Sally Anne Marsh is a British actress and singer. She was a member of Faith Hope & Charity, later becoming the vocalist for a number of groups, including Xpansions, Ariel and Hysterix. Her film credits include The Princess and the Goblin and A Monkey's Tale, and she also appeared in a number of TV productions.
Performing career Sally Anne Marsh began singing when she was six, and acted in the children TV show Tricky Business as a teenager. She was a member of a short lived girlband with Diana Barrand and Dani Behr called Faith Hope & Charity.
After Faith Hope and Charity, her musical career included being the vocalist for electronic music group Xpansions whose major techno hit single Move Your Body (Elevation) reached Number 7 in 1991. This song has been remixed and rereleased several times over the nineties due to demand. Marsh then became the lead singer of deConstruction house group Ariel who were formed by Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers with whom she appeared on Channel 4's The Word. She recorded two promo only singles working with producers Mike Stock & Matt Aitken in 1995 on their Love This Records label. These were a cover of the Mungo Jerry hit "In the Summertime" and a dance version of "Windmills of your Mind". Recently, she has been working as lead vocalist for the London band Brand Violet.
In addition to her musical career, she is a freelance voiceover artiste who does work for GCap Media and EMAP radio, as well as the Tindle Radio Group.
As an actress, she has appeared in children's programmes as many characters including Vicky in Bodger and Badger (in which she played a drumkit), Nurse Kitty in Hilltop Hospital, Lucy in BBC's Tricky Business, Princess Irene in The Princess and the Goblin, Gina in A Monkey's Tale, Giselle in Santa and the Tooth Fairies and its sequel TV series Tales of the Tooth Fairies and Cecile Lefevre in Grange Hill. Sally Ann Marsh also voiced the character of Snow White in the 2006 Picha production of Snow White: The Sequel.
Singles Xpansions – Move Your Body (Elevation) (Arista Records) – 1990 – Frontwoman Ariel – Let it Slide! (deConstruction Records – 1993) Xpansions – Move Your Body '95 (Arista Records) – 1995 Sally Anne Marsh – "In the Summertime" [Promo Only] – 1995) Sally Anne Marsh – Windmills Of Your Mind [Promo Only] – 1995 Aurora – Hear You Calling (Original Mother Earth) – 1999 – Vocals Brand Violet – Alien Hive Theme (Brand Violet Limited) – 2004 – Lead Vocals Brand Violet – Head (Brand Violet Limited) – 2004 Brand Violet – Voodoo (Brand Violet Limited) – 2004 Brand Violet – Sputnik Bride EP (Brand Violet Limited) – 2005 Brand Violet – Legend of Ladybeard (Brand Violet Limited) – 2005
Faith Hope & Charity For the group, see Faith Hope & Charity
Albums Brand Violet – Retrovision Coma (Brand Violet Limited) – 2004 (Lead vocalist) Brand Violet – Akathisia (Brand Violet Limited) – 2005
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1988Turkey LoveAdditional voiceTelevision film1989Tricky BusinessLucy9 episodes1991The Princess and the GoblinPrincess Irene (voice)Santa and the Tooth FairiesAdditional voiceEnglish dub1993Tale of the Tooth Fairies1996Grange Hill Cecile Lefevre8 episodes1996–1997Bodger and BadgerVicky9 episodes1999A Monkey's TaleGinaEnglish dubHilltop HospitalNurse KittyVoice2000Free SpiritsKelly2007Snow White: The SequelSnow White (voice)English dub2011NOKSU NOKSU (voice)
References
External links [ AllMusic.com: Biography]
Brand Violet XPansions Discography Ariel on Last FM Faith Hope & Charity