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Eddi Reader
Glasgow, Scotland
Scottish singer-songwriter Eddi Reader MBE was born Sadenia Reader on 29th August, 1959 in Glasgow, the eldest of seven children. Starting out as a busker on Sauchiehall Street,…
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Scottish singer-songwriter Eddi Reader MBE was born Sadenia Reader on 29th August, 1959 in Glasgow, the eldest of seven children. Starting out as a busker on Sauchiehall Street, she became a backing singer and session vocalist for Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet, Billy MacKenzie and The Waterboys, before forming Fairground Attraction and scoring a big hit with 1988's Perfect. Following the band's split, Eddi went on to build an enduring solo career that has taken in genres such as pop, folk and country. She has also acted in John Byrne's Your Cheatin' Heart, Janice Galloway's The Trick Is to Keep Breathing on both the radio and in the theatre, and presented the Glasgow based music programme No Stilettos. She is a passionate supporter of Scottish independence.
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2023
Icons of Football
TV show Self - Interviewed Guest
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2021
St Andrew’s Day at the BBC
Movie Self
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2020
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
TV show Self
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2019
Burns by the Lagan
Movie Self
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2018
Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland
TV show Self
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2008
Me and Orson Welles
Movie Singer
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2005
Fairground Attraction – Full House
Movie Self
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2001
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
Movie Self
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1990
Your Cheatin' Heart
TV show Jolene Jowett
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1990
Your Cheatin' Heart
Movie
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1979
Question Time
TV show Self - Panellist
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1977
The BRIT Awards
TV show Self
