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Billie Piper Biography
Birth Name:Leian Paul Piper
Birth Place:Swindon, England
Profession Actress, Soundtrack, Writer, Producer, Director
Fast Facts
- In 2006, she won the Television and Radio Industries Club Award for New TV Talent
- In 2007, she was nominated for the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress
- In December 2007, she got married to actor Laurence Fox
- Trained in acting at the Sylvia Young Theatre School
- At the age of 15, she became the youngest UK singing artist to debut at number one
- Was featured in the 2011 Almeida Theatre production "Reasons to Be Pretty․"
- Was four months pregnant while filming the second series of "Secret Diary of a Call Girl․"
Awards
- 2005National Television Award-Most Popular Actress: winner
- 2005SFX Award-Best TV Actress: winner
- 2006BAFTA Cymru Award-Best Actress (Yr Actores Orau): nominated
- 2006Broadcasting Press Guild Award-Best Actress: nominated
- 2006National Television Award-Most Popular Actress: winner
- 2006TV Quick Award-Best Actress: winner
- 2007BAFTA Cymru Award-Best Actress (Yr Actores Orau): nominated
- 2007SFX Award-Best TV Actress: winner
- 2007TV Quick Award-Best Actress: nominated
- 2009TV Quick Award-Best Actress: nominated
- 2015Chainsaw Award-Best TV Supporting Actress: nominated
- 2016Chainsaw Award-Best TV Supporting Actress: nominated
- 2019BAFTA TV Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
- 2020Ingmar Bergman Award-Best Film: nominated
- 2020SXSW Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award-: nominated
- 2021BAFTA TV Award-Leading Actress: nominated
- 2021BAFTA TV Award-Drama Series: nominated
- 2023BAFTA TV Award-Leading Actress: nominated
- 2023Emmy-Best Performance by an Actress: nominated
- 2023RTS Television Award-Actor - Female: nominated
- 2025BAFTA TV Award-Leading Actress: nominated