Pussycat dolls star Ashley Roberts looks back: ‘We had to be resilient – if your toe breaks, you still do the show’
Adam Lambert in 1985 and recreating the image in 2026Ashley Roberts in 1985 and 2026. Later photograph: Pål Hansen. Styling: Andie Redman. Hair: Clare Hurford. Makeup: Cassandra Scalia at Arch the Agency Born in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1981, Ashley Roberts joined the Pussycat Dolls in 2002. Their debut single, Don’t Cha, spent three weeks at No 1 in the UK in 2005. The sextet sold more than 55m records worldwide before splitting in 2010. Roberts has since appeared on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! and Strictly Come Dancing, and was a judge on Dancing on Ice. She hosts a show on Heart 00s every Saturday. The Pussycat Dolls – now a trio of Nicole Scherzinger, Roberts and Kimberly Wyatt – are currently on a 21-date tour. This tutu picture was taken at my first ever dance recital, and I’m happy as can be. It was the 80s, so everything’s pink and fluffy, and I have big hair and a serious fringe. I love the way my feet and hands are angled …

