Kelly Osbourne

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Kelly Osbourne
Kelly Osbourne 2013.jpg
Kelly Osbourne in 2013
Background information
Birth name Kelly Michelle Lee Osbourne
Born (1984-10-27) 27 October 1984 (age 28)
Westminster, London, England, UK
Genres Pop rock, new wave revival, power pop, pop punk
Occupations Singer-songwriter, author, actress, fashion designer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2002–present
Labels Epic (2002–2003)
Sanctuary (2003–2007)
Universal (2007–present)
Associated acts Ozzy Osbourne
Website kellyosbourne.com

Kelly Michelle Lee Osbourne[1][2] (born 27 October 1984)[1] is an English television presenter, fashion designer, singer and actress. The daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, she is best known for her appearances in The Osbournes with her family, for which they won a 2002 Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program as well as on E!'s Fashion Police, where she has been a panelist and presenter since the shows inception in 2010. She has also appeared on Dancing with the Stars,[3] in which she and professional dance partner Louis van Amstel took third place.

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Life and career[edit]

Early life[edit]

Osbourne was born in Westminster, London.[2][4] She has an elder sister, Aimee, and a younger brother, Jack. From Ozzy's first marriage, she also has two half-siblings: Jessica Hobbs and Louis John Osbourne.[5] She had an unofficially "adopted" brother, Robert Marcato, whom Sharon and Ozzy took in after Marcato's mother died. Kelly grew up travelling with her father as he went on tour, and lived in more than 20 homes between the UK and the US.[6]

2002–2005: The Osbournes and Shut Up[edit]

Osbourne and the rest of her immediate family (without Aimee) were thrust into the international spotlight with the MTV reality show The Osbournes, which aired from 2002 to 2005. The series chronicled their day-to-day life, and the show became a hit for its portrayal of a dysfunctional, though close-knit family in which metal music, profanity and other harshness were a daily part of life. Kelly, the middle child, emerged (according to Rolling Stone) as "a wickedly funny, brutally honest, pint-size, potty-mouthed spitfire." The series started when she was seventeen, and ended when she was twenty. Kelly said in an interview for The Osbournes DVD that the crew were only actually supposed to be there for a few weeks but ended up staying for a few months and that the constant cameras focusing on her and her family was stressful.[7] In 2002, during the second season of The Osbournes, Kelly dated the Used lead singer Bert McCracken.

Both she and the Osbourne family have been parodied in Channel 4 comedy, Bo' Selecta in which the rubber-masked Kelly, played by Leigh Francis, has her own show and is always being censored for swearing with bleeps.

After her appearance on the reality show, Osbourne quickly began to be noted for her varied and trendy style among fashion commentators like Steven Cojocaru[8][9] In 2004, Osbourne launched her own fashion line, Stiletto Killers,[10] with her friend and former sponsor, Ali Barone. Stiletto Killers was a rock-inspired line of tees, knickers, hoodies and sweatpants designed by Osbourne and Barone, emblazoned with cartoonish designs and punk rock phrases. There was also a more sophisticated couture branch, the SK Collection. Stiletto Killers closed in April 2006.

Her debut album, Shut Up, was released by Epic Records in 2002 to moderate American sales, but good European sales. The lead single, a cover of Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach", debuted with Houston rock band Pure Rubbish at the 2002 MTV Film Awards.[11] The album, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart, was met with mixed critical reviews and, by May 2003, Osbourne was dropped from Epic Records. By autumn she was on the Sanctuary label, later recording a duet of "Changes" (a Black Sabbath song) with her father. The duet hit No. 1 on the UK charts. "Changes" was one of a few tracks to have fallen down the charts (from 1–3) whilst selling more copies than the week it reached number 1. Osbourne was the first artist to top all three of the Billboard charts dance surveys in the same week with the "Chris Cox Club Remix" of "One Word".[12] Her second album Sleeping in the Nothing was not without controversy, due to its reportedly heavily-altered album cover, in which Osbourne appeared slimmer,[13] despite her previous assertions of being happy with her size.[citation needed]

Osbourne made her debut as an actress with a starring role on 7 October 2004 on the ABC high school teenage drama Life As We Know It, where she played the supporting role of Deborah Beatrice Tynan. During an interview in late 2005, Osbourne denied reports she was ending her music career, saying: "I don't know where the quit rumours came from – I've just recorded a version of 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' with Cyndi Lauper."[14]

