The Early Years
Louise Elizabeth Nurding was born on 4th November 1974 in Lewisham, London. As a child she always loved singing and performing. At the age of 11 Louise gained a place at the famous Italia Conti stage school. Whilst attending this school she became firm friends with Kelle Bryan.
In 1990 Louise was discovered dancing in a nightclub by manager Dennis Ingoldsby. Dennis introduced Louise to sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett, and the three girls quickly became good friends. After about a month Dennis proposed that they formed a group (his plan all along when he introduced the three girls). Louise invited Kelle into this group which later became known as "Eternal". Over the next two years the girls worked together to prepare for their launch.
Eternal Are Born
In 1993, when Louise was 18 years old, Eternal launched their highly successful single "Stay". They followed this with another 5 singles, all of which made the top 20, and a multi-platinum selling album "Always and Forever". Eternal were the first UK girl group to sell over one million copies of an album.
Louise Goes Solo
On 23rd June 1995 Louise shocked the world by leaving Eternal at the height of their success. It was a huge risk for her to take, but one that she made because she had become unhappy as a member of Eternal. The time was right for her to move on.
In September 1995 Louise launched her solo career with the ballad "Light of My Life". She released seven further hit singles, and two platinum selling albums "Naked" and "Woman In Me". Louise also toured the country in the highly successful "No Sweat" tour in 1997.
A Break For Louise
On June 29th 1998 Louise married Jamie Redknapp on Elbow Beach in Bermuda. They had been friends since they were introduced to each other by Robbie Williams whilst Louise was on tour with Eternal. Louise decided that since she'd worked so hard for the last few years as a member of Eternal and as a solo artist that it was time for a break, and a good chance to spend some time with her new husband.
Louise Returns
In 2000 Louise returned to music with her album "Elbow Beach". This album was named after the place where Louise and Jamie got married. This was a very personal album for Louise and she co-wrote all of the songs. The album had two hit singles "2 Faced" (Louise's highest charting solo single) and "Beautiful Inside".
Throughout 2001 Louise presented SM:TV and CD:UK for a total of 10 weeks. Once with Ant and Dec, six times with Cat Deeley in summer then another three with Cat at Christmas.
In 2001 Louise released a 4th solo album "Changing Faces", and the single "Stuck In The Middle With You". Louise toured the country again in 2002 on the "Changing Faces" tour. In 2003 Louise released Pandora's Kiss. This single was released to raise money for the "Tickled Pink" campaign towards breast cancer care.
Another Break For Louise
In early 2004 Louise announced her pregnancy. She gave birth to her son Charley on 27th July 2004. Initially Louise intended to return to music within about six weeks of giving birth, but after having Charley she decided to spend time with her son instead.
Louise Returns (Again!)
In 2006 Louise was ready to return! Early in the year she changed management to Merlin Elite. Early projects for Louise are mainly TV-based. She may be returning to music eventually, but not until the time is right. She made various appearances on TV shows for different promotions, and was a presenter of the hit TV series "The Clothes Show". She is currently the face of several products: "Safe & White" toothpaste for Boots, Organic Surge for "Think Happy", "Omega 3" by Flora, and Wrigley's Orbit Complete chewing gum.