Samantha Fox
| Samantha Fox | |
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Fox live in Rescaldina, Italy, in 2009
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Samantha Karen Fox |
| Also known as | Sam Fox |
| Born |
15 April 1966 Mile End, East London, England |
| Genres | Dance-pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, former glamour model, actress, TV personality, record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1983–1987 (model) 1986–present (singer) |
| Labels | Jive Records, Sony Music |
| Associated acts | , Full Force, Günther, Hawkwind, Marc Mysterio |
| Website | www.samfox.com |
Samantha Karen Fox (born 15 April 1966) is an English dance-pop singer, songwriter, actress, and former glamour model. In 1983, at age 16, she began appearing as a topless model on Page 3 of British tabloid The Sun, and continued as a Page 3 girl until 1986. During this time, she became the most popular pin-up girl of her era, as well as one of the most photographed British women of the 1980s. She later came out as a lesbian.
In 1986, she launched her pop-music career with her debut single "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)", which hit number one in 17 countries. In 1988, Fox received a Brit Award nomination for Best British Female Artist. She has also appeared in a number of films and reality television shows, and has occasionally worked as a television presenter.
Fox was born in Mile End, East London, the eldest daughter of actress Carole Ann Wilken and John Patrick Fox. She has a younger sister, Vanessa, and two half-siblings from her father's second marriage, Frederica and Frankie. Fox comes from a family of market traders.
Fox attended St Thomas More Catholic School, Wood Green and took an interest in the theatre from an early age. She first appeared on a theatre stage at age three, and was enrolled in the Anna Scher Theatre School from age 15. The next year she got her first record deal,with Lamborghini Records.
In 1983, when Fox was 16, her mother submitted several photographs that she had taken of her daughter in lingerie to The Sunday People newspaper's Girl of the Year amateur modelling contest. She came in second out of 20,000 entrants and the photographs drew her to the attention of the newspaper The Sun, which invited her to pose for Page 3.
Her parents gave their consent for her to pose topless, and her first Page 3 photograph appeared in the Sun on 22 February 1983. She signed a four-year Page 3 modelling contract with the Sun, and won its "Page 3 Girl of the Year" award for three consecutive years between 1984 and 1986. She is recognized today as the most popular pin-up girl of her era, as well as one of the most-photographed British women of the 1980s.
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