On 2 April 2004, Osbourne entered the Malibu rehab facility Promises after admitting to her family that she was addicted to painkillers.[15] Over a year later, on 2 June, she checked into Las Encinas Hospital, a drug treatment centre in Pasadena, California, after a relapse.[16] She entered another drug treatment facility in January 2009;[17] she stayed for a month and later acknowledged that she had suffered a relapse of her addiction to painkillers.[18] After 30 days, she was released; she has been quoted as saying that this was the first time she really thought rehab had helped her.[19]

2006–2009: Acting and hosting duties[edit]

In spring 2006, Osbourne modeled for Heatherette in a catwalk show. In June, she played the role of Wendy from Peter Pan in The Queen's Handbag and provided her voice for the animated film Live Freaky Die Freaky. Later that year, she became the face of the high street chain Accessorize. In July 2007, Osbourne portrayed the role of prison matron Mama Morton in the musical drama Chicago[20] for seven weeks at the Cambridge Theatre.[21] Osbourne co-hosted the 2006 edition of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! Now, a spin-off show of the main ITV1 programme. She hosted alongside Jeff Brazier in Australia, and Mark Durden-Smith in the London studio. Her one-off gigs include the 2002 MTV Film Awards, Top of the Pops Saturday, MTV's Isle of MTV, MTV UK and Ireland's red carpet coverage of the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards, Popworld, The Sunday Night Project, the 2005 MTV Australia Video Music Awards and Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show. In spring 2006, Osbourne was one of the judges on Making Your Mind Up. In September 2006, at the Electric Picnic festival in Ireland, Osbourne and her boyfriend, Matty Derham of the band Fields, held a wedding ceremony. Her representative denied that the ceremony was legally binding, because it did not meet Irish legal requirements, as in Ireland, at the time, a couple couldn't get married in an outdoor venue.[22] She later went on to date Matt Emerson, drummer from rock band Trash Fashion.[23]

In January 2007, Osbourne began presenting Project Catwalk for Sky1. In autumn 2007, Osbourne signed to BBC Radio 1 to host the Sunday night show, Radio 1's The Surgery, and on 7 October 2007 she went on air for the first time with the issue of self-harm. She was scheduled to return to the show in early 2009 and whilst she was away, Aled Haydn Jones from The Chris Moyles Show presented the show. Aled has now been confirmed as a full-time presenter. In spring 2008, she began contributing a teenage advice column to the tabloid newspaper the Sun, "Kelly Confidential", where she is billed as "the teen trouble shooter". In 2008 she featured in the short musical film The Town that Boars Me by photographer Ben Charles Edwards. The film also features Sadie Frost, Jodie Harsh, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Zandra Rhodes amongst others. The film is set to debut in late summer at the Portobello Film Festival. In 2009 she appeared in an episode of Hotel Babylon, a British TV show aired on BBC One. She played Jo, a character very similar to herself. In August 2010, Osbourne began filming on new comedy "Should've Been Romeo," Her first major role in Hollywood, She plays "Nicole" a fun loving groupie. The film is due for release in the U.S. on 7 April 2011. In December 2010 it was confirmed that Osbourne would be starring alongside Disney star Miley Cyrus in So Undercover, she plays a sorority sister to undercover Private eye Miley Cyrus. Filming began in December 2010 and is set for a 5 October 2012 release.[24][25]

Kelly (right) with her mother Sharon Osbourne in 2012

On 19 January 2009, Osbourne was arrested for assault after allegedly slapping Daily Mirror columnist Zoe Griffin at a club in August 2008 after Griffin wrote a story that mocked Osbourne's then-boyfriend Luke Worrall.[26] In March 2009, Osbourne was engaged to model Luke Worrall.[27] In July 2010, she split from him[28] after he had an affair with model Elle Schneider.[29][30][31] Osbourne presented ITV2's coverage of the National Television Awards with her brother Jack, and a documentary on Japanese pop culture called Kelly Osbourne: Turning Japanese for the same channel.[32] Osbourne has presented on The Surgery with Kelly Osbourne on BBC Radio 1. In March 2009, Osbourne returned to television with the rest of the Osbourne family on Osbournes: Reloaded.[33] On 1 September 2009, Osbourne released her first autobiography: Fierce via Virgin Books.[34] Though the book contains autobiography elements, as well as advice, strength and guidance through tough periods. As of 9 September 2009 the book reached no. 1 on many of Amazon's charts (music, film, television, styles and biography), and a current peak of 17 on the bestsellers chart. Since September 2009 she has written a weekly column giving advice and celebrity gossip in UK magazine Closer.

