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Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an
American Pop singer, occasional actor and
songwriter, most popular in 1999 and the early
2000s. Her career encompasses chart-topping
records, high-profile advertising, and forays
into acting and reality television. She remains
popular throughout the world despite controversy
surrounding the perceived sexual nature of her
music and image.
Born
to Jamie Spears, a building contractor, and
Lynne Bridges, a grade school teacher, in McComb,
Mississippi and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana,
Spears performed in local dance revues and
church choirs as a young girl, and was
auditioning for the Disney Channel's New Mickey
Mouse Club by the time she was eight. Although
she was too young to join the series at that
time, a producer on the show introduced her to a
New York agent; she subsequently spent three
summers at NYC's Professional Performing Arts
School and also appeared in a number of
off-Broadway productions, including 1991's
Ruthless! In 1992, she landed a spot on Star
Search and although she won the first round, she
was beaten by another contestant in the second.
Spears
then returned to the Disney Channel for a spot
on the New Mickey Mouse Club and was accepted.
She was featured for two years between the ages
of eleven and thirteen during the 1993 and 1994
seasons. Others on the show included Justin
Timberlake and Joshua Chasez (who later became
members of the pop group *NSYNC), Keri Russell
(star of the TV show Felicity), fellow pop
singer Christina Aguilera, and actor Ryan
Gosling.
Before
long, Spears had recorded a demo tape, which
eventually landed in the hands of a Jive Records
executive. She was signed to their label and
began touring American venues for a series of
concerts sponsored by U.S. teen magazines before
joining *NSYNC and becoming their opening act. Read
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