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Mollie Elizabeth King (born 4 June 1987) is an English singer, known for being a member of The Saturdays.

From Wikipedia

Early life

Mollie King was born in Wandsworth, Greater London, the youngest of three daughters born to Susan (née Wykes) and Stephen King, and attended Surbiton High School, in Kingston-upon-Thames, Greater London. She has two sisters, Ellen and Laura.^[2] King had a successful ski career and was on the Surbiton High Ski team with fellow pupil Chemmy Alcott.^{[citation needed]} By age eleven, King was a member of the British Children's Ski Team resulting in her receiving a scholarship to the British Ski Academy. King later raced for Great Britain as one of the youngest on the team and later went on to ski for the British Alpine squad although turned down a ski career to pursue her dream of becoming a singer.^[3] King achieved three As in her A levels, in Psychology, Business and Economics and Sport, while suffering from dyslexia.^[3]

Personal life

In January 2010 it was reported that King was in a relationship with singer Andy Brown.^[4]

Career

The Saturdays

 

King is one fifth of girl group The Saturdays, who accompanied Girls Aloud on their Tangled Up Tour from 13 May to 4 June 2008, when they were first formed by their record label Fascination/Polydor. The band have seven top ten hits, and three top ten album hits. The album peaked at number nine on the UK Albums Chart and produced another top ten single, "Ego". The Saturdays released an mini album, Headlines!, on 16 August 2010. The band have sold over 2 millions records as of January 2011.
After the release of their first studio album, "Chasing Lights", which later gained a certification of Platinum in the United Kingdom, they started their first headlining tour, The Work Tour. She is known for being the "posh, smiley one", earning the nickname "Miss Disney" by the other Saturdays.^[5] Mollie also plays the acoustic guitar.^[5] As The Saturdays were promoting their 8th single, Missing You, King had to pull out of performing on T4 on the Beach due to a horsefly bite which left her right leg swollen and resulted in King being dependent on crutches for a while.^[6] At the moment the girls are touring on a 22 date tour called headlines. Mollie unfortunately missed 3 dates due to flu.

Solo

 

King auditioned for The X Factor in 2005, before joining The Saturdays, and was criticised by Sharon Osbourne for her outfit. She then changed her outfit and went back to sing a Christina Aguilera ballad, where they praised her and encouraged her to come back when she was older. As a result of her audition being broadcast King appeared on The X Factor in 2007 again as a part of girl band Fallen Angelz, (formed in 2005). They managed to get to the final stages of boot camp before being eliminated from the competition.

TV appearances

Mollie King as part of The Saturdays in July 2010

King appeared in a number of episodes in the Hollyoaks Later series, along with fellow band member Frankie Sandford. As a part of The Saturdays, she has appeared in BBC series Myths. King has appeared in two episodes of bebo-based online show Sam King as herself in the role of an ex-girlfriend. Before the Saturdays, King appeared in Singing with the Enemy, with former band Fallen Angelz who appeared on The X Factor. She also appeared on The King is Dead on BBC Three and Never Mind the Buzzcocks in 2010.