SAMANTHA MUMBA

I am delighted that another celebrity has joined us..........singer/actress/model Samantha Mumba. (sam....eagle83)

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Samantha Tamania Anne Cecilia Mumba (born 18 January 1983) is an Irish singer and actress.

Her first album was released in 2000. Her most notable role was Mara in the 2002 film The Time Machine. She has also appeared in a number of Irish independent films.



Samantha was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her father, Peter Mumba, is from Zambia and was formerly an aircraft engineer, her mother is Irish. Samantha attended Dublin's Billie Barry Stage School from the age of three to fifteen. When she was 15 she was discovered on an RTÉ TV talent show Let Me Entertain You by Irish music Svengali Louis Walsh (manager of Boyzone and Westlife). Walsh was impressed by her talent and she was signed to Polydor Records. She subsequently spent several months moving between Denmark, Sweden, the UK and Ireland, where she co-wrote and recorded her debut album, Gotta Tell You. She eventually dropped out of school to focus on her music career, explaining that it was becoming difficult to stay in school and work on her music.

Music career
1999–01: Debut Album

Samantha sings contralto. Her first single, "Gotta Tell You", was released in 2000 and reached No. 1 in the Irish charts. It later reached No. 2 in the British charts. Samantha also had success in the USA, with the song peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album Gotta Tell You stayed on the charts for six months and was eventually certified platinum for sales of 1 million copies. Five more Top 10 hits followed in the UK and she had another top 50 hit in the US. Another hit from this album was "Baby, Come Over (This Is Our Night)", a remixed version of "Baby Come On Over" and features on the US edition of the album. To date, her first album has sold over 4 million copies worldwide.
In 2001, Mumba contributed to the track "You Raise Me Up" by the Celtic Tenors. An EP Samantha Sings Christmas was released at Christmas 2001; it is also a bonus disc on rare special editions of Gotta Tell You.

2002–07: The Collection

In 2002, Samantha released a new single "I'm Right Here" with a laid-back sound. The video features Damien Marley, son of Bob Marley. The single became her fifth UK top 5 single and her fifth top 40 single in Ireland. In the US and Germany, the song was less successful, peaking at 80 and 81


Rumors circulated that Samantha was getting ready to release a second album, Woman, but due to the poor sales of the lead single "I'm Right Here" in the US and a short lived time on the UK chart, she was dropped from her label, but Mumba stated on the Late Late Show (February 3, 2007) that there never was a second album, and the tracks leaked on the internet were attempts by her to find a new sound.

In December 2005, she collaborated with Filipino R&B singer Jay-R to sing Just the Way You Are.

On October 23, 2006, a compilation album, The Collection, was released. The album features songs from Gotta Tell You, B-sides and two new tracks including her single "I'm Right Here".

The singer sold just a handful of tickets for a highly-publicised comeback concert in Dublin, which lead to it being cancelled in February 2007.

2008–10: Dancing on Ice and retirement from music

On 17 January 2008, Samantha appeared on UK daytime TV show Loose Women. After discussing her time away from the music scene, and her appearance on ITV reality TV show Dancing on Ice, which ended after three weeks, the singer stated that she had almost finished recording a new album, and hoped it would be released in summer 2008.

Irish DJ Micky Modelle made a remix of Samantha's hit song "Gotta Tell You" and she re-recorded some of the vocals to fit the song. A video for it was filmed in London and Belfast and was premiered in June 2008. The song failed to chart on the UK Singles Chart but did however chart at Number 36 on the UK Dance Chart.

In a January 2009 interview, Mumba suggested that the new album would be released early in 2010, but it never surfaced and in late 2010, Mumba confirmed she would no longer be releasing new material and would be concentrating on her acting career.



Modelling
Shortly after the success of Gotta Tell You, Samantha was seen as the face of the fashion designer Louise Kennedy's spring/summer collection.

She also became a Dior ambassador when she launched the Dior Watch Collection in Ireland. Around the same time, Mumba also became the face of Reebok appearing in print advertising in the UK and Ireland for the Quest range.

In 2005, Samantha modelled for the Ultimo Per Amore range, available exclusively at the Irish main-street chain Dunnes Stores

Acting career
In 1998, Mumba was cast as the lead in The Hot Mikado, a jazzy production based on Gilbert and Sullivan's opera. After her second album Woman was cancelled, Mumba's music career was put on hold and she began auditioning for films. Before that, in 2001, following her international success with Gotta Tell You, Arnold Leibovit picked her to play Mara in The Time Machine.

Mara is a girl who is part of a human civilization which has regressed to a hunter/gatherer lifestyle in the year AD 802,701. She co-starred with Guy Pearce and her real-life brother, Omero. The movie earned $56,684,819 in the US. Mumba's second venture into films was in 2003, where she appeared in the film Spin the Bottle.

