2003–2005 In 2003 Keedie appeared in a local Torquay talent show, "Stairway to the Stars"; this appearance brought her to fame. On 30 November 2003, Keedie performed at a
World AIDS Day event at the Coronet theatre in London together with
Liberty X in aid of Crusaid. In 2004, Keedie signed a seven figure music deal with
EMI Classics, after she duetted with former
Blue member
Duncan James, on "
I Believe My Heart", the soundtrack to the
Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical,
The Woman in White. The single reached number two in the
UK Singles Chart. Her debut album
I Believe My Heart was released on 18 November 2004, and met with positive reviews. It includes a variety of contemporary tracks and arrangements, and also featured the title theme "My Reason", from the film
Modigliani; the video for which Keedie filmed on location in
Bucharest. The album includes two pop covers:
Madonna's "
You'll See" and
Enya's "
Only Time", seven original songs and nine
arias. After her album was released, Keedie went on to record
Puccini's
Nessun Dorma.
2005–2006 Keedie parted ways with her record company, EMI classics, at the end of 2005. During this time she was able to secure gigs at sporting events and celebrity private parties, such as
Michael Parkinson and
Anthea Turner. On 4 September 2005, she appeared at the Grand Finale of the Kent Music Festival along with
Katherine Jenkins and
G4. On 26 February 2006, Keedie sang the
National Anthem at the
League Cup final at the
Millennium Stadium in
Cardiff. In May 2006, Keedie was asked to sing "
Time to Say Goodbye" at former
Newcastle United footballer
Alan Shearer's testimonial at
St James' Park. She performed the song after the game during the finale, and also performed earlier before the game.
2007–present In 2007, Keedie performed alongside
Tina Turner in a one-off concert,
The Bedrock Ball, in aid of the charity, Caudwell Children, at the
National History Museum. It was the first live concert Tina Turner had performed in seven years. Keedie was the only artist to support Turner at the charity gig and she performed in front of celebrities such as
Richard Hammond,
Tara Palmer Tompkinson and
David Gest. Keedie said after the gig: In May 2007, a special charity album entitled
KN21 was released in aid of Children's Hospice South-West. The album consisted of live recordings of Keedie and her sister Nadine from 1993 – when they were 11 and 10 years old, and called themselves KN21 – a name using the first initials of their names plus their combined age at the time. The tracks are mainly covers from the 1960s which were recorded during the girls "Swinging Sixties" show at the Great Western Hotel in Paignton. The album also has two exclusive bonus tracks which Keedie recorded in 2005 – "Nessun Dorma" and "Would I Know", an original song penned by American
songwriter,
Diane Warren, and previously used in the
Charlotte Church film ''
I'll Be There''. In 2010, it was revealed Keedie had auditioned for
The X Factor under her marital name of Keedie Green, but did not go through to the judges' houses round. In February 2013, Keedie performed at the
Babbacombe Theatre, Torquay, in their summer season production
Spellbound. During 2015, she appeared on the
BBC One talent show
The Voice UK, resulting in over 2.7 million
YouTube views; also in 2015 Keedie appeared in the
World War II Romance film Meet Again as the Garden Singer - Hollywood Gem. From 2016–2018, she further starred in productions at the
Babbacombe Theatre. July 2018 saw her perform to good reviews in the
West End London Peacock Theatre show
TriOperas. In 2020, she delivered a singing
master class to
performing arts students of
South Devon College and took part in a fund raising
virtual concert at
Wrexham radio station
Calon FM on behalf of the
National Health Service front line workers who had contributed so much during the
COVID-19 pandemic. ==Discography==