Myleene Klass
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Klass attends the Greatest Britons Awards of 2007
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| Born |
Myleene Angela Klass 6 April 1978 Gorleston, Norfolk, England |
| Residence | London, England |
| Education |
Cliff Park High School Notre Dame High School Royal Academy of Music |
| Alma mater |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama Great Yarmouth College |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse(s) | Graham Quinn (m. 2011–13) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Instruments | Vocals, piano, violin, harp |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | EMI Classics |
| Associated acts | Hear'Say |
| Website | Official website |
Myleene Angela Klass (born 6 April 1978) is a British singer, pianist, and model, best known as a member of the now defunct pop band Hear'Say. They released two studio albums and four singles, the first two of which reached number one in the UK singles chart. Klass independently released two solo classical crossover albums in 2003 and 2007.
More recently, Klass is better known as a television and radio presenter; she has hosted television shows including Popstar to Operastar (2010–2011) and BBQ Champ (2015–present) on ITV and The One Show (2007) on BBC One. She was briefly a regular panellist on the ITV lunchtime chat show Loose Women in 2014. In April 2012 her net worth was estimated at £11 million.
Klass was born in Gorleston, Norfolk, to an Austrian father and a Filipino mother. She has a sister Jessie and brother Don. She comes from six generations of classical musicians on her father's side: Klass's paternal grandmother was an opera singer and her paternal grandfather left his violin to her, which she learned to play. Klass began to learn the piano and violin from the age of four and then the harp at 12. She took Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music exams in violin, piano and voice. She received an A grade in A-level music, and became a Norfolk County scholar. At the age of 12, she won a school engineering contest, with a prize presented by Carol Vorderman.
Klass attended St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, then Cliff Park High School in Gorleston, before going to Notre Dame High School, Norwich, for a short time. While at school, she spent her Saturdays studying singing at the Junior Department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. After two years studying A-levels at Great Yarmouth College, she later took a musical theatre course at the Royal Academy of Music, University of London.
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