Andrea Corr

Name: Andrea Corr
Birth Name: Andrea Jane Corr
Height: 5' 1"
Sex: F
Nationality: Irish
Birth Date: May 17, 1974
Birth Place: Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland
Profession: musician
Education: Dun Lughaidh Convent
Sister: Caroline Corr (musician; born on March 17, 1973; married Frank Woods on August 22, 2002 in Deia De Mallorca, Balearic Islands), Sharon Corr (musician; born on March 24, 1970)
Brother: Jim Corr (musician; born on July 31, 1964)
Claim to fame: member of the Irish musical group The Corrs.
   

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ANDREA CORR NEWS AND TRIVIA
  • Voted in at #79 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, UK edition, down from #37 the year before. (June 2002)
  • Her character Peron's mistress on EVITA is supossed to be the argentinian actress Libertad Lamarque
  • Is the shortest member of the group The Corrs.
  • Has a habit of sucking her thumb.
  • Decided to perform barefoot at one of her concerts around 1999/2000 and her shoes have stayed off ever since.
  • Trade mark: Likes to perform with bare feet.
  • The song Another Suitcase In Another Hall in EVITA (1996) was originally performed by Andrea Corr's character Peron's Mistress. Madonna as Evita performed it instead, and doing so stole the song from Andrea and left her with an appearence of less then 2 minutes in the movie.
  • Plays the tin whistle and sing lead vocals on The Corrs' album Talk On Corners. She also wrote or co-wrote almost every song, if not all of them, on the album.

Quotes
  • "I can't understand whose handwriting is this? Oh, hang on, it's mine." "
  • "Ahm, what can I say? I'm irresistible!""
  • On knocking Eminem off the UK Chart top spot with the Corrs' first Number 1 single, Breathless: "I'm the real Slim Shady, that's why we're No.1 this week and he's not."
  • Andrea on sucking her thumb: "Sucking my thumb comforts me. It helps me fall asleep. If I get tired, the first thing I do is put my thumb in my mouth. But I don't think it's because I'm insecure. It's just very comforting and I love it. I can't give it up."
  • "I became flirtatious when I was about 15, but not now. I naturally am if there's a chemistry. But not in a playing games way. People don't really try to chat me up.""
  • I couldn't even kiss a man I wasn't completely attracted to."
  • I like black. It creates an atmosphere."
  • I think I am close to happy. There's a side of my life that I don't have which I suppose is love - love that isn't from my family - but I have my own place now. I have a house in Dublin. I don't have tables and chairs yet but I have a beautiful piano."
  • eferring to Mick Jagger: "Mick is Mick and should be avoided for one's own safety!"
  • On sucking her thumb: "When we were in the states recently, someone pulled our managed aside and suggested I go into therapy for it. They thought I had problems.""
  • On the paparazzi: "I just want them to catch me with my dad and try to turn it into some 'handsome, mystery hunk'.""
  • Our parents locked us in the piano."
  • We do live in each others' pockets a lot."
  • "We don't have any annoying habits, apart from Caroline and her hair.""
  • When I am described as pop's sexist woman I hope its not because people want to sleep with me.
  • "Why would I write a line like (saying it cautiously) "I'll remain"? I can't even pronounce it without getting all tongue tied."
  • Would you like some more tea with your sugar?
FAN SITES  
  • The Corrs Official Website
    http://www.thecorrswebsite.com/
    News, band information, discography, messageboard, shop, competitions and links.
  • Welcome to The Corrs
    http://www.welcometothecorrs.com/
    Includes band's profile, band's pictures, discography, wallpapers, animated gifs and more.
  • The Corrs
    http://www.corrsinfo.net/
    Everything you want to know about The Corrs here. Gallery, latest news, biographies and more.
  • Andrea Corr World
    http://www.andrea-corr.org/
    Dedicated to the singer of the Corrs. Image gallery, biography, downloads, news and more.
  • All The Best: Andrea Corr
    http://www.angelfire.com/ct2/jodel/corrs/andrea.html
    Biography, links and picture gallery.