Birth Date
Ellie was born on December 30, 1986 in in Lyonshall, a small village near Kington, Herefordshire.
Career
She attended Lady Hawkins' School in Kington, where she won a main part in a school production,
the Wizard of Oz, as the scarecrow.
Marathon Run
Her fastest half-marathon time is one hour, 40 minutes, and one time 200 people showed up
to run a 5K with her in Sydney.
More than singer
She also plays the drums and guitar,and she’s a highly-accomplished clarinet player. She
learned to play clarinet as a youngster and originally taught herself to play guitar to impress a boy.
Latest Hits
Ellie Goulding has rapidly risen to prominence, first in the UK and more recently in the U.S.
Hits:Love me like you do, Burn, Goodness Gracious, Army, Beating Heart.
Elena Jane Goulding was born on 30 December 1986 in Hereford and raised in Lyonshall, a small village near Kington, Herefordshire, the second of four children (she has a brother and two sisters). Her father, Arthur Goulding, came from a family of undertakers, while her mother, Tracy (née Clark), used to work at a supermarket. When she was 5, her parents separated; later she had a stepfather who was a lorry driver, whom she considered "horrible". At 9, she began playing the clarinet and at 14 began learning guitar. She attended Lady Hawkins' High School in Kington where she won the role of the Scarecrow in a school production of The Wizard of Oz. At 15, she started songwriting and while at Hereford Sixth Form College entered a singing competition and won.
After commencing drama, politics, and English courses at the University of Kent, where she was exposed to electronic music, she was spotted by Jamie Lillywhite of Turn First Artists at a university talent contest. After she successfully showcased for Turn First head Sarah Stennett, she was told to leave university and was set up in a house in West London. Lillywhite became her manager and introduced her to the producer Starsmith who would become her chief collaborator and the primary producer of Lights.
