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Biography
Childhood
Amanda Lee Williford) was born on January 22, 1981 and raised in Ruskin, Florida. She began pursuing her dream of becoming a singer at the age of 8 when she started singing with the Tampa Bay Children’s Choir. By the time she reached age 11 she had moved on from the children’s choir to the Tampa-based children’s performing arts troupe Entertainment Revue.
Music Career; 1999-2004
In 1999, the 18 year old Ford started performing under the stage name Mandah and was signed to Music Corporation of America, MCA. While with MCA she wrote and recorded a song called “Lullaby” which was featured on the double-platinum soundtrack for the motion picture Pokmon: The First Movie. Ford’s label decided to change her stage name from Mandah into Willa Ford, as to avoid confusion with Mandy Moore.
In 2000 she was one of the opening acts for the Backstreet Boys Into the Millennium Tour.
At the age of 20 the singer signed on to a new label, Lava Atlantic Records, while on a mall tour for Nautica Kids. The new contract put her into the recording studio with a variety of writers and producers. Ford preferred to write most of her own lyrics as well as becoming executive producer for most of her first album. On July 17, 2001, Willa Ford released her debut album Willa Was Here. The album gave birth to the single “I Wanna Be Bad.” Willa Was Here reached 56 on the Billboard 200 and sold roughly 200,000 copies. Ford went on to release a second single from the album titled “Did Ya’ Understand That” which failed to garner much attention.
Ford served as the spokesperson for Pantene Pro-V’s ProVoice campaign while promoting the album. She also appeared in Uncle Kracker’s video for “In A Little While.” On April 26, 2002, Willa Ford guest starred in an episode of Raising Dad where she played a bully named Edie. Ford also went on to guest host MTV’s TRL and Say What Karaoke which led to a hosting contract with Viacom. Ford soon hosted the MTV reality shows The Morning After and I Bet You Will. That same year Willa Ford co-wrote and recorded a duet with South Korean pop star Park Ji-yoon entitled “Nastified” which appeared on Park’s fifth album Man.
In 2003, Ford released a dance song incorporating a sorority chant, “A Toast to Men.” The song, which featured guest rapper Lady May, was featured in daytime promo ads for soap operas. The single was from her unreleased sophomore album Sexysexobsessive which was previously titled Porn Poetry. The title track “Sexysexobsessive” was to be the second single but was only released through Ford’s official website.
Television Career, Playboy & Dancing With the Stars; 2005-2007
In 2005, Ford hosted the first season of the fighting competition reality show, The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV.The show aired between January 18 and April 9, 2005. After the show’s finale, the 24 year old singer was contracted as a summer’s guest doll performer for the Las Vegas shows of The Pussycat Dolls. Ford was later featured as the June celebrity on FHM’s 2005 pin-up calendar. In early 2006, Willa Ford played as one of the four celebrity quarterbacks for the Lingerie Bowl which was shown during the halftime of Super Bowl XL. Later that year, she was featured in a nude pictorial in the March 2006 issue of Playboy. Stuff magazine ranked her #48 in the 101 Sexiest Online Women supplement later that year as well. In the autumn of 2006, Ford competed on the third season of Dancing with the Stars. Ford and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy managed to last until the 5th week of elimination.
Ford posed a photo shoot featured in the January 2007 issue of Maxim, where she reflected on her experience on Dancing with the Stars.
She was also on Calvin Ayre’s Poker Show, a fashion show of Love Jones and 2006 Valentine’s Day show with DJ AM, Cindy Margolis Nicollette Sheridan at a club located on Las Vegas.
Ford and hockey player Mike Modano married in a small, private ceremony on August 26, 2007 in Athens, Texas. She also announced to Access Hollywood that she was dropping out of the Dancing With The Stars Tour since Maksim Chmerkovskiy was not signed on.
