Abi Phillips



Abigail "Abi" Louise Phillips (born January 14, 1994) is an English actress, singer-songwriter. She is best known for playing Liberty Savage in Channel 4 British soap-opera Hollyoaks.



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[hide]  *1 Career  ==Career[edit] == ===Acting[edit] === In 2010, Phillips got her big break after writing a song for soap opera Hollyoaks titled ‘Missing You’, which proved popular with viewers when it was featured in the character Steph Cunningham's death scene.[1]  Phillips penned the song after being inspired by Steph's cervical cancer storyline and later submitted it to be used on the show. [1]  Following the strong response to the track, Hollyoaks bosses arranged a meeting with Phillips and subsequently invited her to audition for the part of Liberty - a character they had been developing for some time.[1]  She debuted as Liberty at the age of 16 in December 2010.[2]  In April 2011, Phillips showcased her vocals as Liberty when the character took part in a karaoke competition giving a show-stopping rendition of Adele's 'Make You Feel My Love'.[3] ===Music[edit] === In April 2011, Abi revealed on her official website that she is currently writing and working on her debut album and single 'Summer Sunshine' which has been given an official release of July 31. The single features popular rapper Fugative. The song's music video was uploaded onto Youtube on June 21, 2011. In May 2011, Abi offered a free sample of a song she recorded called 'Somebody Without You'. Abi is also working on new song 'I Ran Over Your Baby And Kept Driving'. The song was promoted on the Hollyoaks website as a freebie for Hollyoaks fans and talks of a new music video, featuring upcoming London rap artist Dogtorturer, is in the works. In August 2011 Abi climbed Mt Snowdon for the checkemlads.com charity which helps young men going through testicular cancer.
 * 1.1 Acting
 * 1.2 Music
 * 2 Personal Life
 * 3 Activism
 * 4 References
 * 5 External links

On July 31, 2011, Phillips performed her debut single 'Summer Sunshine' at the T4 annual event T4 on the Beach 2011 in which she performed on the sessions stage. The scenes of Phillips' performance are due to air on Hollyoaks 12 July 2011. Abi also announced to fans on her Twitter account that herself, Jorgie Porter (Theresa McQueen) and Craig Vye (Ethan Scott) were set to film scenes at the event. That year, the Daily Mail named Phillips one of "five talented young actresses destined to become tomorrow’s superstars".[4]

From the age of 12, Phillips has been a member of the Birmingham pub band Poo and Wee, which is fronted by her dad Richard and mum Linda at wedding receptions and clubs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-shampoo_2-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  She considers Adele as one of her musical idols.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-interview_5-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5] And also cites Wynter Gordon and Ellie Goulding as her musical influences.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6] ==Personal Life<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Phillips was born in Sutton Coldfield, to Richard and Linda Phillips.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-shampoo_2-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  Phillips was a student at Birmingham’s Stage Coach performing arts school.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-shampoo_2-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  She is close friends with her co-stars Hollie Jay Bowes and Tamaryn Payne. ==Activism<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">In March 2012, Phillips along with some of the Hollyoaks' cast and crew successfully completed a sponsored sleep-out in a bid to raise funds for youth homelessness charity Centrepoint.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sleep-out_9-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  Later in the night, Phillips and Hollie-Jay Bowes provided some musical entertainment.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sleep-out_9-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  Lights went out in the village at 1am and the challenge was complete when the sun rose just after 6am.