Billie Piper Image Collection
by Kavy on Sep.04, 2010, under Actress, Gallery, Singer, TV, updates
Billie Piper (born 22 September 1982) is an English singer and actress. She began her career in the late 1990s as a pop singer and then progressed to acting. Billie’s most famous role is as Rose Tyler, companion to the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who from 2005 to 2006, a role she reprised in 2008 and 2010. In 2007, Broadcast magazine listed Piper at no. 6 in its “Hot 100″ list of influential on-screen performers, the top woman on the list. Since 2007 she has starred as the high flying escort Belle de Jour in the TV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
Doctor Who originally ran from 1963 to 1989. In May 2004, it was announced that the series would be resurrected beginning in 2005, and that Piper was to play the character Rose Tyler, a travelling companion to The Doctor (to be played by Christopher Eccleston). Piper won the Most Popular Actress category at the 2005 and 2006 National Television Awards for her work on Doctor Who. BBC News named Piper as one of its “Faces of the Year” for 2005, primarily due to her success in Doctor Who.
At The South Bank Show Awards on 27 January 2006 she was awarded The Times Breakthrough Award for her successful transition from singing to acting. In March 2006, the Television and Radio Industries Club named Piper as best new TV talent at their annual awards ceremony.In September 2006, Piper was named Best Actress at the TV Quick and TV Choice Awards.
After the completion of the very successful first series of the revamped Doctor Who, the British media regularly released conflicting reports about how long Piper would be staying with the programme. In 2006, Billie claimed that she would continue on Doctor Who into its third season in 2007. On 2006, however, Billie was reported to be considering quitting the series, although she did express an interest in playing a female version of the Doctor in the future. On 15 June 2006, the BBC announced that she was to depart in the final episode of the second series, “Doomsday”. Piper’s decision to leave had been taken a year previously, but remained a secret until news of her departure became public.
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