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Billie Paul Piper is an English actress, dancer, and former singer, from Swindon, Wiltshire. She made her debut in Scratchy & Co. , and at the age of 15, she signed a recording contract and released her debut single "Because We Want To", which entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart and made her the youngest artist ever to enter at number one on the chart. The single was followed by Piper's album Honey to the B , which was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand and platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. In 2000, she released her second album, Walk of Life. In 2003, she retired from the recording industry and launched an acting career.Piper's transition into acting began in 2003. She played Rose Tyler, companion to The Doctor from 2005 to 2006, in the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who, reprising the role in 2008, 2010, and 2013. From 2007 until 2011, she starred as the high-flying escort Belle de Jour in the television series Secret Diary of a Call Girl. She also starred as Brona Croft/Lily in the Showtime series Penny Dreadful.

More recently, Piper has taken to the stage. She has starred in five plays and picked up numerous Best Actress awards, most notably a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in Yerma. She went on to pick up a total of six Best Actress awards for that one performance, making Piper the only female actor to have picked up six out of an available six Best Actress awards for a single performance.

✵ 22. September 1982
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Famous Billie Piper Quotes

“People were dealing with CGI for the first time, so I think we were really unsure as to whether it would be a huge success or a big flop. … I thought the scripts were so good. It had a kind of domestic element which I'm not sure it ever had before. I think we were feeling quite confident about that. … In terms of whether it had a place in the world when it aired, I think everyone was quite unsure. I didn't know until it aired and people really seemed to like it.”

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On her role in the 21st century revival of Doctor Who, as quoted in "'I've heard that before!': Chris Evans cracks ex-wife jokes with Billie Piper as she appears on his show with new husband Laurence Fox" in The Daily Mail Reporter (22 November 2013) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2511885/Chris-Evans-cracks-ex-wife-jokes-Billie-Piper-appears-new-husband-Laurence-Fox.html

“I think it must be hard being David. I get a certain level of attention but — I've seen it in action — he can't move for attention.”

Billie Piper

On her fame playing Rose Tyler, and David Tennant's playing The Doctor of Doctor Who.
Guardian interview (2008)

“I was freakishly ambitious. I didn't want to be a child. I wanted my own flat, to work and be a grown up.”

Billie Piper

On her childhood.
Guardian interview (2008)

“I think people have common sense and can tell what's real, what's right or what's wrong and work it out.”

Billie Piper

Responding to notions that her role in Call Girl might inspire women to become prostitutes.
Guardian interview (2008)

“I don't think anyone understands anyone's job … We all have the same hang-ups. I get jealous if I know Laurence is kissing someone else.”

Billie Piper

Guardian interview (2008)

“I believe in being with someone for ever. Even though my marriage to Chris didn't work, I still don't consider it a failed marriage — it just came to its natural end. It didn't make me feel like I never wanted to get married again. I like sharing things with somebody.”

Billie Piper

On her marriage to Chris Evans, and marriage generally.
Guardian interview (2008)

“I just feel really content at the moment … I've done quite a lot of stuff and I don't have to feel desperate to do anything that radical or wild. I've set myself all these challenges and worked through them. I just feel I'm ready to be a mum now.”

Billie Piper

Guardian interview (2008)

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