A massive star was reborn when Billie Piper took on the role of Rose Tyler in the BBC's smash revival of Doctor Who in 2005. The 22-year-old was applauded as one of Britain's brightest and most popular actresses—collecting award-nominations and multi-million pound contracts along the way. Amazingly, this is the second time Billie has dominated her chosen profession. In 1998, she was the youngest solo artist to have a Number One single in Britain with "Because We Want To." She followed that up with two more Number One singles and a platinum-selling album, and at the height of her pop fame shocked fans by marrying former DJ Chris Evans and enjoying one of the longest—and allegedly booziest—celebrity honeymoons on record. In this, the first biography of the star, Neil Simpson explains why Billie turned her back on pop fame, how stalkers and false rumors nearly destroyed her, and why her marriage to Chris ultimately unraveled. He examines how Billie reinvented herself as a newly single woman and one of Britain's hardest-working actresses. She wowed the critics in television adaptations of Chaucer and Shakespeare before winning the Doctor Who job and today, with Hollywood calling and a new man in her life, she has never been happier. This is her amazing, inspiring story.
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Neil Simpson is the author of Gordon Ramsay and The Unsinkable Heather Mills.
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This book was a quick read for me. It was very interesting and well written. I have read several books about Billie Piper and this one by far has been one of my favorites. If you are a true Billie fan you will love it!
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Number One, Chris Evans, Sylvia Young, Virgin Radio, Smash Hits, Hascombe Court, Ritchie Neville, West End, David Tennant, The Miller's Tale, Las Vegas, Christopher Eccleston, The Calcium Kid, Spice Girls, Hugh Goldsmith, Walk Of Life, Michael Foster, Los Angeles, Orlando Bloom, Groucho Club, Palm Springs, Danny Baker, Rose Tyler, World Cup, Radio One Browse Sample Pages:
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Number One, Chris Evans, Sylvia Young, Virgin Radio, Smash Hits, Hascombe Court, Ritchie Neville, West End, David Tennant, The Miller's Tale, Las Vegas, Christopher Eccleston, The Calcium Kid, Spice Girls, Hugh Goldsmith, Walk Of Life, Michael Foster, Los Angeles, Orlando Bloom, Groucho Club, Palm Springs, Danny Baker, Rose Tyler, World Cup, Radio One Browse Sample Pages:
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