What is Billie Piper?
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Billie Piper | image = File:Billie Piper 02 (34679279901).jpg | caption = Billie Piper in May 2017 | birth_name = Leian Paul Piper | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|9|22}} | birth_place = [[Swindon]], [[Wiltshire]], UK | occupation = Actress, singer | years_active = 1998–2001 (singing)<br />2003–present (acting) | spouse = [[Chris Evans (presenter)|Chris Evans]]<br />(m. 2001–2007, divorced)<br />[[Laurence Fox]]<br />(m. 2007–2016, divorced) | children = 3 | partner = Amadu Sowe<br />(2004–2006)<br> Johnny Lloyd<br />(2016–present) | parents = Paul Piper<br />Mandy Kent | television = ''[[Doctor Who]]''<br />''[[Secret Diary of a Call Girl]]'' | nationality = British | residence = | education = | alma mater = }} '''Billie Paul Piper''' (born ''' Leian Paul Piper''',<ref>{{cite news|title=Billie Piper - About This Person - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/400909/Billie-Piper|work=The New York Times|accessdate=15 July 2013}}</ref> 22 September 1982, in [[Swindon]], [[Wiltshire]]) is an English singer and actress. She began her career in the late 1990s as a [[pop music|pop]] singer. Later on, she moved to acting. Her most famous role is as [[Rose Tyler]], a companion to [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] in the television series ''[[Doctor Who]]''. She played this role from 2005 to 2006, and also [[wikt:reprise|reprised]] it in 2008 and 2010.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7114699.stm|title=Billie Piper to return to Doctor Who|publisher=[[BBC News Online]]|date=27 November 2007|accessdate=27 November 2007}}</ref> ==Career== ===Music=== Piper's first chance in the entertainment world came when she was a teenager, when she was selected to appear on the Saturday morning kids' television show ''[[Scratchy and Co]]''. Piper later got a role in a television commercial promoting the pop magazine ''[[Smash Hits]]'