Hairspray and Eve's Plum 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. 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. She formed the band in 1991 with Michael Kotch and his brother Ben, whom she met while studying at New York University. A year later the group signed a record deal with
Epic Records in 1992, releasing two albums and seven singles between 1993 and 1995.
Vitamin C and More In 1999, Fitzpatrick launched a pop music solo project as "Vitamin C" and signed an album deal with
Elektra Records. and was certified Platinum by the
RIAA. The album's first single, "
Smile", peaked at number 18 on the
Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Gold by the RIAA. The second single from the album, "
Me, Myself & I", failed to chart. 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. In Australia, the song peaked at number 2 on the
ARIA Charts and was certified Platinum. It peaked at number 4 in the Republic of Ireland. In 1999, she wrote and recorded "Vacation", which became the opening theme to the English release of the short film ''
Pikachu's Vacation (from Pokémon: The First Movie''). Vitamin C's cover version of the
Frankie Valli and the
Four Seasons song "
December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" was used in promotional material for the American television network
The WB during the 1999–2000
television season. 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. 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. "The Itch" had more success in Australia where it peaked at number 6 on the
ARIA Charts and was certified Platinum. That year, she played the role of
Lucy Westerman in the horror film
Dracula 2000 and appeared as herself in the spoof film
Da Hip Hop Witch.
More was released on January 31, 2001 and debuted at number 122 on the
Billboard 200. "
As Long As You're Loving Me" was released as the second single from the album, but failed to chart in the US. Subsequently, Vitamin C was 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. That same year Vitamin C was ranked No. 76 on the
Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001.
"Last Nite" and later activities 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". The single peaked at number 70 on the
UK Singles Chart. In February 2005, Vitamin C's cover of "
Kiss the Girl" was included on
Disneymania 3; she also performed the song live at
Disney's California Adventure which was recorded for its supplemental concert dvd. In July, her cover of "
Voices Carry" by
'Til Tuesday was included on the soundtrack for the Disney movie
Sky High. The same year, she wrote the song "We Are Gonna Happen" for
Emma Roberts on the
Unfabulous and More album. In 2006, Fitzpatrick created a production company and worked with various pop singers such as
Miley Cyrus. That year, 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. 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. In 2008, she wrote the single "
Make Some Noise" for
Krystal Meyers. In 2009, she wrote "
Let's Get Crazy" for
Miley Cyrus as
Hannah Montana. 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. On March 21, 2012,
Nickelodeon named Fitzpatrick as VP of Music. She oversaw all music for Nickelodeon and its sister cable channels. In 2016, she appeared as a featured artist on
Information Society's cover of "
Don't You Want Me"; her vocals on the release were recorded in 2001. In 2019, she joined Netflix as an executive in charge of "music creative production, spectacle and events". == Personal life ==