In 2005, Mumba took on the lead role of Jessica in the Irish film Boy Eats Girl. The film was a box office failure in Ireland, making a little over €1 million despite its €5 million budget.

In 2006, Mumba starred in the thriller Nailed, playing the character Sapphire. Mumba also co-starred in Johnny Was, a British/Irish gangster movie. 2007 saw Mumba filming her part in the movie 3 Crosses.



Television
Samantha confirmed on the Late Late Show, February 9, 2007, that a camera crew has been following her on and off for six months for a reality TV show which was shown on Channel 4 at the end of March 2007. The show was called Get Your Act Together with Harvey Goldsmith and follows Mumba's attempts to revive her music career with Harvey Goldsmith as her mentor.

Samantha also starred on the 2008 series of Dancing On Ice. She was eliminated in week 3.



Return to acting
After a near three-year hiatus from the big screen, it was announced in 2009 that Mumba will star in the upcoming Irish horror movie Loftus Hall alongside Keith Duffy and Adelaide Clemens, due for release in cinemas October 2011.




Questions please................

I loved a lot of your songs Samantha, what made you decide to stop recording?

Samantha

You have been a successful singer, actress, dancer and model and I am wondering which you liked best. Can you place them in order of choice, 1 to 4?

Thanks for coming on here Samantha, why the reference to Eagle83 in your user name?

Hi Everyone! Sorry about the delay, I got engaged over the wkend so the computer was the last thing on my mind!:-)

um pahars wrote:I loved a lot of your songs Samantha, what made you decide to stop recording?

A lot of diff reasons, label politics and management issues being the main reason. For me personally,it had stopped making me happy.

DellBoy wrote: Samantha

You have been a successful singer, actress, dancer and model and I am wondering which you liked best. Can you place them in order of choice, 1 to 4?

1 actor, 2 singer, 3 dancer, 4 model:-) acting and music are still my passions!

Bob's your Uncle wrote:Thanks for coming on here Samantha, why the reference to Eagle83 in your user name?

Being half Zambian,the eagle represents strength and freedom in Zambian culture and 83 is my birth year:-)

When you were a model was it all fashion modelling? Or were you ever asked to do glamour poses or show your bits??

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ENGAGEMENT, do we know the lucky chap?

Have you fixed the date??

Hi,
I think my favourite single of yours was Lately. Which are your favourites?

SaintMike wrote:CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ENGAGEMENT, do we know the lucky chap?

Have you fixed the date??

Thank you very much!!xx

Give it some Welly wrote:When you were a model was it all fashion modelling? Or were you ever asked to do glamour poses or show your bits??

the only modelling ive ever done was either shoots to promo my music,or for big brands,ive never done ANY glamour modelling,not my thing!

Night Owl wrote:Hi,
I think my favourite single of yours was Lately. Which are your favourites?

thank you,i love that song too,but I do laugh at the video now:-) Unfortunately my fave records are unreleased tracks.

Answer these so we can see what makes you tick?

1. Where were you born and brought up? Your age? Are you called Samantha or do friends shorten it?

2 If you had not become famous what job would you have liked to do?

3 What hobbies do you pursue?

4 You look great in your photos, what colour do you most like to wear?

5 Do you drive? What would be your ideal car to drive?

6 What sort of music do you listen to?

7 Who are your favourite singers/groups (past or present)?

8 What are or were your favourite TV programmes?

9 What are your favourite films?

10. What are your favourite plays?

11. What are your favourite books?

12 Who is your favourite actor?

13 Who is your favourite actress?

14 Who is your favourite comedian /funnyman?

15 Do you have any pets?

16 What is your favourite meal?

17 What is your favourite drink?

18 Is there anything you regret not having done in your life so far and do you have any ambitions you hope to fulfil?

"1. Where were you born and brought up? Your age? Are you called Samantha or do friends shorten it?"

Born and raised in Dublin,Ireland,my friends never shorten my name,only time I'm called Sam is in England for some reason lol


"2 If you had not become famous what job would you have liked to do?"

Not sure, a business owner of some sort


"3 What hobbies do you pursue?"

I love to do kickboxing, painting and travelling.


"4 You look great in your photos, what colour do you most like to wear?"

I'm trying to get better with colour, I wear a lot of black, for summer I'm loving peach.


"5 Do you drive? What would be your ideal car to drive?"

I love to drive and I always buy fast cars. My dream car right now is a Bentley coupe.


Will get back to the rest in a lil while! xx

You were a great singer and recording artist and I believe its a terrible waste of your talent that you have stopped.

Is there anything that would persuade you to make a comeback?

I am a Eurovision Song Contest fanatic, what do you think about Eurovision? If you were asked to do Eurovision for either UK or Ireland how would you feel about it?

Sorry about delay,jst crazy busy while Im in Ireland,will get to rest of questions asap ...thanks x