2009: Dancing with the Stars[edit]

On Monday 17 August 2009, Tom Bergeron and his co-host, Samantha Harris were announcing the cast of new stars for the 2009 autumn series of the American ballroom phenomenon, Dancing with the Stars. Kelly Osbourne was amongst of the female celebrities to take part in the series, and one of the 16 contestants. Seven days later, on 24 August 2009, her professional partner was announced in the news and turned out to be Dutch ballroom champion, choreographer and dancesport coach, Louis van Amstel. The competition started on 21 September 2009, and was named the reality rocker. The competition took 10 weeks of the training and dancing. On 17 November 2009, she and Louis were announced as the final three against singer, Mýa and teen heart sensation and pop legend, Donny Osmond. Overall, she came third place after having the lowest scores in the final.

Performances[edit]

Week Dance/Song Carrie Ann's Score Len/Baz's Score Bruno's Score Result
1 Viennese Waltz/"Trouble"
Cha-Cha-Cha/"Centerfold"		 7
Awarded		 8
8		 8
Points		 Safe
2 Tango/"Take Me on the Floor" 6 7 6 Safe
3 Samba/"LoveGame" 7 6 7 Safe
4 Charleston/"Cabaret" 8 7 8 Safe
5 Paso Doble/"Crazy Train" 8 8 8 Safe
6 Jitterbug/"Bread and Butter"
Mambo Marathon/"Ran Kan Kan"		 7
Awarded		 6
5		 7
Points		 Safe
7 Salsa/"Good Lovin'"
Team Tango/"You Give Love a Bad Name"		 8
9		 8
9		 8
10		 Safe
8 Foxtrot/"Mama Do (Uh Oh Uh Oh)"
'60s Jive/"River Deep - Mountain High"		 8
9		 8
8		 9
9		 Last to Be
Called Safe
9 Rumba/"Angels"
Quickstep/"99 Red Balloons"
Cha-Cha-Cha/"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"		 8
9
9		 8
9
9		 8
9
9		 Last to Be
Called Safe
10 Argentine Tango/"Los Vino"
Megamix/"You and Me", "Whenever, Wherever", "Maniac"
Freestyle/"I Will Survive"
Viennese Waltz/"Trouble"		 9
Awarded
8
Awarded		 9
26
8
26		 8
Points
8
Points		 Third Place

2010–present: Fashion Police and current endeavors[edit]

Osbourne starred alongside David Chokachi and Brooke Hogan in horror film Devour, set for US release in 2010. The film is currently in post production. In 2010, she modelled a Chris Benz dress for Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief runway show for the White Ribbon Alliance to raise funds for mothers in Haiti. In August 2010, it was confirmed that Osbourne was signed up to appear alongside Joan Rivers as a fellow judge on Weekly Fashion show Fashion Police, Osbourne said "Its' a dream come true... and I can't fucking wait to work with Joan Rivers every week"[citation needed], she will offer up style comments following major red carpet events alongside Rivers, stylist George Kotsiopoulos and Giuliana Rancic on US cable network E!. In 2011 Osbourne became a fashion correspondent for the cable network E!, serving as a host, with Joan Rivers, of the series Fashion Police. In June 2011, she presented the Miss USA pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, with Susie Castillo. In October 2012, Osbourne took home the prestigious "Ultimate style icon award" at the "Cosmopolitan awards"

In 2011, Osbourne filled in for her mother Sharon on U.S. Daytime talkshow "The Talk" alongside Holly Robinson Peete, Leah Remini and Julie Chen, she was called upon to fill Sharon's place on the show whilst auditions for "America's Got Talent" were held. In 2012 she appeared as a guest judge in Season 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race, and hosted the New Now Next Awards. In September 2012, US rapper Lil' Kim confirmed she and Osbourne were to join forces for a rock/rap cover of Elton John's 1974 hit "The Bitch Is Back".[35] In 2013, Osbourne walked the runway for The Heart Truth Red Dress Fashion Show.[36]

On 7 March 2013 while filming an episode of Fashion Police with guest Melissa Rivers, Osbourne collapsed and began experiencing a seizure that reportedly lasted thirty seconds, after which she was taken to a local Los Angeles hospital for testing.[37]

