Sarah Harding

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Sarah Harding (2012)

Sarah Nicole Harding (born Hardman ; * 17th November 1981 in Ascot , Berkshire , † 5. September 2021 ) was a British singer , songwriter , dancer , model and actress who as a member of the British pop - girl group Girls Aloud became known.

Adolescence

Harding was born in Ascot, Berkshire, and raised in Staines , Surrey , and Stockport , Greater Manchester , with their two half-brothers. Her father was a musician and took her to music studios at an early age, arousing her interest in music. She attended Hazel Grove High School from 1993 to 1998 and later Stockport College, where she studied cosmetics. When she was 15, her father separated from her mother; since then she has had no contact with him.

Harding later worked in a nightclub at Grand Central Leisure Park in Stockport and also as a waitress at Pizza Hut and temporarily as an operator in a call center. On the side she gave some self-organized performances to promote herself as a singer. She sang in pubs, clubs and parks in North West England. In 2002 she recorded some dance songs. She then applied for the British talent show Popstars: The Rivals . She also applied to the Fame Academy casting show , where she did not make it to the next round. With Popstars: The Rivals , on the other hand, she was able to convince directly.

Career

Girls Aloud

Harding on tour with her Girls Aloud colleagues (2004)

In a lengthy competition, Harding and nine other women and ten men were selected by the jurors Pete Waterman , Louis Walsh and Geri Halliwell for the final of pop stars . On November 30, 2002, the remaining girls: Harding, Nadine Coyle , Cheryl Cole , Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh formed the girl group Girls Aloud.

Harding wrote two songs for the band, Hear Me Out - appeared on the album What Will the Neighbors Say? - and the B-side to the single I Think We're Alone Now called Why Do It? .

Solo career

In 2010 Harding became the owner of the Kanaloa nightclub . In March 2010, she announced that she was working on a solo album. She referred to Lady Gaga as her greatest influence and inspiration. The album was supposed to be released in late 2010, but that didn't happen. In an interview with the UK's Daily Mirror , she said: “I am really looking forward to have freedom and do my own thing. In the band we had to agree on what to do ourselves. Now I can do what I want. ”She meanwhile recorded three songs for St. Trinian's second soundtrack album, titled Too Bad , Make It Easy and Boys Keep Swinging . She also worked with London-based synth pop band Filthy Dukes on the song Real Wild Child to the soundtrack for Wild Child (2008).

In early August 2017, Harding took part in and won the TV show Celebrity Big Brother .

Other activities

Outside of Girls Aloud, Harding signed a £ 100,000 modeling deal with Ultimo, following Penny Lancaster, Rachel Hunter and Helena Christensen .

Harding became the face of the Coca-Cola Zero campaign in Ireland and also promoted the hair care product Sunsilk with her Girls Aloud colleagues .

In December 2009, Harding appeared on MTV's Sarah Harding in 24 hours . To promote this gig, she spoke to Chris Moyles on Radio One about the special.

Acting career

Harding had her first acting appearance in the film comedy The Girls of St. Trinian (2007), in which she played the member of a school band that consisted of the Girls Aloud members. In 2008 she starred alongside Donna Air and Claire Goose in the movie Bad Day , where she played a brunette girl named Jade Jennings .

In 2009 Harding was seen on the British TV show Freefall , where she mimed Sam . In the same year she starred in The Girls of St. Trinian 2 - A Treasure Hunt as Roxy .

Personal

In 2002, Harding entered a competition to be accepted into the FHM 's High Street Honeys .

Harding was in a relationship with DJ Tom Crane from 2007 , engaged from 2010, initially separated in 2011 and again in 2012 and finally separated from Crane. In 2012 she also had a short-lived liaison with Dutch Theo de Vries and a six-week affair with fellow actor Danny Dyer . In 2014, an almost two-year relationship with DJ Mark Foster broke up. In 2017, she was in a three-month liaison with US TV star Chad Johnson, whom she met in the same year at the joint Celebrity Big Brother participation.

In October 2011, Harding went to a rehab center in Cape Town, South Africa, because of an alcohol addiction as well as sleeping pill abuse and depression .

