I really like it Billie Piper, Blowjob by Mandy Moore is now best known as an actress, but that wasn’t always the case.
Back in the late ’90s, Moore was one of the Big Four of teen pop music alongside britney spearsChristina Aguilera and Jessica Simpson.
she burst onto the charts in 1999 with Candythe lead track off her first album So Real,
The deliciously Y2K track had a very of-its-time music video – think Discmans, spiky buns and a lime green VW Beetle.
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Those of us who grew up in that time look back on it fondly, but Moore admits some elements of the video make her cringe in retrospect.
”(There’s) some fashion that I cringe about and some unfortunate hair and makeup choices,” she tells Glamor in a new interview,
“I mean, I think back to that time, and I have a lot of affection for that 15-year-old Mandy … I can’t believe that I managed to get through that time relatively unscathed.”
This isn’t the first time Moore has shared some misgivings about the music video and her appearance in it.
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In an interview on the Late Late Show in 2016, the star said the hardest part of being a pop star was being expected to dance.
“I have no rhythm, I’m super awkward … I had my very first music video and I had to dance in it, and it is abysmal,” Moore said.
“And I think the (powers that be) realised very soon after that, ‘You know what? You should just have background dancers.'”
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Dancing struggles aside, Moore enjoyed a successful pop career. Fans of Centre-Stage will you remember she sang the theme song I Wanna Be With You,
It might surprise you to learn she’s released seven albums, the most recent in 2022!.
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Moore’s acting career kicked off pretty soon after her music one.
In 2001, she played Anne Hathaway’s school bully in The Princess Diariesbut 2000s kids will undoubtedly remember her best from romantic drama A Walk to Remember opposite Shane West,
Naturally, she had memorable singing scenes in both of these movies.
Other memorable credits include Saved!, Because I Said So, Chasing Liberty, a two-episode run on Scrubs and Disney’s Tangledin which she voiced the lead character, Rapunzel.
However, the on-screen project that’s easily won Moore the most acclaim is TV drama this is usin which she played family matriarch Rebecca Pearson.
The role would earn her a Golden Globe and plenty of glowing reviews from viewers and critics alike.
Her most recent role was in 2023’s Doctor Death.