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I always wanted to do music but never really had the confidence to do it until my first manager George Lamb, who I met out in Ibiza, encouraged me.

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Lily Allen
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: May 2
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Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper
Lily Beatrice Allen
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