A former three-time world karate champion, Anne-Marie toured with Ed Sheeran,
collaborated with Dizzee Rascal, and scored a Christmas Number 1 on her way to
becoming one of the UK's brightest R&B/pop starlets. She was born as Anne-Marie
Rose Nicholson on April 7, 1991, and raised in East Tilbury, Essex, where she
appeared as a child actress in the West End production of Les Miserables when
she was six years old. She took up martial arts three years old and went on to
become a black belt in Shokotan karate, winning World Championship titles in
both 2002 and 2007. Drawn to music, s...