In 1983, Appleton moved to London and attended the
Sylvia Young Theatre School. She had a brief cameo in an episode of
Grange Hill in 1986.
1996–2001: All Saints Appleton's father met
Melanie Blatt, with whom Nicole had attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School, and heard that Blatt was looking for new members for her girl group. Nicole asked whether her sister could join the group as well. In 1996 both sisters joined Blatt and
Shaznay Lewis, forming All Saints. In 2000, Natalie and Nicole appeared in the poorly received film
Honest. All Saints split acrimoniously in 2001 amid much foment and rumour. In their five-year career, the group scored a total of five number-one singles.
2002–2005: Appleton and television Natalie and Nicole formed the duo
Appleton and launched their first single "
Fantasy" in September 2002 which features Natalie doing a stage dive. Initially, it was to be Nicole doing the stage dive, but she backed out at the last minute, and thus Natalie took her place. The album
''Everything's Eventual was released in early 2003 and coincided with the documentary Appleton on Appleton
which gave an inside look into the life of the sisters. In November 2004, Appleton was a contestant on the fourth series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!''. While on the show the public voted for her numerous times to take part in
bushtucker trials, she was not very successful in completing the challenges and left after the public voted for her to do what would have been a record fifth bushtucker trial.
2006–present: All Saints return From 2006 to 2008 All Saints reunited and released their third studio album titled
Studio 1 on 13 November 2006. However, the group subsequently split again in 2009. In 2014, All Saints reformed to support the
Backstreet Boys for five dates across the UK and Ireland. On 27 January 2016, it was confirmed that All Saints were scheduled to release their fourth studio album
Red Flag on 8 April 2016. The lead single from the album, "
One Strike", preceded the album on 26 February 2016. In 2023, Appleton competed on the
fourth series of
The Masked Singer as "Fawn" and finished in third place. == Early and personal life ==