Tulisa

Tula Paulinea Contostavlos (born 13 July 1988), is an English singer, songwriter and actress who performs under the name of Tulisa. Her father is Greek; her mother is Irish. She is best known for being a member of the Camden-based hip hop group N-Dubz.
Early life
Tula Paulinea Contostavlos was born on 13 July 1988 in Camden Town, London. Her Irish mother, Anne Byrne, was born in Churchtown, Dublin. Anne and her three sisters were in a 1980's big band and swing group, called Jeep. Contostavlos' father, Plato Contostavlos, is Greek Cypriot and at one time was keyboardist with Mungo Jerry. Plato's brother, Byron Contostavlos, was bassist with Mungo Jerry and later became the manager of N-Dubz.
When Contostavlos was five, her mother, who has bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder, was sectioned under the Mental Health Act. The 2010 BBC programme, Tulisa: My Mum and Me, described Contostavlos' life looking after her mother before joining N-Dubz.
Career
Tulisa was in the band N-Dubz with her cousin Dappy and their friend Fazer. Contostavlos was a judge on the eighth series of The X Factor. She mentored the "Groups" category. They included Little Mix, the first group to win the competition.
As a singer, Contostavlos has recorded three studio albums with N-Dubz, Uncle B (2008), Against All Odds (2009) and Love.Live.Life (2010). In 2011, she started work on a solo album. In 2012 it was released. The Female Boss got a lot of bad reviews and didn't chart well. Three singles were released from the album. The first single, "Young", entered the UK Singles Chart at number one.
In 2022, N-Dubz went on a reunion tour. They have also appeared on Celebrity Gogglebox together since 2023.
Personal life
In June 2013, Costostavlos, along with rapper Mike GLC were arrested on suspicion of supplying class A drugs.
In July 2014, Contostavlos' trial for supplying cocaine collapsed. Later the same month, she was convicted of common assault. In July 2014, her documentary Tulisa: The Price of Fame premiered on BBC Three to a moderate success, attracting 615,000 viewers (3.8% of the audience within its time slot). In April 2015, Justice Nicholas Kearns, President of the Irish High Court, described her as having been "cruelly deceived in a shabby sting operation", but dismissed her attempt to sue the Irish Sun for defamation.
After the collapse of her drug trial, The Guardian Suzanne Moore wrote an article on Contostavlos image and reputation and wrote that "Tulisa is famously a working class girl made good, though of course made good is never what she is allowed to be". In Moore's opinion, "Tulisa has been branded by the media as a chav and therefore almost anything can be said about her".
On 9 March 2020, Contostavlos revealed she suffered from Bell's palsy.
Discography
The Female Boss (2012)
Filmography
References
Other websites
Actors from London
British people convicted of assault
British R&B musicians
English movie actors
English singer-songwriters
People from the London Borough of Camden
Singers from London
Television personalities from London
1988 births
Living people
Musicians from London
English R&B singers
English hip hop musicians
Grime music artists
English dance musicians
British blue-eyed soul singers
English blue-eyed soul singers