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"  WHY SHE&amp;#039;S ON OUR RADAR: The pillow-lipped former pop star and coolest actress in the U.K. sizzles as Belle, a high-priced escort, in Showtime&amp;#039;s latest potboiler series, Secret Diary of a Call Girl.   HER SHTICK: Sexily unapologetic and clueless about the line between business and pleasure.   AS SEEN IN: Doctor Who, Mansfield Park  POP TART: Famous at 15 in Britain with her hit song &amp;quot;Because We Want To,&amp;quot; and again at 18 for marrying the U.K.&amp;#039;s top DJ, Chris Evans (16 years her senior), Piper, 25, gets the public&amp;#039;s front-page fascination with child stars gone bad. &amp;quot;But it&amp;#039;s really hard when people start looking up to you and you have to suddenly become picture-perfect. That kind of pressure makes people go mad.&amp;quot;   HAPPY HOOKER: &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re exposed to a side of prostitution that is very tragic\u2014the drug-fueled, trafficking end of it. But to research this role and sit in front of the woman whose experiences this show is based on, a woman who is well-read and graceful, and has a degree\u2014it challenged my initial prejudices.&amp;quot;   LETTING IT ALL HANG OUT: &amp;quot;I knew what I was getting myself into. I couldn&amp;#039;t turn up on the set and say, &amp;#039;Oh, I don&amp;#039;t feel like getting my tits out today.&amp;#039;&amp;quot;  HORSING AROUND: In one scene, Belle literally rides atop her middle-aged client. &amp;quot;I was OK because I was in my underwear, but this actor was exposed, wearing a saddle, pretending to be a horse. I don&amp;#039;t know what that does to one&amp;#039;s self-esteem.&amp;quot;   HOMEWORK? &amp;quot;My husband [her second, actor Laurence Fox, son of James] hasn&amp;#039;t benefited from my role. It&amp;#039;s one thing when you&amp;#039;re pretending to be a love machine. But if I had to do it in real life, I&amp;#039;d find myself absolutely hilarious.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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