Biography

She was the fifth and final person to make it into Girls Aloud.

She did not need to audition for her role in Coronation Street (1960).

Before she became famous she was a pizza delivery person, 192 operator, barmaid, and a waitress.

Liked to wrap her body in cling-film before going to bed, as she believed it was a good way to detoxify, something she discovered after having done a beauty course.

She used to be in a band called Project G.

I used to have a thing about getting a 306 GTi-6 and geting it all kitted out. I was into stock cars at the time and then I got my own car - an Escort XR3i - and had it resprayed in two-tone, modified the bonnet over the lights so it looked angry. It did look mint at the time!

I used to live in North Wales and I'd come back from work and have to race to get ready and drive to a gig. There have been a few times where I'm running really, really late, it's pissing down with rain and I'll overtake and there'll be something coming the other way and I'm just 'arrgh!' - moments away from a head on collision. I was a bit of a girl racer, I used to love going to car cruises and all that.

[2003; on people referring to Girls Aloud, Atomic Kitten and similar artists as 'pram-face' and 'council estate'] It does annoy me. At the end of the day, we did what we had to do. We'd all been trying to get into this business for God knows how long. And it's not like we're talentless. We proved to the nation we could sing. That's why they chose us.

[2003; on Pete Waterman's comments accusing Girls Aloud of not singing themselves on their single] The thing about Pete is that his hits were so far back and he's trying to cling on. I think he needs to move on.

[2003; on school, and leaving at 15] If it didn't involve a textbook, I was happy.