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Zara Phillips is a singer and songwriter, actor, author, and activist. As an adoptee herself, much of her work is centred around the adoption world and is focused on improving understanding the lifelong impact of adoption. She is a mother of three and is married to musician Richard Thompson. She divides her time between London and New Jersey.
Zara was raised in Totteridge, North London, and was adopted as a baby. She found her birth mother at 24 and after a lifelong search, her birth father at 51. She was always singing and writing as a child, which led to her becoming a harmony singer in the 80s, with acts like Bob Geldof, Matt Bianco, David Essex, and Nick Kamen.
After a spell of addiction, Zara Phillips became sober at age 22, and devoted more of her time to her own music, writing and activism. Her 2006 CD тАШWhen The Rain StopsтАЩ and тАШYou me and usтАЭ 2011. were produced by Ted Perlman. Her 2008 Film тАШRoots UnknownтАЩ won Best Homegrown Documentary at the NJ Garden State Film Festival.
Her 2008 book, тАШMother MeтАЩ describes the unfolding as an adoptee raises a family of her own. Her song тАШIтАЩm LegitтАЩ, cowritten with Darryl McDanielтАЩs of DMC, has been a huge hit in the adoption world and beyond. тАШBeneath My FatherтАЩs SkyтАЩ, a one woman show that Zara wrote and performed, was the winner of Best Direction at NYC United Solo festival in 2014, and was also performed in LA, San Francisco, Connecticut, and in London in 2016. She was presented with an тАШAngel in AdoptionтАЩ award 2015.
In the past, Zara has facilitated workshops with adopted families and the mental health professionals. She engages the teens to create songs about their experience.
Zara PhillipsтАЩ book тАШSomebodyтАЩs daughterтАЩ published by John Blake/Bonnier Publishers, was released February 2018 in the UK and August 2018 in the USA. Zara has written and performed a play with the same title in England and the US in 2022. A production of a film version of the play will be released in early 2024. Zara tours with her husband Richard Thompson performing as a harmony singer. ZaraтАЩs new album тАШMeditation and KitKatsтАЩ is available on CD and all streaming platforms.
Zara PhillipsтАЩ latest book SomebodyтАЩs Daughter: A Moving Journey of Discovery, Recovery and Adoption was published on February 22nd, 2018 in the UK by John Blake/Bonnier publishing.
Her personal website can be seen at here.
