Billie Piper
- Profession: Actress
- Place/Date of Birth: Swindon, England, 22 September 2020
- Associated with: Chris Evans
Newlywed Billie heads to Caribbean? - Jan 3 2008
Newlyweds Billie Piper and Laurence Fox are reportedly planning to jet off to the Caribbean for their honeymoon.
The couple have chosen to catch some sun on a tropical island after exchanging vows in West Sussex on New Year’s Eve, according to the Fametastic website.
Billie, 25, and Laurence, 29, were married at the Parish Church of St Mary’s in Easebourne, in front of family and friends such as Dr Who star David Tennant, Kevin Whately, Billie’s ex-husband Chris Evans and Laurence’s father and uncle, the actors James and Edward Fox.
Billie - who appeared in Dr Who with David - wore a low-cut ivory formal wedding dress with a black coat draped over her shoulders. Her bridesmaids wore short purple frocks.
Unlike many celebs, Billie chose not to sell her wedding to a glossy magazine. The pop star turned actress rejected big money offers in favour of a private day with family and close friends.
Related link: Billie refuses to sell wedding
Stars attend Billie’s wedding - Jan 1 2008
Stars of big and small screen have turned out for the wedding of Billie Piper to fellow actor Laurence Fox. see photos
The 25-year-old was five minutes early for the ceremony at the Parish Church of St Mary’s in Easebourne, West Sussex.
Dr Who star David Tennant, Laurence’s co-star in TV show Lewis, Kevin Whately, Billie’s ex-husband Chris Evans and Laurence’s father and uncle, the actors James and Edward Fox, were among those attending.
Billie - who appeared in Dr Who with David - wore a low-cut ivory formal wedding dress with a black coat draped over her shoulders.
She was accompanied by four bridesmaids in short purple dresses.
The wedding took place about half a mile from the couple’s £750,000 home in Midhurst.
The 29-year-old bridegroom arrived 45 minutes before the ceremony was due to start.
David, dressed in a flamboyant burgundy velvet suit, arrived at the church at the same time as Kevin, to cheers from the public lining the road.
Radio and TV star Chris arrived with his wife Natasha Shishmanian, but then decided to walk across the road to the local pub.
James Fox waved to the crowd as he went into the church, followed by Chris and his wife.
Laurence and Billie emerged as man and wife from the church after a 50-minute ceremony.
Laurence embraced the vicar before the couple got into a silver Chrysler car and were driven away to a reception which is believed to be at one of Chris’s pubs.
New Year’s Eve wedding for TV star - Dec 31 2007
Actress Billie Piper is reportedly set to marry her fiance, Laurence Fox, in a New Year’s Eve ceremony.
It is thought the couple will wed in a traditional service at St Mary’s Church, a short walk from the couple’s £750,000 home in Midhurst, West Sussex.
The 25-year-old former Doctor Who star and fellow actor Fox, 29, were pictured walking into the picturesque church on Saturday before spending an hour inside.
They met last December when they performed together in a stage production of Christopher Hampton’s Treats.
Piper became the youngest female singer to have a No 1 single with Because We Want To in 1998.
She found fame again playing Rose Tyler, Doctor Who’s assistant, and recently signed up to star in a second series of the ITV2 drama Secret Diary Of A Call Girl.
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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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January 2008