Katherine Jenkins

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1980-06-29 (44 years old)

Place of Birth Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Katherine Jenkins

Biography

Katherine Jenkins (born 29 June 1980) is a Welsh lyric mezzo-soprano. She is a classical-popular crossover singer who performs across a spectrum of operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre and hymns. After winning singing competitions in her youth, Jenkins studied at the Royal Academy of Music, modelled and taught voice. She came to wide public attention in 2003 when she sang at Westminster Cathedral in honour of Pope John Paul II's silver jubilee. Since 2004, she has released numerous albums that have performed well on UK and foreign charts. In both 2005 and 2006, her albums received Classic Brit Awards as Album of the Year. She has also been seen widely in concert, including concerts for UK troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has sung at sporting events, on television shows and in support of many charities. In Spring 2012, she competed on the US television show Dancing with the Stars, finishing in second place, behind NFL Super Bowl champion Donald Driver. Description above from the Wikipedia article Katherine Jenkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2024
Doctor Who at the Proms

as Abigail (archive footage)

2021
Dream Horse

as Herself

2020
Minamata

as Millie

2016
Michael McIntyre's Big Show

as Self - Performer

2014
Under Milk Wood

as Polly Garter

2009
The Week We Went To War

as Herself - Presenter

2007
2006
The One Show

as Self

2005
Live 8

as Self

2005
Dancing with the Stars

as Self - Contestant

2005
Doctor Who

as Abigail

2004
2004
The X Factor

as Self - Special Guest

2003
This Week

as Herself - Guest

1994
Ready Steady Cook

as Self - Contestant

1993
GMTV

as Self

1988
This Morning

as Self