Andrea Corr

Andrea Corr
Image:Andrea corr glastonbury.jpg Andrea Corr performing at Glastonbury, 1999.
Background information
Birth name	Andrea Jane Corr
Born	May 17 1974 (age 35)
Origin	Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland
Genre(s)	Pop Rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, Actress
Years active	1990-present
Label(s)	Warner Music / Atlantic Records (1995 -present)
Website	[1]

Andrea Jane Corr, MBE (born May 17, 1974) is the lead singer of Irish pop-rock band The Corrs and an actress. Although her voice is her greatest instrument, she also plays the tin whistle for the band. The Corr siblings were awarded honorary MBEs in 2005 by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of their musical talents and their charitable work which raised money for Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, victims of the Omagh Bombing, and other charities.^[1]

Biography

She was born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, the youngest daughter of Jean and Gerry Corr, two musicians. She and her elder siblings, sisters Caroline (b. 1973) and Sharon Corr (b. 1970) and brother Jim Corr (b. 1964), formed The Corrs to audition for the 1991 film The Commitments. Although all four appeared in the film, Andrea was the only one to be given a speaking part. But several years later, in another fleeting appearance in a major film, she was wanted strictly for a singing role - it was the musical Evita, in which she played Juan Peron's mistress, who is abruptly displaced by Madonna's title character.

In 2002 a chance for Andrea to launch a more extensive acting career appeared to open up as she was strongly rumoured to have been offered the role of Lara in a fresh British television production of Boris Pasternak's classic novel Doctor Zhivago. The character was however ultimately played by the then little known Keira Knightley.

As the youngest member of the band, Andrea joined directly from school.

Her trademark: she usually performs on stage in her bare feet.

As of March 2006 The Corrs are taking a sabbatical from music as Jim, Caroline, and Sharon all have families of their own and need the respite to spend more time with them.^[2] In November of 2006, the band released a second greatest hits compilation, titled "Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection".

Solo career

Andrea has recorded her first solo album entitled Ten Feet High. ^[3] The album, due out early summer 2007, is produced by Nellee Hooper and executive produced by U2's Bono. Besides singing, she's also playing the piano. All tracks are penned by Andrea herself, except for one track, which is a cover of Squeeze's "Take Me I'm Yours". ^[4]

Discography

Studio Albums

Singles

Filmography

References

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