Sarah Harding

Sarah Nicole Harding (17 November 1981 – 5 September 2021) was an English singer, model, and actress. In late 2002, she auditioned for the ITV reality series Popstars: The Rivals. On the show, she won a place as a member of the girl group quintet Girls Aloud.^[2]

Sarah Harding
Harding in October 2012
Born	Sarah Nicole Hardman[1] (1981-11-17)17 November 1981 Ascot, Berkshire, England
Died	5 September 2021(2021-09-05) (aged 39) Manchester, England
Occupations	Singer model actress
Years active	2002–2021
Musical career
Genres	Pop pop rock dance-pop
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	Polydor Fascination Decca

Harding was born Sarah Nicole Hardman in Ascot, Berkshire. She moved to Stockport, Greater Manchester when she was 14.

During the group's break, Harding began acting, appearing in Bad Day, the BBC television movie Freefall, Run for Your Wife, and St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold. She won Celebrity Big Brother 20 in 2017. Harding was also a lingerie model.

In August 2020, Harding said that she had been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer.^[3] In March 2021, she said that the disease was terminal and had a few months to live.^[4] Harding died on the morning of 5 September 2021 from the disease in Manchester at the age of 39.^[5]