Ashley Jade
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{{Short description|British musical artist}}
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| birth_name = Ashley-Jade Lucia Thewlis
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1987}}
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| genre = Dance-pop
| occupation = Singer, model, actress
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Ashley-Jade Lucia Thewlis (born 1987) is an English singer-songwriter and actress from Ashton-under-Lyne. She charted at No. 40 on the UK Singles Chart with Soda Club's cover version of Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use).
Early life
Ashley-Jade Lucia Thewlis{{cite web|url=https://universalmusic.fr/artistes/40072712465|title=Ashley Jade|publisher=Universalmusic.fr|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506095531/https://universalmusic.fr/artistes/40072712465|url-status=live}} was born in 1987{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/03/30/music-babe-of-the-day-ashley-jade|title=Music Babe of the Day: Ashley Jade|publisher=IGN|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=28 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128135648/https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/03/30/music-babe-of-the-day-ashley-jade|url-status=bot: unknown}} in Ashton-under-Lyne.{{cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/singer-ashley-hits-big-time-1110622|title=Singer Ashley hits big time|date=8 May 2005 |publisher=Manchester Evening News|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=6 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706172018/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/singer-ashley-hits-big-time-1110622|url-status=live}} She spent the first five years of her life modelling,{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/03/30/music-babe-of-the-day-ashley-jade?page=2|title=Music Babe of the Day: Ashley Jade - Page 2|publisher=IGN|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=10 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310011145/http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/03/30/music-babe-of-the-day-ashley-jade?page=2|url-status=bot: unknown}} before attending St Damian's Roman Catholic Science College.
Career
= Film career =
In 2001, she played Tina Elliott in the third episode of Bob & Rose,{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bca1672dc|title=Ashley Thewlis|publisher=BFI|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506094027/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bca1672dc|url-status=dead}} Kelly in the film When I Was Twelve,{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/when-i-was-twelve/cast/2030349106/|title=When I Was Twelve - Full Cast & Crew|publisher=TVguide.com|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506094027/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/when-i-was-twelve/cast/2030349106/|url-status=live}} and the title character in the short film About a Girl,{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205084049/https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A19358229|title=About A Girl|publisher=BBC Film|archivedate=5 February 2009|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A19358229}} which won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film.{{cite web|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/rochdaleobserver/news/s/380458_success_is_in_the_can|title=Success is in the can|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922091512/http://menmedia.co.uk/rochdaleobserver/news/s/380458_success_is_in_the_can|publisher=Rochdale Observer|archivedate=22 September 2012}} She also played Leanne in the BBC Radio 3 The Wire episode "The Froghunter's Kiss".{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/61206c2f9fce4537bbe8ea8385f7a8ef|title=The Wire: The Froghunter's Kiss|date=15 December 2001 |publisher=BBC|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506094027/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/61206c2f9fce4537bbe8ea8385f7a8ef|url-status=live}} In 2002, she played "Kimberley, aka 'Louise'" in Blood Strangers,{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/blood-strangers/cast/2030321827/|title=Blood Strangers - Full Cast & Crew|publisher=TVGuide.com|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506094027/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/blood-strangers/cast/2030321827/|url-status=live}} Katrina Brent in The Stretford Wives,{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0dd5452ce11341ca918fd07b2603d221|title=Stretford Wives|date=21 August 2002 |publisher=BBC|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506094027/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0dd5452ce11341ca918fd07b2603d221|url-status=live}} and Jodie McAllister in the Casualty episode "What Little Girls Are Made Of".{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f21defccf7e74ded83b619e0d09abf05|title=Casualty: What Little Girls Are Made Of|date=12 October 2002 |publisher=BBC|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506094029/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f21defccf7e74ded83b619e0d09abf05|url-status=live}} In 2003, she played Karen in David Thewlis' film Cheeky.{{cite web|url=https://www.rarefilmfinder.com/movie.php?id=17942|title=Cheeky (2003) :: starring: Ashley Thewlis|publisher=Rarefilmfinder.com|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506110341/https://www.rarefilmfinder.com/movie.php?id=17942|url-status=live}}
=Music career =
On 16 August 2004, she featured on Soda Club's cover version of "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)",{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/aint-no-love-mw0000528535|title=Soda Club - Ain't No Love Album Reviews, Songs & More|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506110340/https://www.allmusic.com/album/aint-no-love-mw0000528535|url-status=live}} which charted at No. 40 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/685/soda-club-ft-ashley-jade/|title=SODA CLUB FT. ASHLEY JADE|publisher=The Official Charts Company|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506094027/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/685/soda-club-ft-ashley-jade/|url-status=live}} On 22 November, she released "Let Me Be Your Fantasy".{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/let-me-be-your-fantasy/1471126849|title=Let Me Be Your Fantasy by Ashley Jade on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506110340/https://music.apple.com/gb/album/let-me-be-your-fantasy/1471126849|url-status=live}} On 12 April 2005, she released an album, Dreaming, which was produced by Love to Infinity, and which featured "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)", "Let Me Be Your Fantasy", and "On the Run",{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dreaming-mw0000141585|title=Dreaming Album Reviews, Songs & More|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506110342/https://www.allmusic.com/album/dreaming-mw0000141585|url-status=live}} the last of which was released as a single on 23 August that year.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/on-the-run-mw0000218104|title=On the Run Album Reviews, Songs & More|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506110341/https://www.allmusic.com/album/on-the-run-mw0000218104|url-status=live}} She also featured in the video for The Girls of FHM's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?".
Personal life
Thewlis dated MickDeth until his death in 2013, and had a son with him.{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/hillsdale/name/mick-morris-obituary?id=24268301|title=Mick Morris Obituary (2013) - West Jordan, UT|publisher=Legacy.com|accessdate=6 May 2023|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506094027/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/hillsdale/name/mick-morris-obituary?id=24268301|url-status=live}}
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Category:English television actresses
Category:English female models
Category:Actresses from Ashton-under-Lyne