Olly Alexander
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 33 |
| Web site | twitter.com |
| Date of birth | July 15,1990 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Harrogate |
| United Kingdom | |
| Height | 175 (cm) |
| Parents | Vicki Thornton |
| Music groups | Years & Years |
| Job | Singer |
| Screenwriter | |
| Child actor | |
| Songwriter | |
| Official site | instagram.com |
| Instruments | Vocals; Keyboards; Synthesisers; Piano |
| Associ act | Years & Years |
| Groups | Years & Years |
| Alma mater | Hereford College of Arts |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 477299 |
Olly Alexander Life story
Oliver Alexander Thornton is a British singer and actor. He is best known as the lead singer of Years & Years and for his performance as Ritchie Tozer in the Channel 4 drama series, It's a Sin.
Girls Aloud reveal details of 'enormous, magical' reunion tour
... But a guest appearance with Nicola and Years and Years star Olly Alexander at this year s Mighty Hoopla festival made her reconsider...
Glastonbury 2022: 11 weird and wonderful moments
... 7) Chris Lowe s vanishing actPet Shop Boys threw a massive party on The Other Stage on Sunday night, playing a greatest hits set that included four UK number ones, a Village People cover and a duet with Olly Alexander from Years & Years...
Bafta TV Awards: Stars walk the red carpet at Royal Festival Hall
... Omari Douglas (left), Olly Alexander (centre) and Callum Scott Howells are all nominated for acting awards...
Bafta TV Awards: Stars prepare for Royal Festival Hall ceremony
... It s A Sin star Olly Alexander is up for best actor, Lydia West for best actress and Omari Douglas, Callum Scott Howells and David Carlyle for best supporting actor...
Bafta TV Awards: Aids drama It's A Sin leads nominations
... Olly Alexander is nominated for best actor, Lydia West for best actress and Callum Scott Howells and David Carlyle for best supporting actor...
Meat Loaf albums return to the UK charts after his death
... Now a solo project for singer Olly Alexander, the band started out as a three-piece, before scoring hits with King and Desire...
TV 2020: the Shows coming to the small screen in the vicinity
... Olly Alexander music group years & years, plays the drama s Central figure Ritchie...
Adam Lambert: 'Coming out is an act of defiance'
... And he is glad that queer artists are becoming more and more visible, with the likes of Christine + The Queens, Olly Alexander, and, especially, Sam Smith, showing that sexuality will no longer be used, the barrier to success...
Bafta TV Awards: Aids drama It's A Sin leads nominations
It's A Sin is leading The Charge for this year's Bafta TV Awards, with 11 nominations.
The Channel 4 drama, about a group of friends hit by the 1980s Aids crisis, is up for prizes including Best mini-series plus four acting awards.
Olly Alexander is nominated for Best Actor , Lydia West for Best actress and Callum Scott Howells and David Carlyle for Best Supporting Actor .
Other shows with multiple nominations include Time, Help and Sex Education .
The nominations for the Must-See Moment, the only accolade to be voted for by The Public , were announced last week.
They include Rose and Giovanni's silent dance on Strictly Come Dancing ; Adele's reunion with her former teacher on An Audience With Adele; and Ant and Dec dig at Downing Street's lockdown parties on I'm A Celebrity. . Get Me Out of Here.
Strictly Come Dancing and Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway will do battle in The Best entertainment programme category alongside Last Year 's winner Life and Rhymes and An Audience with Adele.
Late comedian Sean Locke is nominated for Best entertainment performance for 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, alongside Alison Hammond , Big Zuu , Graham Norton , Joe Lycett and Michael Mcintyre .
Best actress nominee West has stiff competition from Kate Winslet , who has received her First Tv Bafta nomination for Mare of Easttown, plus Denise Gough and Emily Watson for ITV's Too Close , Jodie Comer for Channel 4 's Help and Niamh Algar for Channel 4 's Deceit.
Alongside Years & Years singer Alexander in the Leading Actor category is David Thewlis for Sky's dark comic crime drama Landscapers, which was The Second most-nominated programme with seven nods. However, they don't include an acting nomination for Olivia Colman , who plays Thewlis's wife in the series.
Also in the running are Hugh Quarshie for ITV's Stephen, Samuel Adewunmi for BBC's You Don't Know Me, Sean Bean for Bbc One 's Time and Stephen Graham for Channel 4 's Help.
The latter is about a carer (Comer) who bonds with a patient (Graham) as the care home residents and staff face The Challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The critically-acclaimed drama got six nominations in total, as did Time, which also stars Graham alongside Bean, and Channel 4 's music comedy We Are Lady Parts. Graham was also given a Best Supporting Actor nod for Time.
Netflix's Sex Education received five nominations.
In the hotly contested Best international category, Succession will take On Call My Agent, Squid Game, Lupin, Mare of Easttown and The Underground Railroad.
The Bafta nominations also include technical categories such as costume design, editing and hair and make-up.
The Winners of the Bafta Craft Awards will be announced on 24 April, with The Winners of the main Bafta TV Awards revealed at a ceremony on 8 May.
The Bafta nominations were revealed A Day after The Royal Television Society (RTS) announced its annual award winners.
It's A Sin won three prizes - Best limited series, Best Male Actor for Howells and Best writer for Russell T Davies.
The RTS judges called the series " a devastating story grippingly told… a triumph of distinctive writing, great production and fine performances".
Source of news: bbc.com
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