Britney Spears Biography

• Birth Name

  

  Britney Spears

• Birth Date

  12/02/1981

• Birthplace

  Kentwood, Louisiana

• Family

  Husband: Jason Allen Alexander
  married in Las Vegas on January 3, 2004; marriage annulled 2 days later

  Husband: Kevin Federline
  began dating March 2004, while his ex-girlfriend was pregnant with their second child; engaged in June 2004; married September 18, 2004 at a private home in Studio City, California; some sources show that the wedding ceremony that occurred on September 18 was a "faux" ceremony, and that the real date of the start of their wedding was October 6, 2004; filed for divorce in November, 2006, citing "irreconcilable differences" and asking for legal and physical custody of the couple's two sons

  Brother: Bryan Spears
  born c. 1977

  Father: Jamie Spears
  

  

  born c. 1953

  Mother: Lynne Spears
  

  born c. 1955

• Hookups

  Companion: Columbus Short
  rumored to be the cause of her 2002 split from Justin Timberlake

  Companion: Fred Durst
  announced on the "Howard Stern Show" that he slept with Spears in 2003; Spears denied they were ever involved

  Companion: Isaac Cohen
  Cohen's agent confirmed they were dating as of December 2006; spit two months later

  Companion: Justin Timberlake
  member of the popular singing group *NSYNC; the two appeared together on the "Mickey Mouse Club" in the early 1990s; dated for three years; split in 2002

  Companion: Nick Carter
  member of the singing group "Backstreet Boys"; rumored to have dated in 20

  

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• Notes

  "I'm human just like everybody. I get mad sometimes."---Britney Spears explaining her actions after flipping off a group of paparazzi in Mexico in July 2002.
  "It's great that this wedding has happened, because it has made me realize tha

  t I am growing up, becoming a woman, and things just need to be different."---Britney Spears on her marriage to Kevin Federline quoted to People, October 4, 2004.
  "People assume I'm some puppet and people are telling me what to do all the time. When I first got signed to a record label, I was 15. So I did have some help at first. You don't know what you're doing. But now with experience and as time goes on I know what I need."---Spears to USA Weekend, February 18-20, 2000.
  Britney Spears on the tied-up white blouse that first bared her now legendary stomach in the "...Baby One More Time" video: "The outfits looked kind of dorky, so I was like, 'Let's tie up our shirts and be cute.' It was about being a girl and knowing about fashion."---From People, February 14, 2000.

  

  Britney Spears to Rolling Stone, April 15, 1999: "I want to be big all around the world."
  Controversial feminist author Camille Paglia on Spears: "She is a glorified 1950s high school cheerleader with an underto

  ne of perverse 1990s sexuality. Britney is simultaneously wholesome and ripely sensual. She's Lolita on aerobics."---quoted in People, February 14, 2000.
  Despite Spears' claims that she had remained a virgin and wished to remain one until marriage, Timberlake insisted they had sex during their relationship. Spears later acknowledged this to be true, saying, "It was two years into my relationship with

  Justin, and I thought he was the one. But I was wrong!"
  In April 1999, a then 17-year-old Spears was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in a sexually suggestive Lolita-themed photoshoot which triggered speculation that the singer had breast implants.

  In August 2003, Spears caused more controversy with a photoshoot by photographer Michael Thompson which appeared in W. The photos displayed Spears in a dominatrix-inspired shoot, complete with sexually suggestive poses. In the interview by Rob Haskell which accompanied the photos, Spears admitted to having lost her virginity to ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake two years into their relationship. She also revealed that she enjoys tobacco smoking, and that she kissed Colin Farrell but had no serious relationship with him.

  The sexualized public image of Spears once again became a topic of debate as a result of her November 2003 semi-nude photospread for men's magazine Esquire.
  In August 2006, a video of Spears began circulating the Internet. In the three-minute video, previously released as a bonus on the Britney and Kevin: Chaotic DVD, Spears seems disoriented and confused and claims that she is "missing out on life" and that she is generally behind everyone else. Federline tells her it is because of all the partyi

  ng, to which she strongly disagrees. Spears then begins to try and legitimately convince him that the concept of time travel as portrayed in the Back to the Future series is real.
  In November 2006, shortly after her breakup with Federline, Spears was seen on the dance-club circuit with Paris Hilton, and was photographed with no panties by several paparazzi. Spears wrote on her official Web site in December that it had been "so long" since she last joined friends and went "out on the town", and admitted that she "probably" took her newfound freedom" a little too far. Anyway, thank God for Victoria's Secrets' new underwear line!"
  Jive Records senior vice president Jeff Fenster on Britney Spears: "For any artist, the motivation, the 'eye of the tiger' is extremely important. And Britney had that. This was clearly a self-motiviating person from a very young age."---quoted in Rolling Stone magazine, April 15, 1999.
  June 9, 2004, Britney Spears underwent arthroscopic knee surgery after injuring herself during a video shoot in Manhattan.
  On February 16, 2007, after weeks of publicity surrounding late-night partying

