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Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick (born July 20, 1972),[1][2] better known by her stage name Vitamin C,[3] is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. She began her career as an Ivory soap baby and child actress, appearing in John Waters' film Hairspray (1988), and continued to appear in minor roles in films before starting the alternative rock band Eve's Plum in 1991.

Vitamin C
Vitamin C at the premiere of Get Over It in 2001
Born	Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick (1972-07-20) July 20, 1972 (age 50) Old Bridge, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	New York University
Occupation	Singer-songwriter record producer dancer actress executive
Musical career
Genres	Pop dance-pop electropop alternative rock
Instrument(s)	Vocals bass keyboards
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Epic Elektra V2
Musical artist

In 1999, Fitzpatrick embarked on a solo career under the name Vitamin C, releasing her eponymous debut album Vitamin C (1999), which was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Singles from the record include "Graduation (Friends Forever)" and the Top 20 single "Smile". Her second album, More (2001) spawned the singles "As Long as You're Loving Me" and "The Itch".

She appeared in the horror film Dracula 2000 (2000), and made cameo appearances in Get Over It (2001) and Scary Movie 2 (2001). She also appeared as a panelist on the spoof talent series The WB's Superstar USA in 2004. She was ranked No. 76 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001.[4]

In March 2012, Fitzpatrick was appointed as Vice President of Music at Nickelodeon.[5] Since early 2019, Fitzpatrick has served as a music executive for Netflix.[6]

Early life

Fitzpatrick was born in Old Bridge, New Jersey,[7] on July 20, 1972.[1][2] She is the youngest of three children born to Vita, a legal secretary, and Gerard Fitzpatrick, a communications executive.[8][9] She is of Irish descent.[10] She graduated from Cedar Ridge High School in 1987 (now called Old Bridge High School),[11][12] where she was a classmate of Junot Díaz.[13] During her high school years she was a dancer who danced professionally in several TV ads, and also starred in her high school musical.[14] She later attended New York University, graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.[13][14]

Career

Hairspray and Eve's Plum (1988–1998)

In 1988, Fitzpatrick made her screen debut under her real name in the John Waters feature film Hairspray as Amber Von Tussle, the bratty on-screen daughter of co-stars Debbie Harry and Sonny Bono.[15]

She made her first musical outing as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Eve's Plum, named after The Brady Bunch actress Eve Plumb, formed in 1991.[16] She formed the band with Michael Kotch in 1991, whom she met while studying at New York University.[17] A year later the group signed a record deal with Epic Records in 1992, releasing two albums and seven singles between 1993 and 1995.[18]

Vitamin C (1998–2000)

In 1998, Fitzpatrick launched a pop music solo project as "Vitamin C" and signed an album deal with Elektra Records.[8] Released in 1999, her debut solo album Vitamin C peaked on the Billboard 200 at number 29[19] and was certified Platinum by the RIAA.[20] The album's first single, "Smile", peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100[2] and was certified Gold by the RIAA.[21] The second single from the album, "Me, Myself & I", failed to chart. However, the third single "Graduation (Friends Forever)" was more successful, peaking at number 12 on the Top 40 Mainstream Chart and number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100.[22] In Australia, the song peaked at number 2 on the ARIA Charts[23] and was certified Platinum.[24] In the summer of 2000, the song saw a resurgence in popularity in the Republic of Ireland, peaking at number 4 in the country.[25]

Vitamin C was marketed through collaborations with a number of prolific brands. In 2000, Mattel produced a Vitamin C doll which was retailed at approximately $16, and a Vitamin C lipstick shade was made by Tommy Hilfiger.[26][27] Vitamin C's cover version of the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons song "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" was used as a brand image theme by the American television network The WB during the 1999–2000 television season. She also wrote and recorded "Vacation", which became the opening theme to the short movie Pikachu's Vacation (from Pokémon: The First Movie). The 2001 video game EA Sports Triple Play featured Vitamin C as an animated baseball player.[28]

In 2000, she played the role of Lucy Westerman in the horror film Dracula 2000 and as herself in the spoof film Da Hip Hop Witch.[29]

More (2000–2001)

In late 2000, Vitamin C released "The Itch", the first single from her second album More. The song peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 45.[30] "The Itch" was a much bigger success in Australia where it charted at number 6 on the ARIA Charts[31] and was certified Platinum.[32] More debuted at number 122 on the Billboard 200.[33] "As Long As You're Loving Me" was released as the second single from the album, but failed to chart in the US and led to Vitamin C being dropped from Elektra Records.

