Lily Allen

Lily Allen is a British singer songwriter author actress and businesswoman Her music career incorporates elements of electropop RB ska and reggae Throughout her long spanning music career Allen has released fourth studio albums Its Not Me Its You 2009 Sheezus 2014 both records topped the UK Albums Charts and Alright Still 2006 and No Shame 2018 which peaked at 2 and 8 on the United Kingdom respectively As well she has topped the UK Singles Charts in three occasions with the number 1 smash hits Smile 2006 The Fear 2009 and Somewhere Only We Know 2014 She has received several recognitions for her music including nominations for nine BRIT Awards including one win for British Female Solo Artist in 2010 one Grammy Award nomination for Best Alternative Album Alright Still three Ivor Novello Awards wins one Mercury Prize nomination for Album Of The Year No Shame and twelve NME Awards including three wins As an actress Allen made her debut on the big screen on How to Build a Girl 2019 and in 2021 she made her West End debut in the new play 222 A Ghost Story for which she received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress In 2018 Allen released her autobiographical book My Thoughts Exactly to positive reviews and several extracts from the book generated considerable press coverage prior to release She currently stars on the Sky Atlantic original comedy series Dreamland 2023