Carolyn Owlett is a British model, actress, presenter, and was a singer/songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 with The 411

The 411

The 411 were a four-piece English female R&B group formed late in 2003. The band formed after a couple of the members sang backup vocals on Lemar's version of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together". The band took its name after the Mary J...

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The 411

The 411's first single "On My Knees

On My Knees

"On My Knees" is the first single by the British R'n B group The 411, released in late May 2004 and featured on their first album, Between the Sheets. In the UK Singles Chart, it reached number four and spent a total of ten weeks in the UK Top 75...

" went to No. 4 in the UK chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 whilst the second single "Dumb" reached No. 3 in the UK Chart. A third single, "chance" and an album followed but the group

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

 disbanded and went their own way in early 2005.

solo career

Carolyn was asked, along with Suzie Furlonger also from The 411, to sign a separate deal with Polydor at the end of 2005, although they never found the right single and parted ways in 2006.

Career post-The 411

Carolyn is now modeling and has been the face of Amplified clothing since 2008 and made a 'Axe' hair care commercial.

Also a television presenter, Carolyn's credits include pieces for Current TV

Current TV

Current TV, or Current, is a media company led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt. Comcast owns a ten percent stake of Current's parent company, Current Media LLC....

. Her 2008 programme Sexy Girls Have it Easy had over 40,000 views in the first month alone and by October 2010 had the highest ever online views for the channel.

Carolyn has also written articles for Marie Claire

Marie Claire

Marie Claire is a monthly women's magazine first published in France but also distributed in other countries with editions specific to them and in their languages. While each country shares its own special voice with its audience, the United States edition focuses on women around the world and...

 magazine, and is a producer for a Broadcast PR company.

She has new music material in the pipeline for 2010.

Personal life

Carolyn lives in Shoreditch

Shoreditch

Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney in England. It is a built-up part of the inner city immediately to the north of the City of London, located east-northeast of Charing Cross.-Etymology:...

, East London with her son, Billy. In October 2010, she revealed she had been a victim of a identity theft

Identity theft

Identity theft is a form of stealing another person's identity in which someone pretends to be someone else by assuming that person's identity, typically in order to access resources or obtain credit and other benefits in that person's name...

 on Facebook

Facebook

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