Andrea Corr

At 50 years old, Andrea Corr has this physical status:

Andrea Jane Corr MBE (born 17 May 1974) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and actress.

Corr and her three elder siblings, Caroline, Sharon, and Jim joined her in 1990 as the lead singer of the Celtic folk rock and pop rock band The Corrs.

Corr plays the tin whistle, the ukulele, and the piano among other things. Corr has released six studio albums, two compilation albums, one remix album, and two live albums in addition.

Andrea has also pursued a solo career, releasing her debut album, Ten Feet High, in 2007.

The album deviated from the Corrs' sound to include a dance-pop style.

Her new album, which was out of covers of songs that were important to her when she was younger, was mainly made up of covers of songs that were important to her when she was younger. Andrea is involved with charitable causes.

She has performed in charitable concerts to raise funds for the Pavarotti & Friends Liberian Children's Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and The Prince's Trust in 2004.

She is an ambassador for Nelson Mandela's "46664" campaign, raising money for AIDS in Africa.

The Corrs appeared on "When the Stars Go Blue" alongside Bono on July 2, 2005, during Edinburgh's "Make Poverty History" campaign.

She was named an honorary M.B.E. along with her siblings. Queen Elizabeth II received a gold medal in 2005 for her contributions to music and charity.

Early years

Andrea Corr was born to Gerry Corr, a manager of the Irish Electricity Supply Board's payroll department (the E.S.B. Jean, the husband of Jean, a housewife, and he and his wife, Jean, are a housewife. She is the youngest of the five Corr children. Before she and her sister Caroline were born, older brother Gerard was killed when he was only three years old in a car crash. On The Late Late Show, Andrea spoke with Ryan Tubridy of RTÉ Entertainment on The Late Late Show, a devastating death that was broadcast by RTÉ Entertainment.

The family was born in Dundalk, Ireland. Gerry and Jean formed Sound Affair, which performed songs from ABBA and The Eagles in Dundalk's local pubs, where they would often bring their children along.

Andrea took up the tin whistle and was taught by her father at the piano by her parents. She and her siblings would often spend time in Jim's bedroom at a house he had rented during their adolescent years. Andrea sang lead vocals, Sharon played the violin, and both Caroline and Jim played keyboards. Andrea took part in school plays at her Dun Lughaidh Convent in Dundalk, Dun Lughaidh Convent.

Personal life

On August 21, 2009, Corr married Brett Desmond. At the wedding, Sharon Corr and Caroline Corr sang "No Frontiers," as Damien Dempsey, Sharon Shannon, Seamus Begley, and Corr herself performed on stage. Corr's pregnancy was confirmed in November 2011. Jean on April 28, 2012, and Brett Jr. on January 4, 2014.

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Career

In 1990, Corr and her siblings formed a quartet called The Corrs. Their career launched in 1991 when they auditioned for the film The Commitments in which Andrea gained a speaking role as Sharon Rabbitte. John Hughes noticed the quartet when they auditioned for the movie, and agreed to become their manager. The Corrs signed with Atlantic Records in 1995 and travelled to North America to record their debut album Forgiven, Not Forgotten. The album featured six instrumental selections among its Celtic-influenced tracks. When released, it was successful in Ireland, Australia, Japan, and Spain. The album reached platinum status in the United Kingdom and Australia, and quadruple platinum in Ireland, which made it one of the most popular debuts by an Irish group.

Following on from the success of their debut album, they released Talk on Corners and In Blue in 1997 and 2000 respectively. Originally Talk on Corners met with lukewarm success, until a remix version was released, when it topped the charts in many countries, and reached platinum status in the United Kingdom and Australia. In Blue moved towards mainstream pop, placing heavy emphasis on electronic synthesisers. It was successful, and was No. 1 in its first sales week in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria and debuted at No. 2 in France and Norway. It climbed to the top position during its second week in Sweden and Spain.

During the production of In Blue, their mother, Jean, died while waiting for a lung transplant in the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, UK. She was laid to rest at St. Patrick's cemetery in Dundalk. Bono, Larry Mullen, Brian Kennedy and Paul Brady were among the attendees. "No More Cry", written by Andrea and Caroline Corr for the album, was dedicated to their father hoping to help with his grief.

In 2003, Andrea recorded "Time Enough For Tears", a song written by Bono and Gavin Friday for the film In America. This track was featured on The Corrs' 2004 album Borrowed Heaven. Borrowed Heaven was dedicated to their late mother, Jean, and their father, Gerry. The band also dedicated their 2005 tribute album Home to their deceased mother. The band covered many traditional Irish songs taken from their mother's songbook to commemorate their 15 years as a band.

In an interview with Chris Evans in June 2015, Andrea confirmed that The Corrs were working on a new album and would play the BBC Radio 2 'Live in Hyde Park' festival. Their sixth studio album, White Light, was released on 27 November 2015, and was accompanied by a world tour.

While her siblings were on hiatus to raise their families, Andrea launched a solo career. She released her first album, Ten Feet High, on 25 June 2007. It was produced by Nellee Hooper, who has worked with Gwen Stefani and Madonna; Bono was an executive producer. Her first single, "Shame on You" was an up-tempo pop song about men and women going to war and leaving behind partners they may never see again. It received positive reviews from music critics; IndieLondon described the song as a "slick package" that was "polished, well produced and with a message that's difficult to ignore". Losing Today's David Adair gave the song a strong review, writing that Corr's vocals were "crisp and uplifting". Liverpool's Daily Post gave the song a three-star rating, commenting that it was "deceptively upbeat", which masked its "heavier message about conscription and war".

In 2011 she released her second solo album Lifelines. This album contains covers of song by the likes John Lennon, Donna Summer, The Velvet Underground and more.

In 2020 she released an EP called Christmas Songs. The EP contains 4 classical Christmas songs and one original song titled Begin Again.

Andrea Corr entered the film industry in 1991 with Alan Parker's film The Commitments, in which she had a speaking part as Sharon Rabbitte. In 1996, Parker was directing the film version of the rock opera Evita which starred Madonna. He was so keen on having Andrea in the film that he cast her as Juan Peron's mistress, where she performed part of "Hello and Goodbye". Corr provided the singing voice for Kayley, opposite Bryan White (Garrett) in Warner Brothers' first fully animated film, 1998's The Quest for Camelot.

Corr resumed her acting career in 2003 where she was cast as Anne in The Boys from County Clare. The film was not a commercial success, but she won the Film Discovery Jury Award for Best Actress in the US Comedy Arts Festival and was nominated for Best Actress in the IFTA Awards. During the Corrs' hiatus she was featured in the 2005 film The Bridge and the 2006 film Broken Thread. Corr appeared as Christina in the play Dancing at Lughnasa staged at The Old Vic theatre in London from February until May 2009 .

She played the title role in Jane Eyre by Alan Stanford at the Gate Theatre in Dublin which opened on 9 November 2010.

In 2018 she wrote and released a book, titled Barefoot Pilgrimage. In this she writes about her youth, the warmth of her family and of course about The Corrs.

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