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| Name: |
Gwen Stefani |
| Birth Name: |
Gwendolyn Renee Stefani |
| Height: |
5' 6" |
| Sex: |
F |
| Nationality: |
American |
| Birth Date: |
October 3, 1969 |
| Birth Place: |
Anaheim, California, USA |
| Profession: |
actress, musician |
| Husband/Wife: |
Gavin McGregor Rossdale (lead singer of the
band Bush; engaged on January 1, 2002; married on September 14, 2002 at St.
Paul's Church in London) |
| Brother: |
Eric Stefani (former member of No Doubt)
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| Claim to fame: |
Lead singer of the band No Doubt |
| Contact: |
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- Plans to design for the rest of her life. (2004)
- Has recently found out from her husband, 36-year-old Gavin
Rossdale, that he's the father of Pearl Lowe's daughter Daisy, a 15-year-old
London model named Daisy Lowe. (2004)
- Said her solo album is heading in a dance direction. (March
12, 2004)
- Is getting acting tips from Leonardo DiCaprio for her cameo
in THE AVIATOR. (March 10, 2004)
- No Doubt and Blink 182 will team up for a coheadlining U.S.
amphitheater tour beginning June 1 in Indianapolis and wrapping June 26 in San
Bernardino, California. (February 5, 2004)
- Her new line of clothes, L.A.M.B., has all the hallmarks of
her singing style, which includes bikini tops, Rasta-inspired colors, low-slung
pants, even bum flaps. (October 31, 2003)
- No Doubt recently shot a video for their new single It's My
Life at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles -- It was directed by David
LaChapelle, who's best known for his racy and provocative photographs of today's
hottest stars. (October 21, 2003)
- While No Doubt enjoys a break after intense touring activity
in support of its 2001 Interscope album, Rock Steady, Stefani is busying herself
with a variety of endeavors Shes been collaborating on some tracks on her own
with different people; Stefani has previously lent her vocals to hit songs by
Moby (South Side) and Eve (Let Me Blow Ya Mind). (April 22, 2003)
- No Doubt received the keys to Anaheim Friday at Disneyland,
which the band mocked in its 1995 hit album Tragic Kingdom -- lead singer Gwen
Stefani even confessed she wanted to work at Disneyland and sing songs at the
Disneyland Hotel, and admitted she used to come dancing there. (November 25,
2002)
- Gwen used to date bass player in the band Tony Kanal. When
they broke up she wrote the hit single Don't Speak in memory of their
relationship.
- Sometimes Credited As: Gwendolyn Renee Stefani
- Nickname: Sunshine, G-loc
- Trade mark: Red Lipstick
- Was on her High School swim team.
- Met fiance Gavin Rossdale (Bush) in 1996 at a concert she
was playing at with her band No Doubt
- Inspired by such musicals as The Sound Of Music, and Annie.
- Eric, her brother, was the keyboardist for No Doubt
- Has a small dog named Megan
- Favorite food: spagetti
- Is Catholic
- Favorite movie: THE SOUND OF MUSIC
- Her prom dress was a remake of the movie BEHIND THE REAR
WINDOW
- Gwen and bandmate Adrian used to have a crush on each other.
- No Doubt opened up for the Ziggy Marley (Bob Marleys son)
concert in 1990. During the tour Gwen would come out on stage in different
costumes, such as a wedding dress! She built her fans from then.
- Gwen wrote Simple Kind Of Life the night before they
recorded it.
- Is the only original member who's still in the band.
- Auditioned for GIRL INTERRUPTED and FIGHT CLUB.
- Her grandfather is the guy at the register in the Sunday
Morning video.
- On the Just a Girl video, Gwen's shirt that shes wearing is
made from boys underwear.
- Played the Piccolo in her high school marching band.
- No Doubt is in the Guiness Book for longest singel at #1,
Don't Speak for 16 weeks.
- During high school, Gwen thought she was chubby, so she
joined the swim team.
- Gwen's red vinyl dress from the cover of Tragic Kingdom is
enshirned in a Hard Rock Cafe in Newport Beach, CA.
- Gavin, Gwen's boyfriend of Bush doesn't like her style of
clothing much.
- Every year makes an annual trip to Knott's Berry Farm.
- Once while jogging in Paris, Gwen got lost and forgot what
hotel they were staying at, so she had to call her father who was back in the
USA to get the name and number of the hotel she was at.
- Has been known to check into hotels under the name Daria
Blue.
- In the Sunday Morning video, the guy laying in the driveway
at the beginning is Eric Stefani, the guy on the porch is Donnie, at concerts he
use to warm up the crowd before the band would preform, the man at the grocery
store is Gwen's Grandfather and the house is Gwen's grandparent's.
- Performed water ballet in high school.
- Started wearing the Bindi after attending a party with Tony
and his mother, where all the women were wearing them.
- Tony got his nose pierced after loosing a bet to Gwen, but
he forced her to watch him get peireced, and she fainted.
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- "I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I
know I'm a dork. I'm a geek."
- "I think everyone has gifts and everyone has talents. If you
are successful at it, it feels really good but it never really penetrates
completely. There are moments where I think that we made an amazing record and
I'm so proud of it, but I don't wake up and go, "Wow, I'm amazing."
- On gwenabees: "And they did it! It was cute. We were like
awww a little pink family."
- "Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it's like
an excuse for halloween everyday."
- On high school: "I wasnt a cheerleader or in the choir. I
didnt have loads of friends."-Gwen Stefani
- "Don't shave, don't shower, don't care. Be really stinky and
wear the same clothes every day. I think what makes a man sexy is not being
self-aware. That's what's really cute to me."
- "I'm just an Orange County girl from a loving family making
music with my friends. It's not really that big of a deal."
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- MTV Video Music Awards: Best Pop Video; Best Group Video;
It's My Life (2004)
- Teen Choice Awards: Tour of the Year, No Doubt and Blink-182
(2004)
- California Music Awards: Outstanding Female Vocalist (2004)
- Grammy Awards: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With
Vocal ''Underneath It All,'' (2004)
- Grammy Awards: Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With
Vocal, Hey Baby. (2003)
- California Music Award (BAMMIES): Outstanding Female
Vocalist (2003)
- Music Video Professionals Awards: Best Art Direction, Hella
Good (2003)
- Music Video Professionals Awards: Best Colorist/Telecin,
Underneath it All (2003)
- Music Video Professionals Awards: Best Hair, Hella Good
(2003)
- Music Video Professionals Awards: Panavision Award - Best
Cinematography, Underneath It All (2003)
- Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards: Favorite Band (2003)
- MTV Awards: Group Video, Hey Baby featuring Bounty Killer
(2002)
- MTV Awards: Pop Video, Hey Baby featuring Bounty Killer
(2002)
- VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards: Rock Style (2001)
- Billboard Music Awards: FAN.tastic Video, Simple Kind of
Life (2000)
- VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards: Most Stylish Video, Ex-Girlfriend
(2000)
- VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards: Most Stylish Video New (1999)
- MTV Awards: Best Group Video Don't Speak (1997)
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