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Maria Rubia (born 20 December 1977, Norwich, Norfolk) is an English model, actress and singer who debuted as vocalist on the Fragma dance song, "Everytime You Need Me".

Biography

Born in UK,1981, MARIA moved with her family to southern France where she went to a French-speaking school. The family returned to the UK when Maria was 13 and she became a model and actress, appearing in several well known commercials.

Maria's family moved again to Spain but she remained in UK to pursue her dream of being a singer (which she had been doing since the age of two!!!!)

In 2004, Maria became pregnant with her son Brandon, giving birth would put her in a wheelchair. An x-ray revealed that her pubic bone had split apart during childbirth. She was diagnosed with a extreme case of symphysis pubis dysfunction(SPD). It would take 18 months for her to take her first steps again. Brandon walked before she did!Feature in papers and magazines to let other girls and women know about SPD. [1]

Maria is fluent in English, German, French and Spanish. Fully recovered she is back in the studio and making music,modelling and has just done a film in USA,named Eagle One,a spoof comedy film which she said was fun doing. She also came up with the idea of the Madeleine McCann fund which she passed onto the Family's best friend in the hope that it would aid them finding their beloved daughter and also other missing children all over the world. She has performed with many artists like Michael Jackson,Girls A loud,Elton John and many more. She loves performing live and has been trained in Opera. (Her Mother is an Operatic singer) Updated 2009

Music

She co-wrote her debut solo single, "Say It", which was remixed by DJ Rob Searle. Rubia had four international hit singles from 2001-2005 and has sold over 4 million records worldwide. She is working on new tracks with record producer and songwriter Antony Westgate www.antonywestgate.co.uk www.myspace.com/mariarubiafragma

Television

Maria has starred in [[Tv adverts,Top of the pops,live and kicking,cd uk,plus lots more music channels worldwide and has worked as a TV presenter for MTV, Channel 4, and Nickelodeon .

Discography

Singles

  • Fragma feat. Maria Rubia - "Everytime You Need Me" (2001) n03 UKand worldwide
  • "Say It" (2001) n030 UK singles chart and worldwide
  • Double N feat. Maria Rubia - "Forever and a Day" (2002)n01 in Denmark and top ten in many countries.(Big Brother Theme tune)
  • Akyra feat. Maria Rubia - "Here Comes the Rain Again" (2003)top ten in uk and many countries worldwide.

References

  1. ^ 'Giving birth left me in a wheelchair' | the Daily Mail


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