Lianne Paul Piper (known as Billie Piper ) (born 22 September 1982) is an award-winning English actress and singer, known for her trademark blonde hair and dark eyebrows.

Piper is possibly best known for her role as Rose Tyler in the British TV drama Doctor Who. She is also known for presenting Doctor Who Confidential.

She began her career as a pop singer in her teens and was well known for her marriage to DJ Chris Evans but is now best known for portraying Rose Tyler, companion to the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who from 2005 to 2006, a role she is set to reprise in 2008. In 2007, Broadcast magazine listed Piper at #6 in its "Hot 100" list of influential on-screen performers, the top woman on the list.

Billie Paul Piper was born Leanne Paul Piper on 22nd September 1982 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England to Paul Piper and Mandy Kent. Her parents changed her given name from Leanne to Billie three weeks after registering her birth. She has one younger brother, Charlie, and two younger sisters, Harley and Ellie. She became the youngest ever female to get a UK #1 at age 15 with her first hit single “Because We Want To.” Her music career continued to flourish and she racked up 2 hit albums (Honey to