Martine McCutcheon - “The Mistress” Novel

Martine McCutcheon is to write a trilogy of novels with the first being titled “The Mistress”  

Martine McCutcheon - The Early Years

Martine McCutcheon (born Martine Kimberley Sherri Ponting on May 14, 1976) is an English singer and Olivier award-winning actress.
Martine was born at the Salvation Army Mothers Hospital in Hackney, London, England, when her mother Jenny was just 19. She had a turbulent early childhood due to the abusive behaviour of her drug-addict father, Thomas Hemmings.
Her father left when McCutcheon was 2 years old, he would return periodically to threaten her mother, so her early years were spent running and hiding in order to escape him. When McCutcheon was nine, her mother finally won sole custody and an injunction was made against her father seeing her until she was 18………..more here>>

 Interesting Facts

• Martine was a bridesmaid to Liza Minnelli at her wedding to David Gest in 2002.
• She’s been romantically linked with are EastEnders co-star Paul Nicholls, snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan and Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall.
• McCutcheon gave only the minimum number of performances in My Fair Lady to qualify for the Olivier award. Her understudy gave the bulk of the performances.
• Martine once toured with East 17, as part of girl group Milan
• Martine trained at the Italia Conti acting school, and appeared in several billboard adverts as a child. She has appeared on TV programmes such as Never Mind The Buzzcocks, What Not To Wear On The Red Carpet, Jerry Springer*, Graham Norton*, The Paul O’Grady Show* and Loose Women.