Billie Piper
Biography
Billie Piper is an English actress and former pop singer who began in music as a teenager, when her debut single Because We Want To made her the youngest female singer to reach number one on the UK singles chart. She left music for acting in 2003 and played Rose Tyler in Doctor Who from 2005, later starring in Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Penny Dreadful and the Sky Atlantic series I Hate Suzie, which she co-created. Her film work includes The Calcium Kid (2004), Mansfield Park (2007), Eternal Beauty (2019), Rare Beasts (2021), which she wrote and directed, and Scoop (2024). On stage, her performance in Yerma won her the Olivier Award for best actress in 2017, and she has been nominated twice for BAFTA Television Awards, for Collateral and I Hate Suzie.
44years old
Turns 45 on September 22in 343 days
- Born Swindon
- Star sign: VirgoLast day of the sign, on the Libra cusp
- Leian Paul Piper (birth name)Also credited as Billie Paul Piper, Lianne Paul Piper and Lianne Piper
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 20 years2004 to 2024
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Behind the award
Piper took home all six Best Actress prizes for a single performance, including the Olivier Award, which made her the only actor to win all six for one performance and one of the most acclaimed stage performances in British theater history.
A first
Billie Piper released her debut single, "Because We Want To", when she was 15. It made her the youngest female singer to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart.
Early training
Piper went to Bradon Forest School in Purton, near Swindon. She won a scholarship to the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London and left at around 12.
Behind the camera
Billie Piper wrote and starred in Rare Beasts, an "anti-romcom" that also served as her directorial debut in 2019. She later appeared with Sally Hawkins, Alice Lowe, and David Thewlis in Eternal Beauty, directed by Craig Roberts.
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Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together4 more actors
- David HarewoodThe Shadow in the North (2007) and The Ruby in the Smoke (2006)
- Lyndsey MarshalThe Shadow in the North (2007) and The Calcium Kid (2004)
- Bella RamseyCatherine Called Birdy (2022) and Two for Joy (2018)
- Rita Bernard-ShawCatherine Called Birdy (2022) and Eternal Beauty (2019)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
Five awards and honors from 2014 to 2017.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2017 | Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress | Won | |
| 2017 | Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress | Won | |
| 2017 | Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress | Won | |
| 2017 | Whatsonstage.com Awards | Won | |
| 2014 | Whatsonstage.com Awards | Won | |
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