Billie's first break in the entertainment world came as a teenager, when she was selected to appear on the Saturday morning kids' television show Scratchy and Co. Piper later landed a role in a television commercial promoting the pop magazine Smash Hits. Her role was to blow a bubble in front of the camera, burst it with her finger and shout "Pop!". A red screen would then come up and the words "Smash hits Magazine. 100% pure pop!" with Piper's voice saying the words. She then had to run up to the camera and dance, then run back. Soon after she was offered a record deal at the age of fifteen, and in 1998 became the youngest artist ever to debut at number one in the UK singles chart with "Because We Want To", released under the artist name "Billie". Her follow-up single "Girlfriend" also debuted at Number One, and her first album, Honey to the B (released immediately afterwards) debuted at Number 14 in the UK album charts. She released two further singles off the album, "She Wants You" and "Honey to the Bee"; both songs debuted at Number 3.
She then took a year off to record her second album. She decided to release further records under her full name, Billie Piper. She returned to the Singles Chart in May 2000 with a new, sexier sound. She hit the Number 1 spot with "Day & Night", but her success wasn't to continue. She waited until the following September to release "Something Deep Inside". That reached Number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. In October 2000, Piper released her second album, Walk of Life, which reached Number 14 in the UK Album Chart. The song "Walk of Life", the final single off this album, was released in December 2000 and reached Number 25 in the UK Singles Chart. **Bio Courtesy of Wikipedia.org**
Billie Piper is best known for her character Rose Tyler, companion to the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who from 2005 to 2006. Billie has also worked on a newer ITV2 series, Secret Diaries of a Call Girl and plays the lead role of Hannah/Belle. Along with plans for shooting a second season of the series, Billie has also released a second part of the Sally Lockhart Mysteries titled, "A Shadow in the North", where Billie plays the lead, Sally Lockhart. Rumors have been confirmed that Billie will return to Doctor Who as the much loved and well received character of Rose Tyler. She reappears in the final few episodes of the season.
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