associated_acts years_active notable_instruments article_title name background birth_date genre origin birth_name occupation
bananarama 1979 -- present vocals , bass guitar keren woodward
 keren woodward solo_singer 2 april 1961 pop , new wave bristol , england keren jane woodward singer , songwriter
keren woodward

keren jane woodward -lrb- born 2 april 1961 , bristol , england -rrb- is an english pop singer and songwriter of british girl group bananarama , co-founded by her school friend sara dallin and irish musician siobhan fahey .
she has known her bandmate , dallin , since she was four , when they met at bromley heath primary school .
she studied at mangotsfied secondary school .
she now lives in cornwall with her long-term boyfriend andrew ridgeley , the former wham !
vocalist and guitarist , and her son thomas -lrb- born 1986 -rrb- , from a previous relationship with the model david-scott evans .
woodward has never married .
