Stacy Ferguson Biography
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Stacy Ferguson was born on March 27th,
1975 in Hacienda Heights, California to parents Terri and Pat
Ferguson. She has a younger sister named Dana (she is three years
younger).
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Her first professional acting
appearance was not an appearance at all, but the use of her voice on
the cartoon The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show in which she
voiced the character of Sally at the age of eight in 1983. The
following year she also leant her voice to two other Charlie Brown
cartoons – It’s Flashbeagle Charlie Brown in 1984 and Snoopy’s
Getting Married, Charlie Brown in 1985.Her next appearance was on a
video named Be Smebody or Be Somebody’s Fool, an educational
video where Mr. T and members of New Edition tells kids how to do
the right thing. Stacy appears in the video in some of the skits.
She also did some modeling and commercials on the side as well.
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It was in 1984, however, that she got
her big break when she received a role in the kid’s television
series Kids Incorporated along side another future celebrity,
Jennifer Love Hewitt.
She appeared on this show until 1989. The cast of the show won the
Young Artists Ensemble Award in 1984 (shared with Ryan Lambert,
Renee Sands, Rahsaan Patterson and Martika) and was nominated fir
the Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in 1990
(shared with Jennifer Love
Hewitt, Sean O’Riordan, Kenny Ford Jr.. Devyn Puett and Richard
Shoff). The cast of the show also did a TV special (Kids
Incorporated: Rock in the New Year) and a video (Kids
Incorporated: Chartbusters) in 1986.
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She made her debut on the big screen in
1986 with the release of the horror/comedy Monsters in the Closet.
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Stacey took a hiatus from show business
for a few years and enjoyed herself in school and doing normal
teenage stuff. In 1997 she ended her time off and connected with
Renee Sands (from her time in Kids Incorporated) and Sefanie Ridel
to form the pop-band Wild Orchard. They released their self-titled
debut album, Wild Orchard, in 1997 and it did fairly well on
the charts. The following year, they recorded Oxygen, which
was even more successful and included the hit song “Declaration.” In
1998, she also appeared briefly in the movie Outside Ozona.
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In 1999, Stacy, made her way back to
Saturday morning television on a series called Great Pretenders.
Herself and the other two members of Wild Orchard hosted a tv show
in which the audience would vote for the best contestant to lip-sync
a song. The band began to lose popularity and in 2001, their record
label refused to release their third album.
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Stacy went into an emotional and mental
downturn (including to turning to drugs for a short while). Wild
Orchard dissolved and she bounced around from job to job dancing in
nightclubs and performing backup singing. While doing backup, she
met will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas. She performed and did backup
for the band in 2001 and 2002, especially afterKim Hill left.
Stacy, who changed her name to “Fergie” was instrumental in making
their album Elephunk (2002) such a success. They asked her
to become a full time member of the band in 2003. The members of
the Black Eyed Peas are Fergie, will.i.am, Taboo and apl.de.ap.
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In May, 2004, she was named one of the
50 Most Beautiful People in the World by People magazine.
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The Black Eyed Peas released their
fourth album entitled Monkey Business in June of 2005 and it
has already sold very well.
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In July 2005, she became engaged to
actor Josh Duhamel (from Las Vegas and All My
Children)
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She continues to be a part of the Black
Eyed Peas and is also continuing with her movie career. She is going
to be in the movie Poseidon in 2006, based on the 1972
movie The Poseidon Adventure. She also has hinted on having a
solo career and has recently appeared on the soundtrack of 50
First Dates (starring
Adam Sandler).
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Favorites: food = lasagna, pizza and
banana splits.
Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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