Eleanor Rose "Ella" Edmondson (born 22 January 1986) is an English singer-songwriter. Her primary instrument is the guitar although she can also play the piano.Interview with Judi Spiers on BBC Devon, 16 February 2009.

Early life

Eleanor Rose Edmondson was born on 22 January 1986 in Hammersmith,

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. She is the eldest of three daughters of comedians

Ade Edmondson Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. He was part of the alternative comedy boom in the early 1980s and had roles in the television series '' The Young Ones'' (1 ...

and

Jennifer Saunders Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is an English actress, comedian, singer and screenwriter. Saunders originally found attention in the 1980s, when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Royal Central School of ...

. She has two younger sisters, Beatrice and Freya. The majority of Edmondson's childhood was spent in

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before her family relocated to

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. She attended

Exeter School Exeter School is an independent co-educational day school for pupils between the ages of 7 and 18 in Exeter, Devon, England. In 2019, there were around 200 pupils in the Junior School and 700 in the Senior School. History The School traces it ...

where she wrote songs as part of her music GCSE.
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Career

Edmondson became a fan of death metal because it was the only music that her father did not like. She went through a goth phase as a teenager and became a satanist. She worked as a snowboarding instructor in Canada, a barmaid and a painter and decorator before deciding to focus on music full-time after being encouraged by her father. She "got the bug" after supporting Jools Holland at the

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. She received her first guitar as a Christmas present from her father and taught herself to play by copying him. Her first gig was at 16 supporting Thousand Natural Shocks in Exeter. She made an appearance in an episode of her mother's sitcom ''

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'' in 2006 performing "Breathe".CD Times Review of Hold Your Horses
In 2007, she released her first EP, ''Blame Amy'', and appeared on the compilation ''Folk Rising''. Her debut album, ''Hold Your Horses'', was released on 16 February 2009, on her father's Monsoon record label. In 2010, she toured as the supporting act to her father's punk-inspired folk act

The Bad Shepherds The Bad Shepherds were an English folk music, folk band, formed by the comedian Ade Edmondson, Adrian Edmondson in 2008. They played folk punk songs with traditional folk instruments. The band primarily consisted of Edmondson (vocals, mandolin ...

Personal life

Edmondson married Dan Furlong on 30 September 2010 and together they have three children.

References

External links

Official Site
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