Early Life
Wallace was born at 204 Durants Road, Enfield, North London, to James, a telecommunications engineer, and Annette, a secretary. Her parents divorced when she was aged three and, unusually, she and her sister were raised by their father (however, she did see her mother at weekends). She adopted her stage name after her late grandmother.
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