ALL Saints reached the summit of the UK singles chart five times in the nineties and early noughties. Although they initially split in 2001, they have reformed under various lineup changes over the years — here we get to know Nicole Appleton, who joined the girlband in 1996 . Nicole , born on December 7, 1974, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, television and radio presenter.
The 49-year-old was born in Hamilton, Ontario, to her British mother Mary and Canadian father, Ken, and is the youngest of four daughters. While growing up, Nicole lived in Toronto, New York and London. In 1996, along with her sister Natalie , she joined the pop group All Saints.
The band went on to have big chart success with tracks including Never Ever (1997), I Know Where It's At (1997), and Pure Shores (2000). The girls took a break from the band in the early noughties, and in 2002 Nicole and sister Natalie launched a new band called Appleton. However, All Saints reunited in 2007 and have been together ever since.
Nicole has also hosted several TV shows, including The Hot Desk and Cover Me Canada, and starred in the film Honest (2000) along with Natalie and All Saints member Melanie Blatt. In 2000, Nicole started dating Oasis star, Liam Gallagher . Liam recorded the song Songbird as a token of his love for her.
The couple married in London on Valentine's Day in 2008. Yeas, Nicole and Liam had one child together before they tied the knot. The couple welcomed a son named Gene on July 2, 2001.
He is now the frontman of indie band Villanelle, and faced off against accusations of nepotism when it was rumoured he would open his dad's Definitely Maybe tour. Nicole and Liam's love story ended in divorce in April 2014, following their separation in 2013. The pair went their separate ways after news broke that Liam was expecting a child with journalist and New York Times freelancer Liza Ghorbani.
Nicole was also famously in a relationship with Robbie Williams in the late 90s. On February 10, 2018, The Sun exclusively reported how Nicole and Paddy were photographed walking arm-in-arm on a boozy night out — while his wife was more than 200 miles away at their family home. The Take Me Out host spent the evening in Central London’s Soho and looked startled when he realised a photographer had spotted him with Nicole.
Minutes earlier the pair had spilt out on to a street of bars and restaurants, blending in with other revellers. Nicole clung to Paddy as they laughed together. She snuggled into him as she wrapped both her arms around his left arm.
Paddy walked with Nicole as her head leaned towards his shoulder. He spent the night at a Soho hotel. It is not known where Nicole went.
The All Saints singer liked a whopping 178 of Paddy's Instagram pics over 10 months, under the username ruby1kid. Nicole liked several pictures of Paddy with his shirt off, as well as pictures of the TV hunk suited and booted ready for a night out. After the pictures emerged on February 10, 2018, the pair rushed to unfollow each other on both Instagram and Twitter .
In 2023, the singer landed a massive job hosting her own weekend shows on Magic Radio . Announcing her new gig on Instagram , she wrote: "I’m so happy to announce some really exciting news! "From October 14th, I will be hosting my own shows on Magic Radio on both Saturday and Sunday afternoons." Nicole's close pal Holly Willoughby commented: "Amazing darlin.
" Presenter Kate Thornton added: "This is excellent and so deserved.".