Activism and charity work[edit]

Osbourne appeared at an HIV charity benefit in February 2007, a cause she revealed stemmed from the HIV positive status of her cousin Terry Longden, of the reality show The Salon.[38][39]

On 1 April 2010, Kelly Osbourne (along with her mother Sharon Osbourne) joined Cyndi Lauper in the launch of her Give a Damn campaign to bring a wider awareness of discrimination of the LGBT community as part of her True Colours Fund. The campaign is to bring straight people to stand up with the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered community and stop the discrimination. Other names included in the campaign are Whoopi Goldberg, Jason Mraz, Elton John, Judith Light, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Kardashian, Anna Paquin and Clay Aiken.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Kelly Osbourne joined hands with the Salvation Army in Staten Island, NY during their recovery efforts in November 2012.[40]

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications
UK AUS GER FIN US US Heat US Elec.
2002 Shut Up 31 100 30 16 101 1 —
2005 Sleeping in the Nothing
  • Released: 7 June 2005
  • Label: Sanctuary Records
 57 — — — 117 2 2
  • BPI: Silver
"—" denotes the album not released

Singles[edit]

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
US US Dance UK AUS CAN
2002 "Papa Don't Preach" 74 — 3 3 6
2003 "Shut Up" — — 12 34 18
"Come Dig Me Out" — — — — —
"Changes" (with Ozzy Osbourne) — 43 1 — 7
  • BPI: Gold
2005 "One Word" 121 1 9 38 19

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2001 We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n Roll Herself Documentary
2002–2005 The Osbournes Herself 52 episodes
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember Herself Cameo
2004 Life As We Know It Deborah Tynan 14 episodes
2005 The Muppets' Wizard of Oz Dorothy Gale Cameo in extended version
2006 Live Freaky! Die Freaky! Sharon (voice) Direct-to-video
Kelly Osbourne: Turning Japanese Herself Documentary
I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! Now Herself Presenter
2 episodes
2007–2008 Project Catwalk Herself Host
20 episodes
2009 Osbournes: Reloaded Herself 6 episodes
Hotel Babylon Jo Season 4, episode 6
Dancing With the Stars Herself Contestant
Season 9, 21 episodes
2010 RuPaul's Drag U Herself Guest Judge
Season 1, episode 4
2010–present Fashion Police Herself Co-Host/Panelist
2011 The Muppets Herself Cameo
Miss USA 2011 Herself Co-Host
2012 America's Next Top Model Herself Guest Judge
Season 18, Episode 1
Miss USA 2012 Herself Co-Host
RuPaul's Drag Race Herself Guest Judge
Season 4, episode 6
Jane by Design Herself Season 1, episode 14
Should've Been Romeo Nicole
So Undercover Becky

Awards and nominations[edit]

  • 2002 – Teen Choice Awards – TV – Choice Breakout Star, Female (The Osbournes) – Won
  • 2003 – Teen Choice Awards – Favorite TV Personality – Nominated
  • 2003 – Teen Choice Awards – Choice TV Reality/Variety Star – Female (The Osbournes) – Won
  • 2007 – Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards – Best Takeover in a Role (Chicago at the Cambridge) – Nominated
  • 2008 – Sony Radio Academy Awards – Rising Star Award – Nominated
  • 2008 – LK Today High Street Fashion Awards – Best Dressed Celebrity in High Street Fashion – Won
  • 2008 – Glamour Awards – Theatre Actress of the Year (Chicago) – Won

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ a: Jack also sports a matching 'Kelly' tattoo on his wrist.

References[edit]

