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Louise Redknapp
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Louise Elizabeth Redknapp (née Nurding), born November 4, 1974, is an English singer and television presenter, usually referred to by her first name alone.

Redknapp was born in Lewisham, London, but grew up in Eltham, London and Oxted, Surrey.

A graduate of the Italia Conti Academy stage school, Redknapp first came to prominence as a member of the all girl group Eternal. After a string of hits in 1993-4 from debut album Always & Forever (which became the first by an all girl group to sell over one million copies in the UK), she left the group in 1995 to pursue a solo career.

So far, Redknapp has registered twelve Top 20 hits, and earned herself several Brit Award nominations. Her debut solo album Naked sold over a million copies world wide as did the follow up 1997's Woman In Me. Both albums went Platinum in the UK. 1997 also saw Louise set off on her first UK tour. Playing at over 20 sell out venues across the country including Wembley Arena.

Redknapp married now-retired Liverpool and England football player Jamie Redknapp in the Caribbean on June 29, 1998. They have a son named Charley.

In 2001, after trying out a more grown up sound on her third LP Elbow Beach (named after the place where she got married), Redknapp left her record label and a "best of" album, Changing Faces, was released. This was followed by another "best of" collection from EMI (but with a slightly different tracklisting), Finest Moments, in 2002.

Redknapp has since completed a 2002 UK-wide tour, tried her hand at TV presenting (on SMTV Live and CD:UK) and hit the UK Top 5 again with Pandora's Kiss in 2003.

In the July 2004 edition of FHM, she was named Sexiest Woman of the Decade.

Redknapp has said she is nervous about releasing new material as the music industry has changed so much to when she was at her peak. She has just signed to a new management company Merlin Elite. Five clips of new songs have been placed on the internet - Bounce Back, Slam, Lil' Lou, Don't Ever Change and Make It Fit (co-written by Jamelia). The songs which were originally recorded for Louise's never released 2004 album, have received a huge amount of praise and interest - many classing it as a fresh new sound for Louise.

While Redknapp has been quiet on the music scene for the last three years she has still remained in the public eye.

Alongside her husband Jamie Redknapp and footballer Tim Sherwood, Redknapp has recently entered into publishing; producing a magazine called Icon, which is an exclusive magazine aimed solely at professional footballers.

Redknapp has recently been seen as the face of a number of advertising campaigns, the Safe And White campaign for Boots, Flora's' Omega 3 products, the new cosmetics company Think Happy: Organics, Hovis Insible Crust and work for the RSPCA and BT.

In a poll, Redknapp has been voted the best footballer's wife of all time.

In 2006, Redknapp ws one of the presenters of Soccer Aid: Extra Time on ITV2.

Redknapp has recently been seen as a guest reporter on This Morning, she interviewed the fashion designer Tracy Boyd and as one of the host's of The Clothes Show on digital channel UKTV Style.

In March 2007, Redknapp was seen as the presenter of the controversial documentary The Truth About Size Zero for ITV1.