Dan presents Times Breakthrough Awards
"Doctor Who has rescued the career of former teenage pop star Billie Piper who was today honoured at an awards ceremony for her successful breakthrough into an acting career.
Piper, who faded from the limelight after her second album in 2000 amid lurid media stories of her rocky marriage to the ginger-haired DJ Chris Evans, was voted the most exciting new face of 2005 by Times readers because of her appearance in the BBC’s revival of the classic science fiction series.
She impressed audiences with her portrayal of Rose, the Doctor’s sidekick, playing alongside Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor in the first and David Tennant in the second series written by Russell T. Davies.
Daniel Radcliffe, the star of the Harry Potter movies, handed Piper her prize - The Times Breakthrough Award - at the South Bank Awards today..." (read full story here)
source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article
Piper, who faded from the limelight after her second album in 2000 amid lurid media stories of her rocky marriage to the ginger-haired DJ Chris Evans, was voted the most exciting new face of 2005 by Times readers because of her appearance in the BBC’s revival of the classic science fiction series.
She impressed audiences with her portrayal of Rose, the Doctor’s sidekick, playing alongside Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor in the first and David Tennant in the second series written by Russell T. Davies.
Daniel Radcliffe, the star of the Harry Potter movies, handed Piper her prize - The Times Breakthrough Award - at the South Bank Awards today..." (read full story here)source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article
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