Billie Piper - real name Leian Paul Piper - was born in Swindon, Wiltshire on September 22, 1982 and is an English actress and singer. Billie Piper first came to fame when she was spotted ...

She still turns to a song she first heard as a child when she needs inspiration Billie’s first choice for her desert island is Pure Imagination, from the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate ...

“It felt desperate and lonely,” says Billie Piper of her time as a teenage pop ... I didn’t write songs, I didn’t play or write music,” she said. “Acting was what I wanted to do ...