Martine Kimberley Sherrie McCutcheon (born Martine Kimberley Sherrie
Ponting, 14 May 1976) is an English singer, television personality and
actress. McCutcheon's first television role was the role of Mandy in
children's television drama Bluebirds in 1989. She also had minor
success as one third of the pop group Milan in the early 1990s, but it
was her role as Tiffany Mitchell in the BBC's EastEnders that she is
best known for, as well as her role in the 2003 romantic comedy Love
Actually. For the former she won the National Television Award, while
the latter earned her the Empire Award and the MTV Movie Award. She
was written out of EastEnders at the end of 1998 and then embarked on
a pop career, this time as a solo artist.McCutcheon's debut studio
album You Me & Us (1999) peaked at number two in the UK, was certified
platinum and spawned the UK number one single "Perfect Moment" and two
other top 10 hits. Her second studio album, Wishing (2000), was less
successful, charting at number 25. However, it produced two top 10
singles and was certified gold. Her pop career stalled because of the
poor reception of her third album, Musicality in 2002, which only
reached number 55 in the UK and received silver certification. She has
since appeared on various television programmes, in films and on stage
in My Fair Lady, where her portrayal of Eliza Doolittle won her a
Laurence Olivier Award in 2002. She released her autobiography Who
Does She Think She Is? in 2000. In 2017, she returned to music with
the album Lost and Found, which peaked at number 17 in the UK,
becoming her highest-charting record since her debut album.Martine
Kimberley Sherrie Ponting was born on 14 May 1976 at the Salvation
Army Mothers' Hospital in the London Borough of Hackney to Jenny
Ponting and Thomas "Keith" Hemmings. While in a relationship with
Keith, Jenny experienced domestic violence, which continued for many
years after their split. After one of many incidents in which he
attempted to kill both Jenny and Martine, he was arrested and later
charged and remanded in custody for six months. Jenny then met John
McCutcheon, whom she later married. When Martine was nine, Keith
contacted Jenny and asked for access to her. Jenny refused prompting
him to seek sole custody of Martine through the courts. He eventually
lost the case, was denied any access to Martine until she was 18, and
told that he could not apply for it again due to his past behaviour.
Shortly after, her surname was changed to her stepfather's,
McCutcheon. When Martine was sixteen, her mother gave birth to her
half-brother, Laurence "LJ". Jenny and John eventually divorced, and
she married Alan Tomlin in 2000.
Ponting, 14 May 1976) is an English singer, television personality and
actress. McCutcheon's first television role was the role of Mandy in
children's television drama Bluebirds in 1989. She also had minor
success as one third of the pop group Milan in the early 1990s, but it
was her role as Tiffany Mitchell in the BBC's EastEnders that she is
best known for, as well as her role in the 2003 romantic comedy Love
Actually. For the former she won the National Television Award, while
the latter earned her the Empire Award and the MTV Movie Award. She
was written out of EastEnders at the end of 1998 and then embarked on
a pop career, this time as a solo artist.McCutcheon's debut studio
album You Me & Us (1999) peaked at number two in the UK, was certified
platinum and spawned the UK number one single "Perfect Moment" and two
other top 10 hits. Her second studio album, Wishing (2000), was less
successful, charting at number 25. However, it produced two top 10
singles and was certified gold. Her pop career stalled because of the
poor reception of her third album, Musicality in 2002, which only
reached number 55 in the UK and received silver certification. She has
since appeared on various television programmes, in films and on stage
in My Fair Lady, where her portrayal of Eliza Doolittle won her a
Laurence Olivier Award in 2002. She released her autobiography Who
Does She Think She Is? in 2000. In 2017, she returned to music with
the album Lost and Found, which peaked at number 17 in the UK,
becoming her highest-charting record since her debut album.Martine
Kimberley Sherrie Ponting was born on 14 May 1976 at the Salvation
Army Mothers' Hospital in the London Borough of Hackney to Jenny
Ponting and Thomas "Keith" Hemmings. While in a relationship with
Keith, Jenny experienced domestic violence, which continued for many
years after their split. After one of many incidents in which he
attempted to kill both Jenny and Martine, he was arrested and later
charged and remanded in custody for six months. Jenny then met John
McCutcheon, whom she later married. When Martine was nine, Keith
contacted Jenny and asked for access to her. Jenny refused prompting
him to seek sole custody of Martine through the courts. He eventually
lost the case, was denied any access to Martine until she was 18, and
told that he could not apply for it again due to his past behaviour.
Shortly after, her surname was changed to her stepfather's,
McCutcheon. When Martine was sixteen, her mother gave birth to her
half-brother, Laurence "LJ". Jenny and John eventually divorced, and
she married Alan Tomlin in 2000.
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