On August 26, 2020, Harding confirmed that she had been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. She succumbed to the disease on September 5, 2021 at the age of 39 with her family.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2007: The Girls of St. Trinian (St. Trinian's)
  • 2008: Bad Day
  • 2009: Freefall
  • 2009: The Girls of St. Trinian 2 - On a Treasure Hunt (St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold)

Web links

Commons : Sarah Harding  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ At the age of 39: Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding has died. In: Promiflash. September 5, 2021, accessed September 5, 2021 .
  2. ^ A b Angella Johnson: Sarah Harding's father's first interview: “I don't want her money. All I want is some connection with my daughter ". In: Daily Mail . March 1, 2009, accessed July 28, 2011 .
  3. ↑ a b c Piers Hernu: "My father is dead to me - I can't forgive him": The world according to Sarah Harding. In: Daily Mail. April 21, 2011.
  4. ↑ Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding: She dreamed of making it as a singer and now she's making the most of life at the top. In: Daily Mirror . April 22, 2009.
  5. ↑ Life and Soul of the Party ( Memento of July 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). In: Daily Mirror. April 25, 2009.
  6. ↑ Sarah Harding Announces Solo Album. In: MTV UK. Retrieved March 22, 2010 .
  7. ↑ Danielle Lawler, Clemmie Moodie: Sarah Harding hopes to be next Lady GaGa with her solo album. In: Daily Mirror. January 27, 2012.
  8. ↑ Sarah Harding to quit Girls Aloud? ( Memento of February 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). In: Now Magazine. June 9, 2008
  9. ↑ Sarah Harding Unveil's solo album Plans ( Memento from August 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ^ Sarah Harding In The Recording Studio ( Memento August 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). In: OMG Music. August 27, 2010 (Quote: Can't say what she is recording, but is really excited ).
  11. ↑ It's Sarah Bra-ding ( Memento from October 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). In: The Sun . September 5, 2006.
  12. ↑ That's a first ... For once, Sarah Harding's the sober one. In: Daily Mail. February 5, 2008, accessed July 28, 2011 .
  13. ↑ They're Aloud colors, Girls ( Memento from October 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). In: The Sun. May 9, 2007.
  14. ↑ Sexy Girl Sarah Does A Runner ( Memento November 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive ). In: The Sun. October 12, 2006.
  15. ↑ Sam from Freefall ( Memento from March 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in the Internet Movie Database .
  16. ↑ Emily Sheridan: Quick change Sarah Harding goes from 'naughtiest' schoolgirl in slinky black dress to a hot pink mini at St Trinian's premiere. In: Daily Mail. December 16, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2011 .
  17. ↑ Simon Donohue: Girls Aloud's Sarah confesses all. In: Manchester Evening News. February 15, 2007.
  18. ^ Sarah Harding claims injury after fight with boyfriend. In: The Independent . January 3, 2012.
  19. ↑ Girls Aloud singer splits up with fiance 'for good'. In: Irish Examiner . February 9, 2012.
  20. ^ Daniel Sperling: Sarah Harding ex: 'Fight began after I mocked Tom Crane split'. In: Digital Spy. January 8, 2021.
  21. ↑ https://www.celebsnow.co.uk/latest-celebrity-news/danny-dyer-sarah-harding-affair-681571
  22. ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2755228/Sarah-Harding-splits-boyfriend-Mark-Foster-nearly-two-years-together.html
  23. ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5063131/Sarah-Harding-confirms-SPLIT-Chad-Johnson.html
  24. ↑ https://metro.co.uk/2012/01/06/sarah-harding-i-went-to-rehab-for-sleeping-pill-addiction-not-just-alcohol-275294/
  25. ↑ https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/12502063/sarah-harding-diagnosed-breast-cancer/
  26. ↑ The "Girls Aloud" singer dies at the age of 39. In: Gala . September 5, 2021, accessed September 5, 2021 .
Girls Aloud
Cheryl Cole • Nadine Coyle • Sarah Harding • Nicola Roberts • Kimberley Walsh


Studio albums

Sound of the Underground • What Will the Neighbors Say? • Chemistry • The Sound of Girls Aloud - The Greatest Hits • Tangled Up • Out of Control

personal data
SURNAME Harding, Sarah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hardman, Sarah Nicole (maiden name); Harding, Sarah Nicole (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer, songwriter, dancer, model and actress
BIRTH DATE 17th November 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Ascot , Berkshire , England, United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH September 5, 2021