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Ruby Turner est une Actrice Britannique née le 22 juin 1958
Ruby Turner (born 22 June 1958) is a Jamaican R&B and soul singer, songwriter and actress. She is best known for her albums and single releases in Europe and North America, and has sung backing vocals for others such as Bryan Ferry, UB40, Steel Pulse, Steve Winwood, Jools Holland and Mick Jagger. She has written songs that have been covered by artists including Lulu, Yazz and Maxi Priest.
Turner achieved the rare feat, for a British singer, of reaching no. 1 on the US R&B chart, with "It's Gonna Be Alright" in February 1990. Between 1986 and 1995, eight of her singles appeared in the UK Singles Chart with "I'd Rather Go Blind" being the most successful, reaching no. 24 in 1987. Turner performed at the Birmingham Heart Beat 86 concert, which featured George Harrison; and also sang on BBC Television's Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny, from 2007 to 2014 inclusive. She has also appeared as an actress on stage, film and television.
Ruby Turner was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and moved at the age of nine with her family to Handsworth, Birmingham, England, in 1967.
Turner came from a musical family as her grandfather sang the lead in one of Jamaica's gospel groups. In the early 1980s, she worked with blues musician Alexis Korner, and in 1983 she recorded with UB40. In the mid-eighties, Turner's major break came when she was asked to sing with Culture Club at the height of their popularity. She received an offer of a solo record deal soon afterward and signed to Jive Records, part of the Zomba Group.
Music career
Turner achieved her solo recording contract with Jive Records after singing backing vocals on Culture Club's From Luxury to Heartache. She released four albums and a "Best of" Compilation Album over the next few years. Her first solo album Women Hold Up Half the Sky, was released in 1986 to critical acclaim and produced hit singles such as a cover version of the Staple Singers song,"If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)", a duet with Jonathan Butler, and the Etta James standard "I'd Rather Go Blind".
In March 1987, Turner sang on the Ferry Aid single, "Let It Be". Around this time she also released the album, The Motown Songbook, on which she performed with Motown and others including The Four Tops, The Temptations and Jimmy Ruffin. In 1988 Turner appeared on Corey Hart's album, Young Man Running on the duet "Spot You in a Coalmine".
Turner achieved a no. 1 R&B chart success in the US in February 1990 with "It's Gonna Be Alright", becoming one of the few British artists to top that chart. Four other US R&B chart entries followed in 1990 and 1991, including "Paradise" from the movie Dancin' thru the Dark.
In 1998 she recorded the album, Call Me By My Name, with British rhythm and blues luminaries Boz Burrell, Zoot Money, Bobby Tench and Stan Webb. On New Year's Eve 1999, she sang the National Anthem for Queen Elizabeth II, Prime minister Tony Blair and other dignitaries at the opening of the Millennium Dome in London.
Turner sang backing vocals on Mick Jagger's 2001 album, Goddess in the Doorway, and performed "Nobody But You" on the 2002 album Jools Holland's Big Band Rhythm & Blues. In 2007 Turner presented a documentary Shout Sister Shout about Sister Rosetta Tharpe for BBC Radio 2. She sang on Seasick Steve's album, I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left (2008). In September 2009, Turner released her first gospel music album, I'm Travelling On. Her rendition of "Jesus on the Mainline" appears on a compilation CD that accompanied the book British Black Gospel by Steve Alexander Smith.
On 4 June 2012, Turner was one of the performers at the Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace in London, when she joined Jools Holland on stage.
Acting
As an actress, Turner has appeared in productions of A Streetcar Named Desire, Carmen Jones, Fame, and One Love at the London's Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. She appeared in a successful run in the London West End production of the musical Simply Heavenly, which was nominated for 'Outstanding Musical' at the 2005 Laurence Olivier Awards.
Turner has appeared in a number of films, including Love Actually (2003), Reggae Britannia (2011) and Famous Fred (1996). In 2006 Turner made an appearance in Little Britain Abroad, where she played the Sheriff Judy. On 12 October 2007, she appeared as a guest star (as herself) in the BBC One soap opera, Doctors. The episode title was entitled "Raising The Roof". In 2009 Turner appeared in the BBC drama, Hotel Babylon.
In 2011 Turner narrated the BBC Four documentary Reggae Britannia, which chronicled the history of British reggae music. In 2012 Turner, along with Ralph Allwood and Manvinder Rattan, was a judge on the BBC Two series, The Choir: Sing While You Work. In 2013, Turner was a guest judge on the BBC Songs of Praise gospel choir competition.
In 2015 it was announced that she would appear as Mrs. Blip in the made-for-TV movie The Land of Sometimes.
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Turner achieved the rare feat, for a British singer, of reaching no. 1 on the US R&B chart, with "It's Gonna Be Alright" in February 1990. Between 1986 and 1995, eight of her singles appeared in the UK Singles Chart with "I'd Rather Go Blind" being the most successful, reaching no. 24 in 1987. Turner performed at the Birmingham Heart Beat 86 concert, which featured George Harrison; and also sang on BBC Television's Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny, from 2007 to 2014 inclusive. She has also appeared as an actress on stage, film and television.
