Orlando Bloom

Profession: Actor
Place/Date of Birth: Canterbury, 13 January 1977

Annie Lennox snubbed Orlando Bloom - Dec 14, 2005
Annie Lennox reportedly snubbed Orlando Bloom - because she thought he was an obsessed fan. The singer was at a screening of Woody Allen film, ’Annie Hall’, in London when hunky Orlando asked for her autograph. She allegedly told him: "I just want a quiet night. Please leave me alone and get a life."

A source told the Daily Star newspaper: "It was like watching a car crash unfold. Nobody could understand why she was being so rude to Orlando of all people. "It was difficult to believe she didn’t know who he was. He’s been in almost every blockbuster this year. But it turns out she genuinely though he was an unusually good-looking fan. She must have been living under a rock for the past few years."

Annie was said to be horrified when she realised her embarrassing mistake, and rushed over to apologise. After clearing up the misunderstanding, the star gave Orlando an autograph and he gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. An insider revealed: "She was bright red when he smooched her."

Orlando has denied he has split from girlfriend Kate Bosworth - Nov 1 ,2005
Orlando Bloom has denied he has split from girlfriend Kate Bosworth. The heartthrob actor, who has enjoyed an on/off romance with the screen beauty, insists the pair are still an item and has also quashed rumours he has been romancing his ’Elizabethtown’ co-star Kirsten Dunst.

Bloom, 28, claims the constant speculation about his love life is the price he has to pay for being a successful actor. He said: "These rumours are the price you pay for a great job and a great lifestyle, it’s like a tax. If you want to screw around it’s your choice and you accept it when you get caught."

Last month, Dunst strongly denied she was romancing her handsome co-star. Rumours began surfacing the pair were are an item after they were spotted several times cosying up to one another on the set of ’Elizabethtown’. However, Dunst, who is dating ’Donnie Darko’ star Jake Gyllenhaal, refuted the claims - insisting she and Bloom are just good friends. She said at the time: "People alluding as to whether Orlando and I got together then that’s a no. No!"

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Biography

Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom was born on January 13th 1977 in Canterbury into a rather complicated family – until the age of thirteen he believed that political activist Harry Bloom (who died when Orlando was 4) was his father. However, he was in fact the result of an affair between his mother Sonia and Colin Stone, who following Harry’s death became Orlando’s stepfather. He knew from an early age that he wanted to act, having watched the likes of Paul Newman and Daniel Day Lewis in movies.

Struggling through many classes at school, it took several years for Orlando to be diagnosed as dyslexic but made the most of his time at St Edmund’s School by taking part in theatre projects. He joined the National Youth Theatre in London at sixteen where he gained a scholarship to work with the British American Drama Academy, while also taking bit parts in Casualty, Midsomer Murders and Smack the Pony. It was around this time that he picked up his first movie role, alongside Jude Law and Stephen Fry in Wilde.

In 1998 Orlando attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he fell from a roof terrace, breaking his back and facing permanent paralysis. However he quickly recovered and almost immediately was spotted by director Peter Jackson, who signed him up for the part of Legolas in the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy. Since this Orlando has gone stratospheric, appearing in numerous films including Pirates of the Caribbean, The Calcium Kid, Troy and Kingdom of Heaven. He now lives between London and LA and has an on/off relationship with fellow actor Kate Bosworth.
February 2008