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| Full Name: | Natalie Powers |
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Born: |
July 26th, 1977 |
| Place of Birth: | Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, United Kingdom |
| Parents: | Gloria & Peter Powers |
| Previous Schools: | Four
Oaks
Junior
(Sutton Coldfield) Arthur Terry Secondary School (Sutton Coldfield) Arts Educational School (Chiswick) |
| Children: | Michael Powers, born 26th February 2001 |
| Favorite Scooch Song: | Music to my heart |
| Musical Influences: | Whitney Houston, Kylie Minogue & Anastacia |
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Motto for life: |
'Always be happy, because you only live once.' |
Natalie in her own words...
Everyone tells me I'm like a bottle of pop. I'm very bubbly, friendly and quite mad, I suppose! I've been like this ever since I was a kid. I started singing and dancing since I was seven and appeared in the national tour of Annie, playing the youngest orphan. I didn't go to drama school or anything, but was so into performing that I moved from Sutton Coldfield to the Arts Educational School in Chiswick to take things one step further.
Since then I've had all kinds of jobs - some of them a million miles away from the stage! I lasted at McDonalds for about four weeks, did a stint as a receptionist in a hair salon and even worked as a model for an art class for a while. (And no, I wasn't nude!). But it was starring on the West End stage in Tommy (understudying Kim Wilde) and in Starlight Express that I was really in my element. I did have a few hairy roller - skate moments in Starlight, but fortunately didn't fall off the stage. I did land on my bum a couple of times though, which was quite embarrassing!
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then Scooch came along! We all had a great laugh together and enjoyed every
single minute - no two days were the same, whether we were being interviewed in
Bristol, or boogying in the Bahamas!
When I became pregnant, the group decided that we wanted to continue so we
planned to take a little break and then get back to it. However, I was really disappointed
when our record company decided to terminate our contract due to poor sales of
our album.
Since all that I have become a full time mum, auditioned for musicals such as
the West End tribute to Queen, found myself a record deal and recorded my first
single!
I hope to see loads more of you all in the future,
Love, Nats xx
Biography adapted from the official scooch site