model, television presenter and actress. Walsh rose to fame after becoming a member of pop girl band Girls Aloud. on ITV's reality television programme Popstars The Rivals in late 2002. The girl group have marked their success by achieving twenty consecutive top ten singles (including four number ones) in the UK; five studio albums which have all been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), two of which went to number one in the UK; and accumulating a total of five BRIT Award nominations from 2005 to 2010.
Walsh also fronts the 2009 Autumn/Winter collection for the fashion chain New Look. As of 23 July 2010, Walsh became a presenter on music talk-show, Suck My Pop.
Kimberley was featured on Aggro Santos' third single, "Like U Like", which peaked at #8 in the UK official singles chart.
Kimberley also appeared in her own documentary for Sky 1 named Kimberley Walsh: Blue Jean Girl which aired on Wednesday, 17 June 2010. On the same day, Kimberley appeared on This Morning to promote the show. Walsh became a presenter of new music talk-show, titled Suck My Pop, on Viva.
Acting
Before Walsh became a member of Girls Aloud, she had worked in theatre and acting. In 2000 Walsh appeared in the television series This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper as Gillian Oldfield, and starred in a BBC Educational Schools programme called Focus. In the same year, Walsh applied for the role of Maria Sutherland in Coronation Street. However, she lost out to Samia Smith. In 2001, Walsh played Tracy in Dream Back. In 2007, alongside her fellow bandmates she appeared in St. Trinian's playing a school band member. In 2008 she and fellow band mate Nicola Roberts had a small part in Britannia High, in which they played themselves. Walsh has recently stated that she would like to star in a musical in the future, playing a stage role. In late 2010, Walsh landed a role in the live-action 3D family comedy film Horrid Henry: The Movie as the titular character's overactive cousin Prissy Polly, with the film being released on August 12, 2011.
Presenting
Walsh appeared in Let's Dance for Sport Relief as a panelist and also fronted coverage of the BAFTA Awards for MTV on her own programme Kimberley Walsh At The BAFTAS in 2010 and in the summer of 2010 hosted sky 1 documentary "Girl In The Blue Jeans". She also presented coverage for The X Factor live from South Shields on the day of the final in 2009 for Joe McElderry.[clarification needed] On June 17 – 18 2010, Kimberley hosted Channel 4's The 5 O'Clock Show with Stephen Mulhern. On the 9th of July it was revealed that Kimberley will be presenting Suck My Pop a music program on the channel Viva with Will Best.
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