Was bought up in Bradford, a city in West Yorkshire.
English singer-songwriter, actress, and short-film director.
Has a debut single out (under the name Verbalicious) called "Don't Play Nice". (February 2005)
Has an Afro-Jamaican father and Uruguayan mother.
Auditioned for the part of Princess Amidala in the Star Wars film series but did not get the part. Instead, it went to Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman.
Had a demo on MySpace in 2008, which Perez Hilton found and blogged about. She suddenly had 2 million plays and got to number 1 on MySpace's unsigned artist charts.