Nicola Roberts

Nicola Maria Roberts is an English recording artist, fashion designer, and songwriter. After auditioning and successfully completing the reality television series and competition Popstars The Rivals, Roberts became part of girlgroup Girls Aloud. Their debut single Sound of the Underground topped the UK Singles chart. This success helped them win the competition and they were later entered in Guinness World Records as the most successful reality television musicgroup. The group enjoyedconsecutive top ten singles, spawning five albums and positive critical responses. During her time with Girls Aloud, Roberts received negative press attention for her pale skin tone and ginger hair which left her depressed with her fame.

Roberts was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, when her mother was 17. At the time of her birth, her father was working for the RAF and the resulting pay led to financial struggles which saw her father move to work for Ford Motor Company whilst her mother became a photographer to help the family monetary problems. Roberts grew up in a rough council estate in Runcorn, Cheshire she never felt threatened, but expressed concern with her younger siblings exploring the area as they probably wouldnt come back. Despite a history of drugs in the estate she called the situation a minority and found that estates in 2010 were much worse than her own. AgedRoberts and her family moved from her council estate into a middle class area which Roberts believed was too posh for her and she found herself returning to the council estate to spend time with mischievous children from lowerclass backgrounds.

Source: Wikipedia