Elly Jackson, aka La Roux, was born in Brixton, south London, in 1988 to actors Trudie Goodwin and Kit Jackson. She started a degree at the University of Nottingham but left to pursue a music career. In 2008 she formed synth-pop duo La Roux with writer-producer Ben Langmaid and the following year released their self-titled debut, which won a Grammy for best electronic/dance album. Langmaid left the group in 2011, and Jackson released her second album, Trouble in Paradise, July 2014. La Roux plays the John Peel stage at Glastonbury on Saturday 27 June and the BBC Radio 6 Music Stage at Latitude festival in Suffolk on Sunday 19 July (latitudefestival.com).
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