HANNAH SPEARRITT

'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).

Contents

Early life

S Club 7

Acting career

Trivia

Filmography

Films

Television

Musicals

References

External links

Early life

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. 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 '', 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.^[1]
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.^[2]
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. ^[3]
In 2007, Spearritt will appear in an episode of Poirot also for the ITV network and begin filming a role in an, 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. ^[4]

★ Her uncle, Eddie Spearritt ^[5], from Lowestoft 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.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003	''Seeing Double''	Hannah (Herself)
2004	''	Emily Sommers
	''Seed of Chucky''	Joan
2007	''Little Lilly in Chapter One: Colour Blind''	Little Lilly	Short film [6]

Television

Year	TV Show	Role	Notes
1998	''The Cater Street Hangman''	Lily	TV film
1999	''Miami 7 - Season 1''	Hannah Spearritt (herself)
2000	''LA 7 - Season 2''	Hannah Spearritt (herself)
2001	''Hollywood 7 - Season 3''	Hannah Spearritt (herself)
2002	''Viva S Club - Season 4''	Hannah Spearritt (herself)
2005	''Blessed''	Girl Thing member	Ep. # 4, Ep. # 6 and Ep. # 7
2007	''Primeval''	Abby Maitland	Main cast member
''At Bertram’s Hotel''	Tilly Rice	Post-production

Musicals

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

References

1. Han's Evil Spearritt
2. That's Snow-biz
3. McCutcheon to star in next Marple drama
4. "Spearritt Moves in With Primeval Co-Star" ''DigitalSpy.co.uk'' 24 February 2007
5. Eddie Spearritt
6. Little Lilly

External links

★

★ Two In A Million - Fan site

★ Tanya Spearritt - Media Wiki