Hannah Spearritt

Hannah Spearritt
Birth name	Hannah Louise Spearritt
Born	April 01 1981 (age 28) Gorleston, Norfolk, England

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 Gorleston 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

Hannah Spearritt in LA 7 (2000)

As a member of S Club 7 (1998-2003) 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

Hannah Spearritt as Emily in Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)

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.^[1]

Shortly after completing filming, Spearitt decided to take a break from showbusiness 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. She also appeared 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, 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.

Hannah says she thanks Billie Piper for her role in ITV1's Primeval. She says that if it wasn't for Billie's hugely successful role as Rose Tyler in Doctor Who, then she wouldn't be playing zoologist Abby Maitland. In 2007, Hannah's ex-boyfriend, Paul Cattermole, revealed that Hannah cheated on him.

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, 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.
• In an interview with Media 405 she said she is more comfortable with acting than singing.
• Ex-Boyfriend Paul Cattermole confirmed Hannah cheated on him with her current boyfriend Andrew-Lee Potts.
• Claimed to being bisexual in late 2006, after spending few drunken nights with S Club 7 band mate Jo O'Meara

Filmography

Films

Television

Musicals

References

1. ^ 3am. "Han's Evil Spearritt", The Daily Mirror, 23 March 2004.
2. ^ Victoria Newton. "That's Snow-biz", The Sun, December 2005.
3. ^ Liz Thomas. "McCutcheon to star in next Marple drama", The Stage, 13 November 2006.
4. ^ "Spearritt Moves in With Primeval Co-Star" DigitalSpy.co.uk 24 February 2007

Note

Hannah Spearritt has no official Myspace or Website.

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