Sarah Harding

British singer and actress (1981-2021)

Sarah Nicole Harding (17 November 1981 – 5 September 2021) was an English singer, model, and actress. In late 2002, she auditioned for the ITV reality series Popstars: The Rivals. On the show, she won a place as a member of the girl group quintet Girls Aloud.[2]

Sarah Harding
Harding in October 2012
Born
Sarah Nicole Hardman[1]

(1981-11-17)17 November 1981
Died5 September 2021(2021-09-05) (aged 39)
Manchester, England
Occupations
  • Singer
  • model
  • actress
Years active2002–2021
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
Labels

Harding was born Sarah Nicole Hardman in Ascot, Berkshire. She moved to Stockport, Greater Manchester when she was 14.

During the group's break, Harding began acting, appearing in Bad Day, the BBC television movie Freefall, Run for Your Wife, and St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold. She won Celebrity Big Brother 20 in 2017. Harding was also a lingerie model.

In August 2020, Harding said that she had been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer.[3] In March 2021, she said that the disease was terminal and had a few months to live.[4] Harding died on the morning of 5 September 2021 from the disease in Manchester at the age of 39.[5]

References

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  1. "Sarah Harding's profile". Archived from the original on 27 December 2007.
  2. "Popstars girl group picked". BBC News. 2 December 2002. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
  3. Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (26 August 2020). "Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding receiving chemotherapy for cancer". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. "Sarah Harding: 'I won't see another Christmas'". Yahoo. 16 March 2021. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  5. "Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding dies aged 39". Katie Wright/BBC News. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

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Preceded by
Coleen Nolan
Celebrity Big Brother UK winner
Series 20 (2017)
Succeeded by
Courtney Act