Lily Allen

Lily Allen is an English singer, songwriter, actress, and television presenter from Hammersmith, London, England who is best known for the hits “Smile”, “The Fear”, “Fuck You”, and her albums such as Alright, Still, It’s Not Me, It’s You, and Sheezus.

She is best known for the hits “Smile”, “The Fear”, “Fuck You”, and her albums such as Alright, Still(2006), It’s Not Me(2009), It’s You, and Sheezus(2014).

Lily Allen was born as Lily Rose Beatrice Allen on May 2, 1985, in Hammersmith, London, England to actor Keith Allen and filmmaker Alison Owen.  Lily has British nationality and belongs to Welsh, English, and Irish descent. Her religion is Christianity and her horoscope is Taurus. Her siblings are Alfie Allen, Sarah Owen, Gala Talbott, Teddie Allen, and Rebecca Allen. Lily attended altogether 13 schools, including Prince Charles’s junior alma mater, Hill House School, Millfield, Bedales School. She was expelled from most of the schools due to her bad habits of drinking and smoking. She put an end to her studies at the age of 15 to focus on her music career. She became famous through her Myspace account, on which she started posting demo songs in 2005. 

Initially, She became famous through her Myspace account, on which she started posting demo songs in 2005.  In 2006, she released her debut single “Smile” which topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks. Her first studio album, Alright, Still, which achieved remarkable success, earning a three times platinum certification in the United Kingdom, and gold in the US. The album was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 50th Grammy Awards. After that she rose to prominence from her major hits like: “The Fear”, “Fuck You”, and her albums such as Alright, Still(2006), It’s Not Me(2009), It’s You, and Sheezus(2014).

Parallelly, She began hosting her talk-show, Lily Allen and Friends, on BBC Three. She released her fourth album No Shame in June 2018. Allen made her on-screen debut with the 1998 biographical film Elizabeth, in which she had a minor role as a lady in Waiting. She started her career in the TV series with her debut show The Comic Presents with the role of Child in Promo in the fourth episode of season 4. Today she presents herself as a well-recognized personality in the entertainment industry.

In 2006, she released her debut single “Smile” which topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks. Her first studio album, Alright, Still, which achieved remarkable success, earning a three times platinum certification in the United Kingdom, and gold in the US. The album was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 50th Grammy Awards. Her second album, Still, earned her a Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist at the 2010 Brit Awards.

Lilly Allen is currently single. However, she was married before to Sam Cooper, a builder, and decorator on June 11, 2011.  After having two daughters named Ethel and Marine, they divorced in 2016. Before her marriage, she dated Ed Simons, a musician of the Chemical Brothers in September 2007 but went through a bad break up after having a miscarriage in January 2008. Her other affairs were with Rupert Grint (2007), and James Corden (2008).

Allen has an estimated net worth of 20 million dollars which she earns from her TV presenter profession and music career. She also endorses many ads. Lily has appeared in lots of TV adverts including Chanel Coco Cocoon handbag, Cornetto (2014), Disney, and Microsoft. Lily and her sister, Sarah Owens, are co-owners of "Lucy in Disguise", a vintage clothes shop in London's Covent.  She owns a BMW 3 Series and a Mini Cooper. She also owns a £3 million 17th century country mansion.

She has a height of 1.57 m and a weight of 52 kg. She has a perfect 36-25-35 inches body figure. Her Bra size is 34B. she fits in the dress size of 8.5(US) and she puts on shoe size of 6(US). Lily has dark brown eyes and hair. Her sexual orientation is straight.

In her memoir, My Thoughts Exactly, Lily Allen made some shocking revelations about her scandalous personal life. First off, she stated that she faked the miscarriage with her ex-boyfriend’s Ed Simons child, due to fears over how tabloids would report the story. Secondly, Whilst still in marriage with Cooper, Allen had sex with female escorts in 2014, which she revealed through an IG post on September 2, 2018, fearing that the Daily Mail was about to run a story on it the following day. She quoted “I’m not proud, but I’m not ashamed”, and criticized the press for portraying the events as a “lesbian prostitute sex romp.”She also revealed that she had an affair with English singer and songwriter Liam Gallagher whilst he was still married to Nicole Appleton.

She has a jaw-dropping 5.53 million followers on Twitter which represents her popularity and fame on social sites. Not only on twitter but she has a huge number of likes on Facebook as well. she has over 3.4M fans on her Facebook page. On Instagram also she has over 1.3M followers and increasing.

    1. She is the goddaughter of Wild Colonials vocalist Angela McCluskey, and 3rd-cousin of singer Sam Smith. 

    2.  She was expelled from 13 schools because of her bad habit of drinking and smoking.

    3. Lily got engaged with Sam Cooper in December 2010 while they were on holiday in Bali. 

    4. They married on 11 June 2011 at St. James church in Cranham, Gloucestershire, England.

    5. Lily became an overnight sensation in the UK when she posted demo tracks to the community website MySpace.com in November 2005.

    6. Lily Allen was named the third coolest person of the year on the Cool List of “NME” magazine in 2006, but the same year, she was also voted #10 on BBC3’s The Most Annoying People of 2006.

    7. She is a cricket fan and has appeared on Test Match Special.

    8. She is a huge supporter of Fulham Football Club (English Premier League soccer club).

    9. She was 16 weeks into the pregnancy at the time of her wedding with Sam Cooper.

    10. The success of her second album earned her a Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist at the 2010 Brit Awards.

    11. Lily Allen published her memoir “My Thoughts Exactly” on September 20, 2018.

    12. Allen suffers from bipolar disorder.

    13. Her father Keth Allen left the family when she was just four.