Lauren Blake

[scriptgirl]

She is an actress/ singer in the now defunct English group Frank-the group starred in the show "Totally Frank" and Lauren played Tasha. and I think she is absolutely gorgeous!

From Wikipedia:
series with a real life band as its stars on Channel 4. It followed a band, Frank, who were struggling to make it in the music industry. The band on the show consisted of lead singer Tasha (Lauren Blake born 18th August 1983), guitarist Charlie (Bryony Afferson born 9th March 1983) keyboard player Flo (Helena Dowling born 20th December 1982) and drummer Neve (Hayley Angel Wardle born 27th February 1983). Their first single, I'm Not Shy, was released on July 31st 2006 in the UK. Their debut album, "Devil's Got Your Gold", was released on 7th August 2006 in the UK by Polydor Records.
The series begun with the four girls taking part in fictitious reality show Fame Maker, with another girl, Sammi, who goes onto win the show.
The second series started on April 9th 2006 with storylines including Tasha leaving her solo deal, Neve and Tasha's rift, Flo breaking Jason's heart again and Charlie's dad dying.
The DVD release of the show has been cancelled for the moment.
The show had two series, both of which had 13 episodes.
The series was cancelled when the real band had been dropped by their record label and decided to split up on the 11th September 2006.

[edit] Characters

22-year-old Tasha (Lauren Blake) is the front woman and the emotional driving force behind the band: the one with the vision and the sheer unstoppable enthusiasm to pull this thing off. Tasha automatically takes on the 'mum' role to her bandmates but she's totally clueless in matters of romance.
Tasha may have the energy, but 22-year-old Neve (Hayley Angel Wardle) is the one with the cred. She seems to know everything about every band that ever was. She’s spent years gigging. She has been the drummer in a couple of bands before that ‘nearly made it’ but didn’t.
Sweet and unoffensive, Flo (Helena Dowling) is the baby of the group, even though at 22 she’s the same age as the others. Flo is a bit of a daddy's girl, and is torn between the grounded world of her family and fiancé and the exciting, unpredictable world of life in a band.
For 21-year-old Charlie (Bryony Afferson), being a famous musician is more important to her than being best mates with the other girls. She's deeply competitive and insecure about her songwriting around the others, particularly Neve. Charlie always assumed she'd be a solo star, not a band member.

[edit] Soundtrack

The show had a lot of performances from the band and also included some other music.
Series 1 Theme Song
Frank - Complicated
Series 1 Episode 1 Frank - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Series 1 Episode 2 Frank - Complicated (demo)
Series 1 Episode 3 Frank - I'm Not Shy (demo)
Series 1 Episode 4 Frank - News About You (Original edit)
Series 1 Episode 5 Frank - Silence (demo)
Series 1 Episode 6 Frank - Money In My Pocket (demo)
Series 1 Episode 7 Frank - I'm Not Shy (demo/live)
Series 1 Episode 8 Frank - White Wedding
Series 1 Episode 9 Frank - Silence (demo)
Series 1 Episode 10 Frank - Money In My Pocket (live)/Silence (demo)
Series 2 Theme Song
Frank - Turn It Up
Series 2 Episode 1
Lauren Blake - Tears and Tantrums
Bryony Afferson - Money In My Pocket (Live)
Frank - I'm Not Shy (Live)
Series 2 Episode 2
Frank - News About You (Alternate Mix)
Series 2 Episode 3
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot
Frank - Closer to Me
Series 2 Episode 4
No music featured.
Series 2 Episode 5
Lauren Blake - Turn It Up (Acoustic Version)
Frank - Turn It Up
Series 2 Episode 6
Frank - Closer to Me (Lights Out Version)
Frank - Turn It Up
Frank - Closer to Me
Series 2 Episode 7
Frank - Turn It Up
Series 2 Episode 8
Michael McKell - Eye in the Sky
Frank - Turn It Up
Michael McKell and Bryony Afferson - Eye in the Sky
Bryony Afferson - Eye in the Sky
Series 2 Episode 9
The Killers - Mr Brightside
Frank - Never Left A Girl (Live)
Frank - Never Left A Girl (Alternate Mix)
Series 2 Episode 10
Frank - Turn It Up (Radio Version)
Frank - Don't Wait Up
Frank - Turn It Up (Alternate Mix)
Series 2 Episode 11
Frank - Never Left A Girl
Frank - All I Ever Do (Bryony Afferson Version)
Series 2 Episode 12
Frank - Closer to Me
Bryony Afferson - Eye in the Sky
Series 2 Episode 13
Frank - Silence (Alternate Mix)

Credit Channel 4, empics, scanpix

With her groupmates

At the Premiere of "Lady in the Water"

 

[scriptgirl]

LFI, Scanpix

Lauren in her old band Genie Queen

With Frank at the 2005 UK Music Hall of Fame

 

[scriptgirl]

BEW, Rex
At the Alien Autopsy premiere

On Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown show this past June

 

[scriptgirl]

Same credit as above, same show

 

[Meg]

I didn't realize they were a real band. That show was terrible. And why not use their real names if they really are in a band? Weird.

 

[scriptgirl]

Was it really that bad? I live here in America and I just saw clips of it the other night. It looked pretty ok. It's supposed to be coming out on DVD. Meg, do you live in the UK? Any info on what Lauren is up to now?

 

[Meg]

oh it's the most atrocious thing ever (imo) i always changed the channel when it was on. I just moved back to north america but i still spend a decent amount of time there. She's not really a celebrity maybe she'll end up on one of those celeb love island shows but she's not well known. no clue.

 

[scriptgirl]

Oh. She's such a pretty girl I am sure she will do something to up her 15 minutes. At least I hope so. I would love to see more pics and articles on her!

 

[1karina1]

Thanks so much for the thread scriptgirl!
Lauren Blake is a babe! No two ways about it. But I have to agree with Meg that the whole Totally Frank franchise was bizarre and atrocious. If Lauren has any talent, it certainly wasn't exploited or visible

But sometimes you've got to put aside character and talent and just fawn over superficial beauty. Go Lauren!
Can't wait for more pics!

 

[scriptgirl]

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At the FM Free Music Concert. Karina1, is she biracial?

 

[gormenghast]

credit wireimage
At the Creamfields Festival

 

[1karina1]

^ she's got a real nice laid-back vibe. Just look at her thighs!
Karma gormenghast!

 

[scriptgirl]

Rex. Leaving the Cricket Fashion show in Liverpool this past fall. I bet she wishes this pic had never been taken

 

[1karina1]

^^haha! Poor girl! Although I feel ashamed on her behalf that she attended the Cricket fashion show. She's treading on dangerous WAGS territory, from which she may never return to civilization!

 

[Meg]

lol karina i was just thinking - why on Earth would you go to a Crickets fashion show? it's clearly for the people who aren't invited to the real thing

 

[scriptgirl]

Forgive me-I am American, so I don't get the whole WAG thing. What's wrong with a cricket fashion show?
credit Knowlton

 

[scriptgirl]

Same credit as above

 

[scriptgirl]

Rex. At the Summer in the City concert last July

 

[scriptgirl]

LF1.
More pics of her at Eagles in the Park

 

[scriptgirl]

At Big Wave Party in the Park. Credit to Bruno Press