Hazel Thereasa O'Connor was born on 16 May 1954 and is a British singer-songwriter and actress.
20 Facts About Hazel O'Connor
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Hazel O'Connor is the daughter of a soldier from Galway who settled in England after the Second World War to work in a car plant.
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Hazel O'Connor became prominent as an actress and singer five years later in 1980 when playing the role of Kate in the film Breaking Glass.
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Hazel O'Connor was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music.
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The film's soundtrack album featured songs written and performed by O'Connor and reached number 5 in the UK Albums Chart.
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When Hazel O'Connor toured the UK to promote the album, the opening act were a then-unknown group called Duran Duran.
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Subsequent albums released by Hazel O'Connor included Sons and Lovers, Cover Plus, Smile, Private Wars and Five in the Morning.
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Hazel O'Connor donated her songwriting talents to Greenpeace First International Record Project released worldwide in 1985 as a response to the French bombing and subsequent sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.
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Hazel O'Connor has made numerous television appearances, starring in Jangles on British television and in 1986 playing the lead role of Vivienne in Fighting Back as well as singing the theme tune.
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Hazel O'Connor played a singer in an episode of Prospects on Channel 4 in 1986 resulting in the release of two spin-off singles alongside former Breaking Glass actor Gary Olsen.
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The turn of the century saw Hazel O'Connor tell her life story in a touring show entitled Beyond Breaking Glass, with harpist Cormac de Barra.
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Hazel O'Connor signed to Invisible Hands Music in 2002; this triggered a run of new releases and of deluxe re-issues of her 1990s work.
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In 2008, Hazel O'Connor performed for the second time at the Glastonbury Festival, playing an acoustic set on the Avalon stage.
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In 2009, Hazel O'Connor performed as part of the '1980s Here and Now' tour at many venues including Wembley Arena.
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Hazel O'Connor continued to tour extensively with her own solo projects, 'Beyond the Breaking Glass' and 'Bluja Project'.
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In September 2010, Hazel O'Connor performed in France with The Bluja Project featuring Clare Hirst and Sarah Fisher, and in Ireland in October with Cormac de Barra.
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Hazel O'Connor then performed 'Breaking Glass Live' throughout England, culminating in a show at the Leicester Square Theatre in London on 5 December 2010.
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Hazel O'Connor had previously dated Hugh Cornwell and Midge Ure.
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Hazel O'Connor is friends with BBC Radio London host JoAnne Good and singer Toyah Willcox, whom she narrowly beat for the lead role in Breaking Glass.
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Hazel O'Connor had been taken to hospital where it was determined that she had suffered a brain haemorrhage and was put into an induced coma for 24 hours.