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Hannah Louise Spearritt (born 1 April 1981)Gregory, Andy (2002) ''International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002'', Europa, , p. 478 is an English actress and singer. She is an original member of the pop group
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. Spearritt is also known for playing the role of Abby Maitland in the British science-fiction drama ''
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''.


Career


1994–1998: Stage

When she was 12, Spearritt landed a part in the Lowestoft Players amateur dramatics society's production of ''
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''. Thereafter, she successfully auditioned for the
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, and became part of the company. She appeared in the NYMT's productions ''
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'' (1994–1995), ''Tin Pan Ali'' (1996), and the West End musical ''
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'' (1997). In 1998, she was cast in the television film ''
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'', playing the role of a maid who gets murdered. Spearritt also made appearances on the National Lottery and ''
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''.


1999–2003: S Club 7

In 1998, Spearritt auditioned for and became a member of
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. In the five years they were together, the group had four UK number one singles and a UK number one album. They recorded a total of four studio albums, released eleven singles and went on to sell over fourteen million albums worldwide. Their first album, ''
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'', had a strong 1990s pop sound, similar to many artists of their time. However, through the course of their career, their musical approach changed to a more
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and R&B sound which is heard mostly in their final album, '' Seeing Double''. S Club 7 won two
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—in 2000 for British breakthrough act and in 2002, for Best British Single. In 2001, the group earned the
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award. On 21 April 2003, during a live onstage performance, S Club announced that they were to disband.


2003–present: Acting

In 2003, she was in
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to audition for a role in the film '' Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London'', a fact that she revealed at the UK premiere of the film on 24 March 2004 in London. In 2004, Spearritt appeared in horror film ''
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''. In 2005, she appeared in the
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series ''
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'' as Sarah. In December 2005, Spearritt appeared in the West End musical ''Snow! The Musical'', at London's Sound Theatre. In 2006, it was revealed that Spearritt had landed a lead role in the
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series ''
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''. She portrayed the role of Abby Maitland, a reptile enthusiast who gets mixed up with
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ling Professor Nick Cutter (
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) after discovering a species of reptile she had never encountered. Later that year, she made an appearance in ''
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''. In March 2012, Spearritt took over the role of Pauline in ''
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'' at the
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. She participated with S Club 7 in a reunion tour, titled
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, which toured the UK in May 2015. In December 2015, it was confirmed that Spearritt would star as
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in the BBC medical drama ''
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''. Spearritt made her debut on 23 January 2016. In 2017, Spearritt joined the cast of ''
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'' as Kandice Taylor, the sister of Karen Taylor (
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), leaving the show when she got pregnant.


Personal life

Spearritt and
Paul Cattermole Paul Gerald Cattermole (born 7 March 1977) is an English singer. He was a member of the group S Club 7, but left the group in 2002. Early life Cattermole was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire. He was a member of the National Youth Music Theat ...
met in 1994 when both were members of the
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. In 1999, Spearritt and Cattermole became members of S Club 7. They dated from 2001 until 2006. In 2006 Spearritt started dating
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, her co-star on the series ''
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''; the couple were engaged from 2008 until 2013. On 20 December 2018, it was announced that Spearritt had given birth to a baby girl. In December 2020, Spearritt announced the birth of her second child, a girl, both with her boyfriend Adam Thomas. Spearritt is the niece of Eddie Spearritt, who played professional
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in the then-top level of the
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.


Stage


Filmography


Awards and nominations


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spearritt, Hannah 1981 births 20th-century English actresses 20th-century British women singers 21st-century English actresses 21st-century British women singers Actors from Norfolk Brit Award winners English film actresses English musical theatre actresses English soap opera actresses English television actresses English women pop singers Living people Musicians from Norfolk People from Great Yarmouth S Club 7 members