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  2. ^ a b Lewis, Tim (13 September 2009). "Kelly Osbourne : Ozzy and Sharon's little girl grows up". The Observer. Retrieved 15 November 2010. 
  3. ^ Joyce Eng (17 August 2009). "Dancing with the Stars 2009 Season 9 Cast Revealed!". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 17 August 2009. 
  4. ^ "Reif für den "Playboy"?" (in German). ORF/Hitradio Ö3. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  5. ^ "Osbourne šeima: anksčiau ir dabar (nuotraukų albumas)" (in Lithuanian). Delfi. 17 August 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2011. 
  6. ^ No byline (1 July 2002), "In the Pink". People. 58 (1):60
  7. ^ Eliscu, Jenny (12 December 2002), "Kelly Osbourne". Rolling Stone. (911):76
  8. ^ Kim, Maggie; McIntyre, Samantha; Reiffel,, Gabrielle; Sparks, Sarajane (28 April 2003), "Who's That Girl?" People. 59 (16):124
  9. ^ Cojocaru, Steven (22 September 2003), "CHAMELEONS". People. 60 (12):93–96
  10. ^ Clehane, Diane; Gage, Eleni; Lombardo, Jen; Martin, Jill; McIntyre, Samantha; Tan, LiLi (28 February 2005), "Behind The Seam". People. 63 (8):122
  11. ^ Orecklin, Michele (28 October 2002). "People: Oct. 28, 2002 – We're on the List". Time 160 (18). p. 73. 
  12. ^ Mason, Kerri (25 June 2005), "Peterson, Tommy Boy Immersed In African Sounds". Billboard. 117 (26):42
  13. ^ Admitted on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Episode 8.8, Friday 13 May 2005.
  14. ^ "KELLY OSBOURNE: 'I AM NOT QUITTING MUSIC'" Contactmusic.com
  15. ^ Adkins, Greg; Wong, Marisa; Wren, Jennifer; Cotliar, Sharon; Daly, Sean; Herbst, Diane; Mandel, Susan; Mandel, Kwala; Nussbaum, Gail; Posnak, Sandy; Rubin, Courtney; Stueven, Michele; Wang, Cynthia; Wihlborg, Ulrica (19 April 2004), "KELLY GOES TO REHAB". People. 61 (15):20
  16. ^ No byline (30 June 2005), "Reznor's Court Victory". Rolling Stone. (977/978):28
  17. ^ Kelly O Checks in Rehab TMZ.com, 23 January 2009
  18. ^ Kelly Osbourne: If I didn't Get Help, I Would Have Died People, 20 March 2009
  19. ^ [1][dead link]
  20. ^ Byline unknown (31 July 2007), "Kelly Osbourne stages raid on West End". Daily Telegraph. 47 (324):6
  21. ^ The Stage, London, 1 August 2007.Retrieved on 4 August 2007.
  22. ^ Kelly Osbourne Not Married 1 February 2007
  23. ^ Mail Online. 29 November 2007; Kelly Osbourne's mystery rocker revealed at last; retrieved 11 February 2009
  24. ^ Portobello Spy: Portobello Film Festival
  25. ^ YouTube – The Town That Boars Me coming soon
  26. ^ Perry, Simon. "Kelly Osbourne Arrested for Assault" People 19 January 2009
  27. ^ Kelly Osbourne plans long engagement to parents' relief, hellomagazine.com, 27 March 2009
  28. ^ Comments (2010-07-14). "Source: Kelly Osbourne, Fiancé Split Amid Cheating Rumors". PopEater.com. Retrieved 2011-11-20. 
  29. ^ Contessa Gayles (2011-11-01). "Kelly Osbourne Shares New Revelation About Cheating Ex-Fiance – AOL Music Blog". Blog.music.aol.com. Retrieved 2011-11-20. 
  30. ^ "Kelly Osbourne Slammed For Comments Over Ex-Fiance's Transgender Affair". Huffingtonpost.com. 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2011-11-20. 
  31. ^ "Kelly Osbourne: Ex Luke Worrall's Cheating Partner Elle Schneider Speaks Out". Huffingtonpost.com. 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2011-11-20. 
  32. ^ ""Kelly Osbourne Turning Japanese" (2007)". Retrieved 3 January 2008. 
  33. ^ "Osbournes: Reloaded on Fox". Retrieved 23 March 2009. [dead link]
  34. ^ [2][dead link]
  35. ^ Paul Jelicich (2012-09-16). "Lil' Kim & Kelly Osbourne Remake Elton's Bitch is Back". Elton Daily. Retrieved 2012-12-21. 
  36. ^ "Heart Truth Red Dress Show 2013". Ms. Fabulous. Retrieved 2013-02-07. 
  37. ^ http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-kelly-osbourne-seizure-hospitalized-fashion-police-20130307,0,6776549.story
  38. ^ "HIV Positive Family Member Revealed.". 28 February 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2007. 
  39. ^ "Kelly reveals Osbournes' HIV secret". 18 February 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2007. 
  40. ^ "Kelly volunteers for the Salvation Army after Hurricane Sandy hit the U.S. East Coast in 2012". 12 November 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012. 

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