1. Sharleen Spiteri was born in Bellshill Maternity Hospital in Bellshill, Scotland, to father Eddie, a guitar-playing merchant seaman, and mother Vilma, a singing window-dresser.
19 Facts About Sharleen Spiteri
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Sharleen Spiteri is of Maltese and French descent through her father and of Italian, Irish and German descent through her mother.
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Sharleen Spiteri worked as a hairdresser in Muirhead, North Lanarkshire, until Texas became her sole priority in 1988.
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Sharleen Spiteri co-founded the band while working at the Irvine Rusk salon as a hairdresser in Glasgow.
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The video for "Inner Smile" featured a homage to Elvis Presley with Sharleen Spiteri dressed as Presley in his black leather suit and using prosthetics to resemble him.
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In September 2002, Sharleen Spiteri gave birth to her daughter Mysty Kyd, although this did not prevent her from working on another album.
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Sharleen Spiteri told me he wanted to get back into the studio.
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Sharleen Spiteri began work on her debut solo album, working with some of her former bandmates.
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Sharleen Spiteri wrote the vast majority of the tracks on the album.
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Sharleen Spiteri released her debut solo album Melody on 14 July 2008 with "All The Times I Cried" serving as the album's lead single.
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Sharleen Spiteri released her second solo studio album The Movie Songbook which consists of film covers chosen by Sharleen Spiteri herself was released on 1 March 2010.
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In 2010, Sharleen Spiteri appeared as a judge on the Sky 1 reality show Must Be the Music.
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Sharleen Spiteri has a large lesbian fanbase, although she is heterosexual.
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Sharleen Spiteri landed the part of a detective opposite Edward Furlong in the thriller 3 Blind Mice, but backed out due to pregnancy.
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Sharleen Spiteri had a long-term relationship with the editor of Arena magazine, Ashley Heath.
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Sharleen Spiteri married celebrity chef Bryn Williams in September 2018 at the 15th-century church of St Tyrnog in Llandyrnog, North Wales.
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Sharleen Spiteri wore a dress designed by her friend Stella McCartney.
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In September 2021, Sharleen Spiteri appeared on BBC's RHS Chelsea Flower Show to showcase her garden in North Wales in which she grows produce for use in her husband's restaurant.
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Sharleen Spiteri is a supporter of Arsenal and is a season-ticket holder at the Emirates Stadium.