Biographie
Early yearsRuby Turner was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and moved at the age of nine with her family to Handsworth, Birmingham, England, in 1967.
Turner came from a musical family as her grandfather sang the lead in one of Jamaica's gospel groups. In the early 1980s, she worked with blues musician Alexis Korner, and in 1983 she recorded with UB40. In the mid-eighties, Turner's major break came when she was asked to sing with Culture Club at the height of their popularity. She received an offer of a solo record deal soon afterward and signed to Jive Records, part of the Zomba Group.
Music career
Turner achieved her solo recording contract with Jive Records after singing backing vocals on Culture Club's From Luxury to Heartache. She released four albums and a "Best of" Compilation Album over the next few years. Her first solo album Women Hold Up Half the Sky, was released in 1986 to critical acclaim and produced hit singles such as a cover version of the Staple Singers song,"If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)", a duet with Jonathan Butler, and the Etta James standard "I'd Rather Go Blind".
In March 1987, Turner sang on the Ferry Aid single, "Let It Be". Around this time she also released the album, The Motown Songbook, on which she performed with Motown and others including The Four Tops, The Temptations and Jimmy Ruffin. In 1988 Turner appeared on Corey Hart's album, Young Man Running on the duet "Spot You in a Coalmine".
Turner achieved a no. 1 R&B chart success in the US in February 1990 with "It's Gonna Be Alright", becoming one of the few British artists to top that chart. Four other US R&B chart entries followed in 1990 and 1991, including "Paradise" from the movie Dancin' thru the Dark.
In 1998 she recorded the album, Call Me By My Name, with British rhythm and blues luminaries Boz Burrell, Zoot Money, Bobby Tench and Stan Webb. On New Year's Eve 1999, she sang the National Anthem for Queen Elizabeth II, Prime minister Tony Blair and other dignitaries at the opening of the Millennium Dome in London.
Turner sang backing vocals on Mick Jagger's 2001 album, Goddess in the Doorway, and performed "Nobody But You" on the 2002 album Jools Holland's Big Band Rhythm & Blues. In 2007 Turner presented a documentary Shout Sister Shout about Sister Rosetta Tharpe for BBC Radio 2. She sang on Seasick Steve's album, I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left (2008). In September 2009, Turner released her first gospel music album, I'm Travelling On. Her rendition of "Jesus on the Mainline" appears on a compilation CD that accompanied the book British Black Gospel by Steve Alexander Smith.
On 4 June 2012, Turner was one of the performers at the Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace in London, when she joined Jools Holland on stage.
Acting
As an actress, Turner has appeared in productions of A Streetcar Named Desire, Carmen Jones, Fame, and One Love at the London's Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. She appeared in a successful run in the London West End production of the musical Simply Heavenly, which was nominated for 'Outstanding Musical' at the 2005 Laurence Olivier Awards.
Turner has appeared in a number of films, including Love Actually (2003), Reggae Britannia (2011) and Famous Fred (1996). In 2006 Turner made an appearance in Little Britain Abroad, where she played the Sheriff Judy. On 12 October 2007, she appeared as a guest star (as herself) in the BBC One soap opera, Doctors. The episode title was entitled "Raising The Roof". In 2009 Turner appeared in the BBC drama, Hotel Babylon.
In 2011 Turner narrated the BBC Four documentary Reggae Britannia, which chronicled the history of British reggae music. In 2012 Turner, along with Ralph Allwood and Manvinder Rattan, was a judge on the BBC Two series, The Choir: Sing While You Work. In 2013, Turner was a guest judge on the BBC Songs of Praise gospel choir competition.
In 2015 it was announced that she would appear as Mrs. Blip in the made-for-TV movie The Land of Sometimes.
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Love Actually (2003)
, 2h15Réalisé par Richard Curtis
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie romantique, Musical, Romance
Thèmes Noël, La provence, Mariage
Acteurs Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Rory MacGregor, Laura Linney
Rôle Mrs. Jean Anderson
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Le destin de plusieurs personnes : une rock-star has-been sur le retour et son manager ; un couple récemment marié et leur ami qui ne semble pas beaucoup apprécier la mariée ; un écrivain qui vient d'être trompé par sa petite amie et qui fait la rencontre de son employée de maison portugaise ; un autre couple et la secrétaire du mari ; le Premier ministre et sa jeune collaboratrice ; un enfant, amoureux d'une jeune fille de son école et son beau-père, veuf, qui lui donne des conseils ; une employée tiraillée entre son frère autiste et l'amour qu'elle ressent pour un collègue ; un jeune à la conquête de l'Amérique pour trouver des filles et des comédiens sur fond de Noël : c'est une histoire d'amour, de sentiments et d'humour.