Ford appeared on an episode of My Celebrity Home on the Style Network, which aired on January 31, 2007. She also hosted the third season of Pants-Off Dance-Off on Fuse TV. On August 23, 2007, Ford and husband Mike were featured in an episode of MTV Cribs’
Film Career; 2007-Present
The Insider announced on April 10, 2007 that Willa Ford was cast to play the role of Anna Nicole Smith in a film about the life and death of the celebrity. The film was shot between April and May 2007. The biopic Anna Nicole marked Ford’s first lead role in a film. The film was released on September 22, 2009 in the U.S. and Canada. Ford later starred as the lead character named Claire Dennison in a thriller film called Impulse opposite Angus MacFadyen. Impulse went straight-to-DVD on April 15, 2008. She was recently described as “super sexy” by Simon Cowell.
Willa Ford played a supporting role in the motion picture reboot of Friday the 13th to promote the project, Ford appeared as a guest on E!’s late night talk show Chelsea Lately on February 5, 2009. Ford and husband Joe were also attended the film’s Los Angeles premiere. As of Octorber 10, She has been casted as Becca of dreamfly production’s new movie, “Minuteman.”
Discography
Albums
Willa Was Here (2001)
Sexysexobsessive (2004) – Shelved
Singles
Year
Single
Chart positions
Album
US Hot Dance singles sales
US Hot 100 Singles
US Hot 100 Singles Sales
US mainstream Top 40
US Top 40 Tracks
R&R Pop
2001
“I Wanna Be Bad”
4
22
6
11
19
11
Willa Was Here
“Did Ya’ Understand That”
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-
-
-
-
-
“Santa Baby (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme)”
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-
-
-
-
-
MTV TRL Christmas
2003
“A Toast to Men” (feat. Lady May)
11
-
45
-
-
46
A Toast to Men (Single)
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars dances
Week 1: Foxtrot
Week 2: Mambo
Week 3: Jive
Week 4: Waltz
Week 5: Rumba
Dancing with the Stars performances
Week 8: “Fame” (Live singing performance)
Week 9: Group Jive (Live dance)
Season Finale: Cast Reunion (Live dance)
Filmography
Film
Year
Film
Role
2007,
Anna Nicole
Anna Nicole Smith
2008
Impulse
Clarie Dennison
2009
Friday the 13th
Chelsea
2010
Minuteman
Becca
Music videos
“I Wanna Be Bad” (2001)
“Did Ya’ Understand That” (2001)
“Santa Baby (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme)” (2001)
“In A Little While” (2001) – Uncle Kracker Video (Acting Role)
“A Toast to Men” (2003)
Television roles
The Mind of the Married Man – Popstar (2001)
Raising Dad – Edie (2002)
I Bet You Will – Host (2002)
The Ultimate Fighter – Host (2005)
Lingerie Bowl III – Celebrity Quarterback for the Dallas Desire (2006)
Dancing with the Stars – Celebrity Dancer (2006)
Pants Off Dance Off – Host (2007)
Television Live performance
Teensasion Hard Rock Live
Total Request Live
Tonight Show With Jay Leno
Live with Regis and Kelly
Television commercials
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Other Events
Panate Pro-Voice Live
Guavaween
References
^ a b Willa Ford Weds Hockey Beau
^ Pop-Star Home Makeover
^ The Anna Nicole Smith Story DVD
^ Friday the 13th Premiere
^ Minuteman Casting News
^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=381&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Top+40+Mainstream&ci=3043323&cdi=7778781&cid=10%2F27%2F2001
^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=382&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Top+40+Tracks&ci=3042787&cdi=7759493&cid=09%2F08%2F2001
^ http://www2.uta.edu/hunt/charts/Songruns/F/willafordi_wanna_be_bad.htm
^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=353&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Singles+Sales&ci=3051899&cdi=8081197&cid=12%2F06%2F2003
^ http://www2.uta.edu/hunt/charts/Songruns/F/willaa_toast_to_men.htm
External links
Willa Ford Inc. (Official site)
Willa Ford at the Internet Movie Database
Categories: 1981 births | American dance musicians | American record producers | Atlantic Records artists | Dancing with the Stars (US TV series) participants | Living people | People from Tampa, FloridaHidden categories: BLP articles lacking sources | Articles lacking reliable references from August 2009 | All articles lacking sources | All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements from August 2009
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