Lily Allen's Life
Lily Allen was born in Hammersmith, west London on 2 May 1985.
She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen.
Her parents split up and from the age of four, Lily Allen was brought up by her mother, the producer of films like Elizabeth and Shaun of the Dead.
Lily Allen attended 13 different schools, including Cavendish in Camden, Hill House and Bedales, before leaving school at 15.
In December 2005, Lily Allen uploaded four songs to MySpace, and it was to lead to her phenomenal musical success. The songs were downloaded millions of times.
Lily Allen's mother told The Sunday Times magazine:
"Lily is her own person. What sums her up for me is the MySpace phenomenon, which is all about how many friends you have. She was on her computer as usual, and she shut the lid and she said: 'Well, I've got the most friends in Great Britain.' This little girl who found making friends quite difficult finally had the most friends in the whole country."
Lily Allen's debut single was 'LDN' (text message speak for London).
In Lily Allen's official site, she points out that she 'chose to make LDN a low key 7" release to start things at a decent level'.
LDN was followed by Smile, which went into the charts in the UK at number one.
Her debut album, Alright Still went straight into the Billboard charts at Number 20 in the USA. Alright Still had sold around 2 million copies by November 2007.
In May 2006, the Observer Music Monthly revealed that: "Lily's favourite book is The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. Her favourite films are The Blues Brothers ('the music bits') and Animal House."
In January 2007, Lily Allen was reunited with her dog, Maggie May, after it had been stolen.
In May 2007, the Evening Standard revealed how Lily Allen's former boyfriend Seb Chew rushed to the States to be with Lily after she pulled out of her tour there.
Ironically, Seb Chew, an A&R manager at Polydor, described Lily Allen in The Independent as (musically) the one that got away.
In November 2007, it was announced that Lily Allen had landed her own entertainment show on BBC Three, Lily Allen And Friends.
Also in November 2007, the BBC reported that Lily Allen had a heart murmur.
In December 2007, Lily Allen announced that she and boyfriend, Ed Simons of The Chemical Brothers, were expecting their first child. However, in January 2008 it was announced that Lily Allen had a miscarriage and shortly afterwards there were reports that she and Ed Simons were breaking up.
In April 2008, the BBC announced that Lily Allen And Friends would return for a second series on BBC Three.