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Lily Rose Beatrice Allen is an English singer-songwriter and actress. Her accolades include a Brit Award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and a Laurence Olivier Award.
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Born 2 May 1985 · Q58735
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There will be good celebrity guests, not rubbish ones, and brilliant bands playing brilliant music. And, of course, a pregnant me trying to present it all.
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“But they were uncomfortable with the idea. Then I realised my handbag was missing and the change in atmosphere was palpable, it was like a sigh of relief: ‘now it’s burglary – we understand that’.”
“There will be good celebrity guests, not rubbish ones, and brilliant bands playing brilliant music. And, of course, a pregnant me trying to present it all.”
“nobody was taking me seriously because the police weren”
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“sort of over-excitable teenager who desperately wanted attention”
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“always been into very black music”
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“on a stage like that sober again”
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“brought to tears at the sight of a troubled young girl doing something good”
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Published video “beyond #ontour”.
The Guardian: Lily Allen defends length of West End Girl shows: ‘I don’t want anyone to feel ripped off’
Published video “Blows my mind that I wrote these songs 18months ago and now we’re singing them together.”.
The Guardian: Lily Allen review – West End Girl’s marital collapse is superbly evoked at arena scale
The Guardian: David Harbour on Lily Allen’s West End Girl album: ‘It wasn’t my experience’
Published video “CUCK 💕🫶🏼🥰🥰🥰”.
Published video “on my knees for uuu @jade_official”.
Published video “BEG FOR ME (JADE REMIX) @jade_official out nowwww #newmusic”.
Published video “Lily Allen - Beg For Me (JADE Remix) (Official Audio)”.
Published video “4Chan Stan in LA #ontour”.
Published video “WEG got a new look 💛 #ontour”.
Published video “if it HAS to happen baby do you want to KNOW? #ontour”.
Published video “not ANOTHER MADELINE!! #lisarinna #ontour”.
The Guardian: Lily Allen’s ‘revenge’, Harry Styles’ Dorothy and Debbie Harry’s T-shirt – 20 onstage dresses ranked!
The Guardian: And who’s playing Madeline? Lily Allen’s West End Girl could make sensational theatre
The Guardian: Lily Allen review – pop star makes much-anticipated comeback – but where is the West End Girl?
The Guardian: Dead-end boys and West End girls: Lily Allen’s greatest songs – ranked!
The Guardian: Why would anyone buy Lily Allen’s haunted house? I have an inkling ... | Polly Hudson
The Guardian: Lily Allen’s live return, Charli xcx’s Wuthering Heights and Simon Rattle’s Janáček: music to listen out for in 2026
The Guardian: From Lily Allen to six-seven: it’s the 2025 bumper pop culture quiz of the year
The Guardian: Lily Allen ‘in conversations’ to adapt West End Girl album into a play
The Guardian: Lily Allen’s new album shows the pain behind the ‘cool girl’ myth – that’s why women are obsessed with it | Gaby Hinsliff
Released album “West End Girl”.
That she has had about four or five abortions
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That she had prioritised her children over her career as a contrast to the relative absence of her parents
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Said she had recorded around 50 songs for her next music project, which she was still working on
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Allen began hosting a twice-weekly BBC Sounds podcast, Miss Me
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Allen starred as Katurian in a revival of Martin McDonagh's play The Pillowman at the Duke of York's Theatre, London opposite Steve Pemberton, Paul Kaye and Matthew Tennyson
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Was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
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Received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress, and also won a WhatsOnStage Award for her performance
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Made her West End debut in the new play 2:22 A Ghost Story, for which she received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress
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Released album “No Shame”.
Allen released her autobiographical book, My Thoughts Exactly
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Released ep “No Shame”.
Released album “Unreleased Demos”.
Released album “Sheezus”.
Released album “Acoustic”.
Released album “Live at Sheezus Tour”.
Released album “The Remixes”.
Whilst married to Cooper, and whilst on tour promoting Sheezus
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To lose weight before supporting Miley Cyrus on her Bangerz tour
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Following which she experienced postnatal depression
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T-Pain used a verse from Allen's "Who'd Have Known" as the chorus to the song "5 O'Clock", which became the second single from his album Revolver
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“s first child, later confirmed to be a boy, due early in 2011. She experienced complications early in the pregnancy, including”
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Released ep “Paris / NRJ Live Sessions”.
Released ep “Fuck You Remix EP”.
Released album “It's Not Me, It's... Doctor Rosen Rosen”.
Released ep “F.U.E.P.”.
Allen was named the face of the National Portrait Gallery as part of the gallery's marketing campaign
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Released album “Live at It's Not Me, It's You Tour”.
Career landmark: Montreux Jazz Festival 2009.
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That saw five female artists making music of "experimentalism and fearlessness" nominated for the Mercury Prize
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“terrible [bands] that work on the radio”
Released album “It’s Not Me, It’s You”.
Released ep “Sampler”.
When he sent her a series of tweets, claiming he had written her song "The Fear", under the Twitter handle "@lilyallenisRIP"
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Hosted her own television talk show, Lily Allen and Friends, on BBC Three before launching her own record label, In the Name Of, in 2011
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Released ep “Alfie”.
Played the newly launched Park Stage at the Glastonbury Festival, replacing MIA who had cancelled
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Released album “Live at Alright, Still... Tour”.
Released album “Alright, Still”.
Released album “Demos”.
Allen was signed to Regal Recordings; they gave her £25,000 to produce an album, though they were unable to provide much support for it due to their preoccupation with other releases such as X&Y (Coldplay) and Demon Days
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When she was signed to Regal Recordings and began publishing her vocal recordings on the social networking site Myspace
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And was featured in the 2002 song by her father's group Fat Les, "Who Invented Fish and Chips"
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Allen appeared in the music video to the Fat Les song "Vindaloo"
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Born 1985-05-02.
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