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Sarah Nicole Harding (born Sarah
Nicole Hardman[2] on 17 November 1981 in Ascot) is an English singer and model,
best known for her work with the pop group Girls Aloud.
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Background information
Birth name Sarah Nicole Hardman [1]
Born 17 November 1981 (1981-11-17)
(age 27)
Origin Ascot, England
Genre(s) Pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Instrument(s) Voice
Years active 2002present
Label(s) Polydor (2002-present)
Fascination Records (2006-present)
Associated acts Girls Aloud
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Early
life and career
Harding attended Hazel Grove High
School from 1993 to 1998, and later attended Stockport College. She then worked
as part of the promotions team for 2 nightclubs in The Grand Central Leisure
Park in Stockport. Harding was also a regular singer at karaoke nights in the
Whistling Jig, Puss and Boots pub as well as many others and did some vocals for
Project G on some unreleased tracks. Project G was a band for which Harding
provided lead vocals, long before Girls Aloud came along. She did some
photoshoots for promotion but no album, nor known singles exist. Some tracks
that have leaked onto the internet include "Searching" and "Don't Wanna Be
Alone". In 2002, she auditioned both for being a contestant on UK talent-search
shows Fame Academy and Popstars: The Rivals and it was in the latter where she
found fame, pulling out of Fame Academy after being accepted in the Popstars 1st
round.
Harding also has an entry in FHM's
High Street Honeys 2002, the magazine's national beauty contest, and her
pictures appeared in the first Top 100, but she later withdrew, upon achieving
success on Popstars. A year later, she was voted one of the Top 30 sexiest women
in the world, by readers of the same magazine. In 2005, she entered the same Top
10 at Number 8, slipping to Number 15 in 2006, and to Number 17 in 2007. She
however, is also the twice running Miss England.
Girls
Aloud
In the finale of the "Popstars"
show, she was picked as the final member of the five-piece group, Girls Aloud,
that formed the female half of the eponymous 'rivals'. She defeated Javine
Hylton for the final place, in a result that provoked a measure of surprise.
As a member of Girls Aloud, Harding
has taken part in many events and TV shows, such as the 25 August 2006 episode
of The Friday Night Project. Harding co-hosted the show with Cheryl Cole, and
Kimberley Walsh and then a Christmas special with Nicola Roberts and Nadine
Coyle joining them. She is also the oldest member of the group.
She co-wrote two songs since in the
group:
Hear Me Out [What Will The
Neighbours Say?]
Why Do It? [b-side to I Think We're
Alone Now]
Discography
Main article: Girls Aloud
discography
Studio albums
2003 Sound of the Underground
2004 What Will the Neighbours
Say?
2005 Chemistry
2007 Tangled Up
2008 Out of Control
Other albums
2006 The Sound of Girls Aloud
2007 Mixed Up
2008 Girls A Live
DVDs
2005 Girls on Film
2005 What Will The Neighbours
Say:Live From Hammersmith Apollo
2006 Girls Aloud: Off The Record
2006 Chemistry Tour: Live From
Wembley Arena 2006
2007 Style
2008 Tangled Up: Live From The O2
2008
2008 Ghost Hunting With Girls
Aloud
Other
work
Outside of Girls Aloud, Harding
signed a ฃ100,000 deal to model Ultimo lingerie, following the likes of Penny
Lancaster, Rachel Hunter and Helena Christensen. Reports claim that Harding was
chosen to model the underwear range after she was seen wearing a bikini on
holiday in the papers.[3]
Harding has filmed a cameo
appearance in a British independent film Bad Day, which was released in 2008.
She plays a brunette girl called Jade Jennings who sits in the back of a cab and
swears down the phone. The film also stars Donna Air and Claire Goose.[4]
Harding has recently been seen as
the face of Coca-Cola Zero, upon its launch in Ireland. She will also advertise
and promote Sunsilk with the rest of Girls Aloud.
It was reported that Harding would
appear in a new Carry On film.[5]
Harding collaborated with London
synthpop band Filthy Dukes on the track "Real Wild Child" for the Wild Child
soundtrack. It was released in August 2008. Harding sparked rumours with the
move that she would be leaving Girls Aloud to pursue a solo career, a rumour she
later denied.[6]
Sarah was also complimented on her
driving skills during a test drive for Fifth Gear, and also crashed a Ferrari
into a parked minivan while exiting the car park.
Filmography
Freefall (2009)
Bad Day (2008) as Jade Jennings
St. Trinian's (2007) as School Band
Member
References
1.^ "Sarah Harding's profile".
http://www.girlsaloud.org/info.php?go=sarah.
2.^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1158000/Sarah-Hardings-fathers-interview-I-dont-want-money-All-I-want-connection-daughter.html
3.^ "It's Sarah Bra-ding". The Sun.
5 September 2006. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2006410189,,00.html.
4.^ "Sexy Girl Sarah Does A
Runner". The Sun. 12 October 2006. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2006470449,00.html.
5.^ Movies - News - Brand, Harding
for new Carry On film? - Digital Spy
6.^ "Sarah Harding to quit Girls
Aloud?". Now magazine. http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/259679/sarah-harding-to-quit-girls-aloud/1/.
Retrieved on 2 December 2008.
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