Samantha Fox

Samantha Fox
Samantha Fox
	Fox performing in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Samantha Karen Fox
Also known as	Sam Fox
Born	15 April 1966 (age 59); Mile End, London, England
Genres	Dance-pop; pop; hi-NRG; Eurobeat; house;
Occupations	Singer; model; actress;
Years active	1983–1987 (model); 1983–present (singer); 1990–present (actress)
Labels	Jive; Sony; Lamborghini;
Spouse	Linda Birgitte Olsen (m. 2022)
Partner	Myra Stratton (2003–2015; her death)
Website	samfox.com

Samantha Karen Fox (born 15 April 1966)^[1] is an English pop singer and former glamour model from Crouch End in North London. She has appeared on reality television shows and has occasionally worked as a television presenter and actress.

Fox began her glamour modelling career at age 16. After she placed second in a Sunday People amateur modelling contest, The Sun recruited her to pose for Page 3, where she made her first appearance in February 1983. Named The Sun's "Page 3 Girl of the Year" for 1984, 1985 and 1986, she became one of the most photographed British women of the 1980s and a notable sex symbol of the era. She left Page 3 in 1986, aged 20, to focus on pop music, but made occasional glamour modelling appearances thereafter, notably featuring in a 1996 Playboy pictorial. In 2008, she was voted the top Page 3 model of all time.

Released in March 1986, Fox's debut single for the Jive Records label, "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)", became a top-10 hit across Europe, North America and Australia, reaching number one in several countries. Her first three studio albums—Touch Me (1986), Samantha Fox (1987) and I Wanna Have Some Fun (1988)—all produced international hit singles and she was nominated in the British Female Solo Artist category at the Brit Awards 1988.^[3] Her subsequent albums—Just One Night (1991), 21st Century Fox (1997) and Angel with an Attitude (2005)—were less successful, but she has continued to tour and has announced a forthcoming seventh studio album, produced by Ian Masterson.^[4]

In her early career, Fox dated men including Peter Foster, the Australian fraudster, and Paul Stanley, the rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of rock band Kiss. Following persistent rumours in the 1990s about her sexual orientation, she came out as a lesbian in 2003. She was in a long-term relationship with her former manager Myra Stratton from 2003 until Stratton died from cancer in 2015. In 2022, she married her tour manager, Linda Birgitte Olsen.

^ ^a ^b Schott, Ben. "Ben Shott's Almanac for April 2008". The Times. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Samantha Fox". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
^ Alison Moyet wins British Female presented by Chris De Burgh | BRIT Awards 1988, 10 December 2012, archived from the original on 14 February 2023, retrieved 14 February 2023
^ "Samantha Fox teases new album and potential Australian tour". OUTInPerth | LGBTQIA+ News and Culture. 2 January 2023. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

[Shott-1] Schott, Ben. "Ben Shott's Almanac for April 2008". The Times. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

[2] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Samantha Fox". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

[Alison_Moyet_wins_British_Female_presented_by_Chris_De_Burgh_|_BRIT_Awards_1988-2012-3] Alison Moyet wins British Female presented by Chris De Burgh | BRIT Awards 1988, 10 December 2012, archived from the original on 14 February 2023, retrieved 14 February 2023

[4] "Samantha Fox teases new album and potential Australian tour". OUTInPerth | LGBTQIA+ News and Culture. 2 January 2023. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

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