Kelly Michelle Lee Osbourne (born October 27, 1984 in London, England) is an actress, singer, and fashion designer. Osbourne first rose to acclaim in The Osbournes, a reality TV series about her famous family.
Kelly is the daughter of rock legend Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne. She has two siblings: Aimee Osbourne and Jack Osbourne, and two half-siblings: Jessica Osbourne and Louis Osbourne, Ozzy's children from his first marriage.
Her debut album Shut Up! was released in 2002 to moderate sales, fueled mostly by a cover version of the hit Madonna song Papa Don't Preach. Kelly's 2002 Epic debut, "Shut Up," debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart. The album was met with fairly good critical reviews. However, Shut Up! failed to spark much interest, and by May 2003, Kelly had been dropped from Epic. The setback neither slowed her down nor shut her up, and by autumn Kelly had resurfaced on the Sanctuary label. She later recorded a duet with her father of "Changes," a Black Sabbath song. The duet hit #1 on the UK charts, a first for Ozzy and Kelly. Shut Up! was repackaged with this duet and a few live cuts and rereleased as Changes. Sales did not improve.
Kelly Osbourne's Sleeping in the Nothing debuted at #117 on the Billboard Top 200 selling just under 9,000 copies.
Sleeping in the Nothing sees Osbourne make a rather smooth transition from rock to 80's dance-pop. Sleeping in the Nothing was co-written and produced by legendary songwriter/former popstar, Linda Perry.
The first single from the album, "One Word" peaked at #1 on three Billboard dance charts. Kelly Osbourne becomes the first artist in the history of the Billboard charts to top all three dance surveys in the same week.
The album was not without controversy, due to rumors that the cover shot was heavily altered in order to make Osbourne appear slimmer. The image, which graced the album cover and most of its promotional material, angered many fans due to her previous reiterations of being happy with her size, and not wanting to change for anyone.
Kelly Osbourne made her debut as an actress with a starring role on October 7, 2004 on the ABC high school teen drama Life As We Know It. Kelly Osbourne received rave reviews playing the supporting role of Deborah Tynan.
In 2004 Kelly Osbourne launched her own fashion line, Stiletto Killers with friend Ali Barone. Stiletto Killers is a rock-inspired line of tees, knickers, hoodies, and sweatpants designed by Kelly Osbourne and Ali Barone, emblazoned with cartoonish designs and punk rock phrases. Stiletto Killers, also has a more sophisticated, coture branch, The SK Collection.
On April 4, 2004, a year after her younger brother, Jack Osbourne checked himself into rehab Kelly was admitted into Promises treatment center in Malibu, California to fight an addiction to pain killers. Little more than a year after completing treatment for an addiction to prescription painkillers, Kelly Osbourne once again checked herself into a drug rehabilitation center, Las Encinas Hospital, the same Pasadena, California, facility where younger brother Jack underwent treatment for his addictions to the painkiller OxyContin, marijuana and alcohol back in 2003; for personal issues.
Tattoos:
Kelly's First Tattoo was a small pink heart on her left hip. However, it is rumored that she has covered it up with something different.
Heart on her left pinky; she got matching ones with her ex-boyfriend Bert McCracken.
Maroon colored angel wings tattooed on her shoulder blades.
Star on the nape of her neck.
A skull with crossbones on each foot.
Disney's "Tinkerbell" on her lower back.
Heart with crossbones on her right wrist.
"Jack", "Jack Osbourne", her brother's name, is tattooed on her inner left wrist.
Heart shaped locket, with a matching key on the inside of her right forearm with the words: "Daddy" and just beneath is a banner that says "This too shall pass". Kelly has dedicated this tattoo to her daddy, she had it done shortly after his near fatal quad accident.
An anchor on her outer forearm just below her elbow. Kelly got it shortly after she exited rehab the first time.
A keyboard on her left arm.
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