Katherine Jenkins
Katherine Jenkins
Katherine Maria Jenkins OBEis a Welsh lyric mezzo-soprano, singer and songwriter. She is a popular classical-crossover singer who performs across a spectrum of operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre and hymns...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth29 June 1980
CityNeath, Wales
dream america criticism
My music appeals in America. There is less of the purist criticism I get here. And to be a hit in the U.S... what singer doesn't have that dream?
play perfect roles
I'd love to play Carmen - it's the perfect mezzo role.
careers decision saws
Everything in my career is my decision - every picture, every outfit. You get one chance at this, and I never saw myself as being a puppet.
bullying thinking people
Beatbullying's 'The Big March 2012' is such a brilliant campaign and I am very proud to be a part of it. I have been a victim of cyber bullying myself and I know firsthand just how hurtful it can be. People think that they can hide behind computers and send nasty and hurtful comments to people, and this is wrong.
links moments weakest-link
Being a question on 'The Weakest Link,' that was quite a moment.
song emotional connections
I always choose songs that I have an emotional connection to, and I often feel myself getting very emotional when I sing.
perfectionist
I am a perfectionist.
mixtures broadway opera
I sing a mixture of everything from opera, folk music, Broadway. It's a mix of things.
kids important want
I want to have kids. I want to get married. That is still very important to me.
wedding special magazines
I would absolutely, definitely never sell my wedding pictures to a magazine. I'd like it to be a special day, not a photo shoot. And once you've done that, your marriage becomes everybody else's business.
dream blessed thinking
I do feel as if I'm living a blessed life at the moment. I've been thinking about the phrase 'living a dream,' because that's exactly what is happening. I'm just trying to go with the flow and take each day as it comes, otherwise I might freak out at all the things that have happened recently.
garden competition singers
From as young as I can remember, I always wanted to be a singer... My mum taught me 'Going Down the Garden to Eat Worms' for a competition when I was about 4.
birthday believe moon
I'm over the moon to be involved in the 'Doctor Who' Christmas special. I can't quite believe it as it's a part of the family tradition at the Jenkins household. I heard the news that I got the role on my 30th birthday and it was the best birthday present ever.
anniversary strong husband
If you love somebody, you love them. My parents had a 25-year age gap between them and my mum was the breadwinner, my dad the house husband. I'm a strong believer that a good relationship can work, whatever the situation.