  and alcohol use, Spears entered an offshore drug rehab facility, but stayed for less than twenty-four hours.
  On February 17, 2007, Britney was seen outside a closed Sherman Oaks hair salon where she shaved her own head with clippers. After leaving the salon, Spears visited a tattoo parlor and got multiple tattoos. Photos of a bald Britney quickly circulated the Internet. Trying to explain the incident, Spears said "I don't want anyone touching me. I'm tired of everybody touching me."
  On February 20, 2007 Spears entered rehab, according to the singer's manager Larry Rudolph. "Britney Spears has voluntarily checked herself into an undisclosed rehab facility today," Rudolph said in a statement. "We ask that the media respect her privacy as well as those of her family and friends at this time."
  Photos published on February 7, 2006, showed Spears driving her SUV in Los Angeles with her infant son, Sean, perched on her lap rather than strapped into a car seat in the back. The photos show Spears holding the wheel of the car with one hand, and

  her 4-month-old baby with the other. In a statement to People, Spears said she did it because of a "horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi" and that "I was terrified that this time the physically aggressive paparazzi would put both me and my baby in danger. I love my child and would do anything to protect him."
  Spears returned to the spotlight in August 2003 when she performed at the MTV Video Music Awards with Madonna and pop singer Christina Aguilera. Spears and Aguilera performed Madonna's song "Like a Virgin", and each locked lips with Madonna. Spears' kiss with Madonna attracted publicity that lasted several months, while Aguilera's kiss with Madonna attracted less publicity
  Spears speaking about her parents reaction to her kissing Madonna at the 2003 MTV Music Video Awards: "Well, my mom liked it actually. I was really kind of nervous! I was like, Oh my God, my mom... she's going to see this! But no, she liked it! And my dad, weirdly enough, he thought it was fine, too. I mean, come on... it's Madonna. If you can kiss any girl in the world, that has to be her."---From CBSnews.com, September 5, 2003.
  

• Milestones

  (2000) Appeared in a McDonald's commercial filmed in Canada but refused to fil

  m a non-union United States-produced commercial for Clairol's Herbal Essence shampoo during the commercial actors' strike; donated $1 of each ticket sold at a concert in California to the SAG Foundation
  (2006) Appeared on Dateline NBC to discuss tabloid rumors about an impending divorce from her husband, future career plans, her emotional state and motherhood
  (1990) Auditioned for the Disney Channel series "The Mickey Mouse Club"; at eight was considered too young by producers
  (1987) Began dance lessons at the age of five (date approximate)
  (1992) Competed on the syndicated talent series "Star Search"; won for her debut performance, but was defeated the following week
  

  

  (2002) Feature film acting debut in "Crossroads", directed by Tamra Davis
  (1998) First single, "...Baby One More Time"
  (2000) Followed up with the successful sophomore effort "Oops!... I Did it Again"
  (2005) Guest starred on an episode of "Will & Grace," (NBC) as a Christian conse

  rvative sidekick to Sean Hayes' character, Jack, who hosts his own talk show
  (1999) Guested on an episode of the sitcom "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (ABC)
  (2001) Hosted the American Music Awards telecast on ABC
  (2000) Lent her vocal talents to an episode of "The Simpsons", playing herself
  (1991) Moved with mother and sister to New York City to pursue an acting career
  (2002) Opened restaurant called NyLa in New York; terminated her relationship with the restaurant citing mismanagement and management's failure to keep her fully apprised in November 2002.
  (2004) Received a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording for the song "Toxic"
  (2003) Recieved Star on the Hollywood walk of Fame
  (2004) Released "Greatest Hits: My Prerogative" featuring three new songs, incl

  

  uding My Prerogative and Do Somethin'
  (2003) Released fourth album "In the Zone", which featured Madonna on it's first single Me Against the Music
  (1999) Released multiplatinum debut album "...Baby One More Time"
  Returned to Louisiana
  (2004) Signed a five year deal with Elizabeth Arden to develop fragrance, cosmetics and skin care products
  (1997) Signed with Jive Records
  (2005) Starred in a six-part reality series titled "Britney and Kevin: Chaotic" (UPN), which mixed footage shot during the pair's whirlwind engagement in 2004
  (1991) Starred in the Off-Broadway production "Ruthless", a comedic remake of "The Bad Seed"
  (2002) Started production company called Britney Spears Productions
  (1989) Trained as a gymnast at age seven (date approximate)
  (1993-1994) Was a cast member on "Mickey Mouse Club"
  (1998) Went on a promotional shopping mall tour