Frankie Bridge is an English singer, songwriter, and model who is widely recognized for being a member of S Club 8 and a member of the girl group The Saturdays in the UK, longtime signed to the Fascination and Polydor labels. Bridge began her career when she auditioned for Simon Fuller's reality television competition, S Club Search in 2001, broadcast on CBBC. Throughout Bridge's time in the music industry, she has achieved nineteen UK Top 10 Singles and six UK Top 10 Albums. Bridge gained higher prominence as a style icon in the UK, because of her signature style short hair started a trend around the UK. Bridge's sixteen years in the music industry has led her to sell an estimated 10 million records worldwide.
She is well recognized and best known for her membership in the all-girl musical group “S Club Junior/ S Club 7/S Club 8” and the girl group named “The Saturdays.” She is also known for being married to the former Chelsea soccer star Wayne Bridge.
The bridge was born as Francesca "Frankie" Bridge in Upminster, East London, England on 14 January 1989. She was born to father, Kevin Sandford, and mother, Viv Sandford, who were very sporty type personalities. Because of such family heads, Frankie often had to go for sports on the weekends. However, she chose a different path of becoming a musical artist from a very tender age. Therefore Bridge began taking dance lessons from the age of three at her local community center. She then got a place in Collins Performing Arts a performing school after a successful audition. Bridge began auditioning for programs in television shows and adverts when she was just nine years old.
In her early teens, she won a contest for her performance of "Macavity" from the musical, Cats and her mother taught her the song, choreographed the routine and made her outfit. She also has an elder sister named Victoria Sandford. From a young age, Bridge suffered from severe depression. Regarding her education, Bridge studied dance in her after-school hours and later enrolled at a stage school near Romford to study musical arts. Her nationality is British and her ethnicity is White. Her zodiac is Capricorn but her religion is yet not known.
Bridge began her career when she auditioned for Simon Fuller's reality television competition, S Club Search in 2001, broadcast on CBBC and won a place in the pop group S Club Juniors. The group made their debut television appearance as a group on Children in Need in November 2001. and then starred in their reality TV show, S Club Junior: The Story in 2002. The Juniors released their debut album Together (2002) on 21 October.it reached number five in its first week of sale and sold 40,000 copies. The group released seven singles and two albums altogether. Bridge played a main role in her own group's Children's musical television program, I Dream in 2004 and also released the solo single "Dreaming". The group disbanded in 2005. In 2007, Bridge was successful in an audition for a girl band, The Saturdays. The group was immediately signed to Polydor and Fascination Records and later gained a record deal with Geffen Records after having huge success in the United Kingdom. The Saturdays later signed a deal with Island Def Jam Records and Mercury Records worth $1.5 million to distribute their music in the United States, which led to her first UK number-one single "What About Us". Throughout Bridge's time in the music industry, she has achieved nineteen
UK Top 10 Singles and six UK Top 10 Albums. In late 2017, Bridge embarked a solo career, signing a record deal with both Polydor and Fascination Records. Bridge's sixteen years in the music industry has led her to sell an estimated 10 million records worldwide. Bridge gained higher prominence as a style icon in the UK, because of her signature style short hair started a trend around the UK. She has had a successful career in television as well as performing, she has been a part of two reality television series of her own: The Saturdays: 24/7 and Chasing The Saturdays. She was also involved in Ghosthunting With... The Saturdays in 2010. In 2014, Bridge took part in the Twelfth series of Strictly Come Dancing where she was the runner-up of the series and in 2017 she began presenting Cannonball.
The bride is a married woman. Bridge first dated her S Club 8 colleague Calvin Goldspink during the mid-2000s. Bridge then began dating Dougie Poynter from 2008 to 2010. Bridge went into a serious relationship with the footballer, Wayne Bridge in late 2011. They married in a private ceremony in 2014. The couple has two sons Parker Bridge and Carter Bridge. Bridge and her family live in Surrey.
Bridge's net worth is estimated at £9 million as of 2020. Her average salary is currently not known. Her major source of income is her career as a singer and songwriter. Bridge has invested her sixteen years in the music industry gaining recognition from her two hugely popular girl groups, S Club 8 and The Saturdays. She has sold an estimated 10 million records worldwide. So she has amassed a huge sum. Moreover, Bridge also earned from modeling and sponsorships. The bridge became the face for various brands like hair removal product, Veet, Impulse women's deodorant, of Nintendo 3DS game and Nintendogs + Cats. She has also appeared in advertisements for the luxury jewelry brand, Thomas Sabo and signed for clothing retail giant, Littlewoods in 2016. Bridge and her family currently reside in a luxurious manor mansion located in Surrey worth £5 million. Frankie also owns an Aston Martin, a car that has a worth of almost $216,000.
Well, a renowned major part of the girl band, The Saturdays, Frankie is 31 years old as of 2020. Bridge gained higher prominence as a style icon in the UK, through her signature style short hair started a trend around the UK. This icon has a height of 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m). She has a slim body build that weighs around 50 kg (110 lbs). She has brown hair and brown eyes color. Moving on her body stats, he measures, 34-25-34 inches. She wears 34B bra size and 8(US) size shoes. Her dress size is not yet known. She has a straight sexual orientation.