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Kimberley Walsh

Background information
Birth name Kimberley Jane Walsh
Born November 20, 1981 (1981-11-20) (age 26)
Origin Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Genre(s) Pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Instrument(s) Singing
Years active 2002 to present
Label(s) Polydor (2002 to present)
Fascination Records (2006-present)
Associated acts Girls Aloud

Kimberley Jane Walsh (born November 20, 1981) is an English singer and member of pop group Girls Aloud.

Biography

Walsh was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, to Diane and John Walsh. She grew up with elder sister Sally, younger brother Adam and younger sister Casey in the suburb of Allerton. Walsh's eldest sister, Sally, appeared on the soap opera, Emmerdale, between 1997 and 2000, playing the role of Lyn Hutchinson.

Kimberley Walsh attended Sandy Lane First School, Stoney Lee Middle School and Beckfoot Secondary School, and had her first taste of fame starring in an advert as a child. She starred as Young Cosette in the West End production of Les Miserables. In 2000 she tried out for the role of Maria Sutherland in the soap opera Coronation Street, losing out to Samia Smith. Later she appeared in the television series This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper as Gillian Oldfield, and in the same year she starred in a BBC Educational Schools programme called Focus. In 2001 Kimberley Walsh played Tracy in Dream Back.

Personal life

As of May 2006, Walsh was dating and living with Triple 8 singer Justin Scott. Episode 5 of Girls Aloud: Off the Record featured a segment where Scott and Walsh were interviewed at their London residence which they had been sharing for about a year.

Walsh was a supporter of Bradford City up until 2007. She currently supports Bolton Wanderers and Manchester United. She also enjoys the games of pool and snooker with her mates.

Cannabis controversy

On 8 June 2006, Walsh publicly apologised for smoking cannabis after being caught on camera smoking a spliff. She immediately owned up to it when questioned about the photo, which was taken on 31 December 2005, whilst she was attending a friend's party. She told The Sun newspaper that she had got caught up in the moment and was deeply sorry, and that she realised what she did was wrong, especially since she is in a position where young fans look up to her.[1]

However, it was reported on 9 June 2006 that Walsh's father, John, denied that she had ever smoked cannabis, and that she was just holding a rolled up cigarette that wasn't even lit. He also claimed that Victoria Newton at The Sun pressured Kimberley into apologising for something that she hadn't done, threatening that if she didn't then Newton would make the story worse.[2]

Despite this, Walsh admitted in an interview with The Times, on 20 October 2006, that she had taken a couple of puffs on the spliff, but claimed that "it hardly makes me Pete Doherty