Hannah Spirritt is a British singer, once a member of the S Club 7 music group, as well as an actress known for her roles in such projects as “The Progeny of Chucky”, “Jurassic Portal”, “Utopia”, etc. With a biography of the actress, and most importantly, with the projects that make up her filmography, we look at the article.
Hannah Louis Spirritt Biography
Hannah was born in 1981 in the English coastal city of Great Yarmouth, which is in the county of Norfolk. We can say that she grew up among talented people. Her sister, Tanya Spirritt, was a model and a famous designer, and her uncle was a professional footballer who played for the Ipswich Town team back in the 60s. True, Hannah also had something to brag about. Indeed, long before the actress’s career, at the age of 3 years old, she got into the catalog of the British company Mothercare, specializing in products for children and expectant mothers.
In 1994, Hannah Spirritt met singer Paul Cattermole when both were still students at the National Youth Musical Theater (NMMT). Five years later, they successfully passed a casting in the British music group S Club 7, and in 2001 feelings broke out between them, which faded in 2006. Since 2008, she was engaged to actor Warren Brown, but in 2013 the couple broke up.
Cody Banks offspring
Long before the appearance on TVs and movie theaters, the girl played in productions of the NMMT and the West End Theater. And only in 1998 did she get her first small role as Lily in the television adaptation of Anne Perry’s novel “The Executioner of Cater Street”. And then, from 1999 to 2003, Hannah played herself in several television projects dedicated to the work of the music group S Club 7, in which she was at that time.
And only in 2004, the actress began to be invited to more serious films. Hannah Spirritt then starred in the comedy action movie by Welsh film director Kevin Allen, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, which tells of the dangerous adventures of a teenage CIA agent. In the film, she played Emily Sommers - a new acquaintance of Cody Banks and a British intelligence officer. And in the same year, Hannah got the role of Joan, the assistant to Jennifer Tilly, who voiced the killer doll named Tiffany in Don Mancini's horror film “The Progeny of Chucky”.
Jurassic Lucky
In 2005, the actress played the role of Sarah in 3 episodes of Ben Elton’s British comedy mini-series The Lucky. Two years later, she appeared in the third season of the ITV channel Miss Marple Agatha Christie (2004–2013). And also from 2007 to 2011 she took part in the filming of the science fiction multi-part drama by Tim Haines and Adrian Hodges "Jurassic Portal". Hannah Spirritt there played one of the main characters of Abby Maitland - a tamer of animals, suffering from arachnophobia. In the story, Abby is a team of scientists who, under the leadership of Professor Nick Cutter, study temporary anomalies that allow dangerous creatures from the distant past to move into the modern world.
In 2013, the actress played the role of Lily Shaw in the second episode of the crime drama Robert Thorogood “Death in Paradise” (2011 -...). And in 2014, Hannah Spirritt played in the Guy Mihill drama "Gob", where she appeared in the form of Mary - the girlfriend of a sixteen-year-old guy who recently moved to live with her mother.
Some more projects
In 2015, the actress got the lead role in Hassan Nazer's military drama Utopia, nominated for an Oscar at the 88th Los Angeles Awards. The picture tells the story of an Afghan woman who, in order to become pregnant, goes to the UK for the purpose of artificial insemination.
In the same year, Hannah Spirritt played Haley Smith in one episode of the mini-series GoryTime. And the extreme project, in which the actress starred, was the medical drama of Paul Anvin and Jeremy Brock's "Catastrophe" (1986- ...), where in 2016 she played the role of Mercedes Christie for 9 episodes.