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BIOGRAPHY

Melanie Blatt
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Melanie Ruth Blatt, born on March 25, 1975, is an English female singer and occasional actress.

Blatt was born at University College Hospital in the London Borough of Camden and is named after Melanie Safka. Melanie is a solo singer and a member of All Saints.

Blatt is 1.62m (5'4"). She has a French Jewish mother and a Jewish father whose ancestors were from Poland and Russia and a younger sister called Jasmine Blatt whose name was chosen by Melanie. She was raised in both England and France. Melanie has one daughter, Lilyella (b. 20 November 1998) by former partner Stuart Zender, one-time bassist with Jamiroquai.

Blatt made her name as part of top UK girl group All Saints, but following their split has launched a moderately successful solo career. Her musical style is influenced by Blackstreet, Stevie Wonder, R&B and hip-hop. Her outlook is also influenced by being the daughter of hippy parents who - when Melanie was six - camped out at the Glastonbury Festival for three days.

Blatt went to Fitzjohn's Primary School where her musical talent was immediately noticed by the head teacher David Joyne, who encouraged her parents to send her to a stage school. In 1986 Melanie went to the Sylvia Young Theatre School where she met Nicole Appleton. The two girls became best friends. During this period Melanie also played young Eponine in Les Misérables for six months, and was the understudy for Cosette together with fellow Sylvia Young student Denise van Outen.

In 1986, Blatt was diagnosed having Scoliosis. Since her parents weren't satisfied with the treatment for the condition in the United Kingdom, they decided to move to France [the country of her mother's birth] where a specialist decided that the best way to treat it was to put three metal rods in her back. In 1993 Melanie started out singing in the band Drive with Guillaume and they recorded "Curfew" together.

Blatt performed this song on the TV programme Access All Areas. She also did backing vocals with Dreadzone doing backing vocals with Denise van Outen. Later that year Melanie met Shaznay Lewis at the Metamorphosis recording studio in All Saints Road, London and they proceeded to record together. Together with Simone Rainford they formed the band All Saints 1.9.7.5 which was later renamed to All Saints when Simone left and Nicole and Natalie Appleton joined Melanie and Shaznay.

In 2000, Blatt appeared in the critically mauled film Honest directed by Dave Stewart opposite Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton and in 2001 she played a small, but memorable role in the independent British film Dog eat dog. Her solo releases have been of variable success; her most prominent being "TwentyFourSeven", a collaboration with The Artful Dodger, peaking at #6 in September 2001 and the UK version of I'm leavin by Outsidaz on which she replaced Kelis. Her new album was being written and recorded with Matt Hales from Aqualung and featured "See Me", which was included on the Robots soundtrack (2005) and released on a single with matching video featuring footage from the movie and Melanie with her face covered in diamonds.

During 2005, Blatt played small venues in the UK which featured songs from the album she was working on at the time and included unreleased songs like "In Your Arms," "I Don't Mind," "Now You're Gone," "No Lullaby" and "Love Sweet Love." On January 24, 2006 it was announced that All Saints had reformed with a new record contract and subsequently released a new album, Studio 1 on November 13, 2006. Blatt's solo record was shelved in favour of the reunion. Mel is currently co-hosting The Hot Desk for ITV mobile - a music show for mobile phones.