Kate Nash is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actress known for her chart-topping music career and roles in film and television, including the Netflix series GLOW. After her 2007 single ‘Foundations’ peaked at number 2 on the UK singles chart for five consecutive weeks, Kate Nash solidified her status as a formidable artist with her debut album ‘Made of Bricks’. Released in August 2007, the album immediately claimed the number one spot on the UK Albums Chart, selling 56,000 copies in its first week and achieving Platinum certification by November 2007. Nash’s rapid ascent was further recognized with the Q Award for Breakthrough Artist in October 2007, the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist in 2008, and the NME Award for Best Solo Artist in February 2008.
Her third studio album, the self-released ‘Girl Talk,’ followed in 2013. Nash garnered widespread acclaim for her significant role as Rhonda ‘Britannica’ Richardson in the Netflix comedy-drama series ‘GLOW,’ which premiered in 2017 and ran for multiple seasons through 2019. Concurrent with her acting endeavors, she continued her musical output, releasing her fourth studio album, ‘Yesterday Was Forever,’ in 2018, successfully funded through a dedicated Kickstarter campaign. The same year, she was the subject of the documentary ‘Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl,’ offering an intimate look at her career.
Further diversifying her acting portfolio, Nash appeared as Boudicca in ‘Horrible Histories: The Movie Rotten Romans’ in 2019, and as Mary Coleford in the series ‘Truth Seekers’ in 2020. More recently, she starred in the film ‘Coffee Wars’ in 2023. In 2024, Nash marked a new chapter in her music career by signing with Kill Rock Stars, leading to the release of her highly anticipated fifth studio album, ‘9 Sad Symphonies,’ in June 2024.