Alesha Dixon

Acting

Alesha Dixon

Born 1978-10-07 · Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Inglaterra

Alesha Anjanette Dixon, (born 7 October 1978, in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom) is an English singer, MC, songwriter, television personality and former member of R&B girl group Mis-Teeq, who had seven UK top 10 hits, two top 10 double platinum albums, and sold over 12 million records worldwide. After the band split in 2005, Alesha pursued a solo career. She released two singles from the album, Fired Up in 2006 but after limited success in, she was dropped by Polydor in 2006. The album was eventually released in Japan in 2008. After gaining popularity by winning the BBC's "Strictly Come Dancing" in 2007, Alesha was given another chance at a music career, releasing The Alesha Show in 2008. In 2009, Alesha re-released her debut album which featured her new single, "To Love Again". On the 29th November 2010, Alesha released her third solo album, "The Entertainer", which features her new singles, "Drummer Boy", "Radio", and Every Little Part of Me (Feat. Jay Sean).

Acting credits

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie poster
5.3

Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they're accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing around London's trendiest hotspots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

2016

Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace poster
6.4

Well known performers accompanied by 12,000 selected members of the public on the lawn of Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.

Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace

2002

Who Shot Simon Cowell? poster
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Simon Cowell is shot at his birthday party, and Ant and Dec are accused and forced to run.

Who Shot Simon Cowell?

2017

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Will bring together stories that celebrate their contributions to British life and culture, as well as shedding light on the reality of the struggle many faced to gain citizenship despite having lived and paid taxes in the UK for many years as a result of what became known as the Windrush scandal.

The Windrush Generation

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Alesha Dixon investigates the fact that many people have no idea where, and in many cases, even whom their father is.

Alesha Dixon: Who's Your Daddy?

2009

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An incredible line up of stars from the worlds of pop and comedy come together in a special concert to mark the nation's appreciation of its servicemen and women.

A Concert for Heroes

2010

Gary Barlow's Night At The Museum poster
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Gary Barlow hosts musical fun from the Natural History Museum in London and performs some of his biggest hits, songs from his new album, and some exciting covers.

Gary Barlow's Night At The Museum

2020

CBeebies Presents: Strictly Cinderella poster
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Cinderella lives with her father, Baron Hardup. They are very poor and can't afford a TV to watch the dancing. At the palace, Prince Charming has everything apart from rhythm! The judges on the TV show give Prince Charming the lowest score ever, so he decides to quit. But a chance meeting with a girl collecting firewood changes everything. Will Cinderella go to the royal ball, and will she find her Prince Charming before the clock strikes midnight?

CBeebies Presents: Strictly Cinderella

2011

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On the occasion of his 80th Birthday, a celebration of Britain's longest-serving all-round television entertainer Bruce Forsyth.

Happy Birthday Brucie!

2008

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Documentary telling the story of the generation of people who left the Caribbean for a new life in Britain. Members of the Windrush generation will share their stories with well-known figures including Sir Trevor McDonald, Alesha Dixon, Mel B, Judy Love and HRH The Prince of Wales.

Pride of Britain: A Windrush Special

2023

Alesha: Look But Don't Touch poster
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Documentary in which singer Alesha Dixon, concerned about the increasing pressure on women to conform to an ideal body type, investigates the practice of airbrushing and retouching that has become a staple of magazine photos. Keen to discover whether these images simply celebrate the female form or whether they make harmful, unrealistic demands on women and society, her journey sees her sitting in on 18-year-old Ellie's boob job, hearing fashion mag insider Liz Jones and celeb mate Cheryl Cole complain about the beauty industry and appearing on a front cover with her own body beautiful untouched.

Alesha: Look But Don't Touch

2008

Behind the camera