Keith Allen

Profession: Writer and Actor
Place/Date of Birth: Gorseinon, Swansea, 02 September 1953
Associated with: Lily Allen

Keith comforts ’depressed’ Lily - June 27 2007
Keith Allen has revealed he is flying to New York to comfort daughter Lily after she was upset by a recent spat with Girls Aloud’s Cheryl Cole.

The 54-year-old, who had 21-year-old Lily with his first wife Alison Owen, said Lily had spoken to him about feeling "depressed, low and isolated" since Cheryl branded her a "chick with a d***".

"I spoke to her about feeling depressed, low and isolated. She’s a very vulnerable young lady and is nowhere near as confident about herself as it would appear," he said. "She’s a solo artist, completely and utterly alone - and it’s incredibly difficult.

"She has all the problems that any 21-year-old would have, multiplied because she’s on the road on her own," he added.

Keith also hit out at the media for comparing Lily to Kate Moss, saying it was "wrong".

"They are entirely different entities. Lily is like me. I used to mouth off about everybody, which I shouldn’t have done because it’s boring and negative," he said.

Lily is in New York recording her second album.

Biography

Finsbury Park resident Keith Allen has never played the lead in films but has appeared in many including Shallow Grave (1994) were he was the soon-deceased tenant; in Trainspotting (1996) he was the silent drug dealer; and in FilmFour’s Blue Juice (1995) he lurked in the background of his character’s recording studios.

Damien Hirst is his best friend and he is also close with the Blur boys. Keith has contributed to many aspects of the British art scene.

More recently, Allen cropped up in his brother Kevin’s directorial debut Twin Town (1997) and co-starred in the Brit-pack gangster flick Rancid Aluminium.
Keith Allen is one third (alongside Damian Hirst and Alex James) of novelty pop band Fat Les, which provided the England football team’s official anthem for Euro 2000
June 2007

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