Billie Piper
- Profession: Actress
- Place/Date of Birth: Swindon, England, 22 September 2020
- Associated with: Chris Evans
"Chris was always more than just a husband, he was like a father figure, best friend and big brother all rolled into one.
"Billie has been under immense pressure in the build up to her play and she’s been using Chris as some kind of agony uncle just recently. She finds it easier to talk to Chris than other people - he’s always willing to listen."
Billie to wed again? - Mar 1 2007
Doctor Who actress Billie Piper is apparently set to tie the knot with her boyfriend Lawrence Fox, according to her pals.
The couple are smitten with each other and despite the fact they have only been dating since the end of last year, they reportedly plan to announce their engagement "any day now".
Lawrence, 28, who is currently treading the boards with Billie in West End play Treats, is part of the Fox acting dynasty - which includes his cousin Emilia, father James and uncle Edward.
A source told The Sun: "The Fox family is buzzing with the news that an engagement announcement is imminent. It seems a little sudden but everyone who’s seen them knows how incredibly in love they are.
"His family are delighted and they think Billie’s smashing."
It would be the second wedding for the 24-year-old - who famously married Chris Evans in
Friends of the couple say
One said he’s "confident enough about his relationship with Billie not to feel jealous about her discussing her problems with Chris ".
Billie cries on Chris’s shoulder? - Feb 22 2007
It seems that when things go wrong, Billie Piper still turns to ex-hubby Chris Evans for a shoulder to cry on.
Apparently Chris cut short a gym session with girlfriend Natasha Shishmanian to race to comfort a clearly distressed Billie at a pavement cafe in
One onlooker told the Daily Mail: "Her eyes looked very puffy because of all the tears and Chris looked terribly concerned... She was shaking as she spoke and this went on for about 20 minutes. In the end he managed to cheer her up because she started laughing at some joke he made."
According to the Sun, Billie had been spotted the night before with her new man Laurence Frost, her co-star in the
But a spokesman told the Mail that the pair, who have been together since December, are still very much together.
Billie married Chris in 2001 when she was 18 and although the couple split three years later, they have remained friends.
A source told the Sun: "Chris is the first person she calls in a crisis. Natasha must be very understanding."
Billie admits to stage stress - Feb 20 2007
It seems Billie Piper is finding life treading the boards quite tough, after admitting her
The former Doctor Who star is due to appear in her first theatre role in Treats from next week.
But despite working hard to notch up a bevy of hit TV shows, Billie’s gruelling rehearsals and performance schedule is taking its toll, the Daily Star reports.
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Billie Piper was born September 22 1982 and propelled into stardom at the young age of 15.
Her fame began when she became the youngest female solo artist ever to debut at number one in the UK charts, with the feisty ’Because We Want To’ in the summer of 1998. Three months later she repeated the feat with the follow-up ’Girlfriend’, a slower R&B-tingle tune, which proved that this was one pop baby who could sing. In October 1998, the platinum-selling album ’Honey To The B’ took Billie’s career a step on and silenced the cynics who had said her success was sure to be short lived.
Throughout 1999 she took a step out of the limelight to work on her second album, whilst playing house with Five singer Ritchie Neville. Then in early 2000 Billie made her comeback with the single ’Day & Night’, an up-tempo song that hit the top of the charts.
Accompanying this comeback was a total image overhaul that offered up a far raunchy and overtly sexy individual. However, still in her late teens, the new image created quite a lot of press, and not all of it good, launching the debate as to whether it was suitable for young girls to copy her style.
Billie’s rock’n’roll lifestyle continued at great apace with a stalker, suspected drugs issues and her eventual marriage to, 16 years her senior, Chris Evans. The relationship that followed saw Billie’s demise from the public eye and the couple became more famous for their extreme partying, which as well as costing Chris his job at Virgin, also saw Billie flounder about with seemingly not much to do other than get drunk.
In 2003 she returned to her roots and polished her acting skills in the sunny climes of Los Angeles. On her return to the UK she quickly earned roles in television and film productions, her first being The Canterbury Tales that stunned viewers and changed their perception of her from a young pop princess to that of professional actress.
She later appeared in The Calcium Kid, Spirit Trap, Much Ado About Nothing, The Ruby in the Smoke and Mansfield Park, however it was her character Rose Tyler that awarded her the most acclaim.
In 2004 Billie signed to work on the new series of Doctor Who, as sidekick and companion of the good Doctor. She won Most Popular Actress category 2005 and 2006 for her work on the series, alongside Best Actress at the TV Quick and TV Choice Awards 2006 and Breakthrough Award at the Southbank Show Awards 2006, however on June 15, 2006, it was announced by the BBC that she was to depart in the final episode of the second series.
In October 2004 Billie and Chris began a trial separation that was to end in divorce, however the couple remain close friends, living just two houses away in the desirable Belsize Park area on London.
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