Adele Anderson
| Adèle Anderson | |
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Anderson performing with Fascinating Aïda in 2008.
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14 June 1952 England |
| Awards | Nominated for Drama Desk Award with Fascinating Aïda Nominated for Perrier Award with Fascinating Aïda |
| Website | fascinatingaida |
Adèle Anderson (born 14 June 1952) is an English Olivier Award-nominated singer and actress, best known as one third of the cabaret group Fascinating Aïda.
Anderson has appeared internationally in concerts, in theatrical plays, on the BBC Television program Gemma Masters. In addition, sometimes with Dillie Keane, Anderson writes lyrics to most of Fascinating Aïda's songs and has contributed to the songs of several hit musicals, including The Challenge (Shaw Theatre) and The Ten Commandments (The Place).
Anderson joined Fascinating Aïda in 1984, a year after its inception, and has performed with them ever since. Recently, they recorded the new show Charm Offensive which they toured nationwide.
Anderson is a transgender woman. She was assigned male when she was born in Southampton, England, and had sex reassignment surgery after graduating from university. She lived and worked as a woman for some time before speaking publicly about being transgender.
She is a distinguished supporter of the British Humanist Association [1]
On 15 September 2010, Anderson, along with 54 other public figures, signed an open letter published in The Guardian, stating their opposition to Pope Benedict XVI's state visit to the UK.
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