In the February 2001 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, Vitamin C was voted as one of the "Fun and Fearless Females" of the year.[34][35] That same year Vitamin C was ranked No. 76 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001.[4]

"Last Nite" and later activities (2001–2009)

Vitamin C signed with V2 Records in 2001 and released the single "Last Nite" in July 2003. It was a cover version of the hit song by The Strokes and sampled Blondie's "Heart of Glass".[36] The single failed to chart in the US, and peaked at number 70 on the UK Top 75.[37][38]

In 2005, Vitamin C's cover of "Voices Carry" by 'Til Tuesday was included on the soundtrack for the Disney movie Sky High.[39] The same year, she wrote the song "We Are Gonna Happen" for Emma Roberts on the Unfabulous and More album.[40]

In 2006, she assembled a Radio Disney-aimed group of four teenagers named The Truth Squad. Vitamin C wrote and produced a number of song's for the group's debut album, which included a cover of "Graduation (Friends Forever)". The album was released on April 3, 2007, and made a brief appearance on the Top Kid Audio Chart, where it peaked at No. 23.[41] During this time, Vitamin C was reportedly working on two new albums, a children's world-music album and a pop album, neither of which were released.[36][42]

In 2006, Fitzpatrick created a production company and worked with various pop singers such as Miley Cyrus.[43] In 2008, she wrote the single "Make Some Noise" for Krystal Meyers.[44] In 2009, she wrote "Let's Get Crazy" for Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana.[45] Vitamin C also wrote the song "One and the Same", a duet recorded by Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez for the Disney Channel Original Movie Princess Protection Program.[46]

Music executive (2012–present)

On March 21, 2012, Nickelodeon named Vitamin C as VP of Music. She oversaw all music for Nickelodeon and its sister cable channels.[5][47][48]

In 2019, she joined Netflix as an executive in charge of "music creative production, spectacle and events".[43]

Discography

Studio albums

• Vitamin C (1999)
• More (2001)

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Hairspray	Amber Von Tussle	Credited as Colleen Fitzpatrick
1995	Higher Learning	Festival Singer
	Crinoline Head		Credited as Colleen Fitzpatrick
1997	St. Patrick's Day	Cassie
1999	My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception	Paprika
2000	Da Hip Hop Witch	Herself
	Dracula 2000	Lucy Westerman	Credited as Colleen Fitzpatrick
2001	Get Over It	Herself
	Scary Movie 2	Herself (voice)
	Rock Star	Guitarist in Crowd Outside Mansion
2005	Happy Is Not Hard to Be	Chloe	Credited as Colleen Fitzpatrick
2007	Along the Way	Elizabeth McCaffrey

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	The Equalizer	Susan / Beverly Heat	2 episodes
2000	The Amanda Show	Herself
2001	Turn Ben Stein On		1 episodes
	The Brothers Garcia
	MADTv		2 episodes
	Hollywood Squares		12 episodes
2002	Celebrity Bootcamp		Television film
	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Cathy Winters	1 episode
	Haunted	Bliss
2004	The WB's Superstar USA	Herself	Regular panelist
2008	Your Mama Don't Dance

References

Notes

Sources

• Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
• Room, Adrian (2010). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins (5 ed.). McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-44373-4.
• Whitburn, Joel (2009). Joel Whitburn's Music Stars: Brief Bios of Every Recording Artist who Ever Charted. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0-898-20176-5.

External links

• Vitamin C at All Music
• Vitamin C at Billboard
• Vitamin C at AllMovie
• Vitamin C at IMDb
• Colleen Fitzpatrick at the Internet Archive

На других языках

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[de] Colleen Fitzpatrick

Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick (* 20. Juli 1970[3] in Old Bridge, New Jersey) ist eine US-amerikanische Sängerin und Schauspielerin. Besser bekannt ist sie unter ihrem Künstlernamen Vitamin C.

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- [en] Vitamin C (singer)

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[es] Vitamin C

Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick (n. Old Bridge, Nueva Jersey, 20 de julio de 1972) conocida por su nombre artístico Vitamin C, es una cantante de música pop, compositora, bailarina y actriz estadounidense.

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[ru] Фицпатрик, Коллин

Колли́н Энн Фицпа́трик (англ. Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick; 20 июля 1972 (1972-07-20)[1][2], Олд-Бридж  (англ.) (рус., Нью-Джерси, США), также известна под псевдонимом Vitamin C — американская певица , автор песен, бас-гитаристка, клавишница, музыкальный продюсер , танцовщица и актриса .

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