Many people didn’t recognise the Foundations singer who had a No 1 album a decade ago in the new Netflix series GLOW.
One viewer wrote: “Also, I just realised that the redhead is Kate Nash. I was wondering why her voice was so familiar but her face not.”
Another proclaimed: “Wow. Turns out the England girl in GLOW who sounds like Kate Nash is Kate Nash!”
After the release of GLOW, an acronym for Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, Kate Nash weight loss was trending on Google.
The singer-songwriter, who has been busy independently releasing her fourth studio album, Yesterday was Forever, was previously body shamed.
Last year the singer-songwriter went on a summer tour to mark the 10th anniversary of her debut album, Made Of Bricks. At the time she revealed she had been called “too fat” to be a pop star.
She revealed to The Independent: “When you’re a woman, you have such a strange relationship with your body because – especially when you’re in the public eye – you’re constantly being judged.
“People comment on my body all the time in a really inappropriate way, in a way I find completely offensive.
“I saw in serious newspapers where I’ve been called ‘too fat’ and ‘too ugly to be a poster. It’s so weird, but people fee like they can say that to you.”
But people started searching Kate Nash weight loss after she appeared on the show GLOW.
And although she has never openly spoken about weight loss, Kate has revealed that he follows a vegan diet, and has had to exercise for her new role on GLOW.
GLOW is a comedy-drama revolving around female professional wrestlers in the 1980s.
In it she plays struggling actress Rhonda Richardson, and playing her has helped the singer appreciate the abilities of her own body.
Now she says she’s feeling the best she ever has.
She told DIY magazine: “I think I am now at a place where I’m totally feeling like the best I’ve ever felt.”
Speaking about how she felt on the show, she said: “On the show, we have a purpose that isn’t just to look good, it’s to learn to wrestle and run the ropes.
“On set, I was pushing myself physically, doings things I never expected I could do. It empowered me, and I feel very confident and assertive.”
Kate told iNews she recommends wrestling to anyone who is feeling down.
Speaking about GLOW, she said: “It’s the dream job. I recommend wrestling for anyone who’s feeling down on themselves; it’s very empowering.
“Guerrero (wrestler) said to us ‘your whole life you’ve been told that you’re too strong or big, you’ve got to tone it down, but wrestling is the opposite’.
“And that’s so liberating. When we’re wrestling, I’m not even thinking about my physical appearance which is rare.
“It’s given me confidence and self-respect. I feel much better than I’ve felt for so long.”
She added to The Independent: “I wanted to look like a good wrestler on camera more than just look good, and that was cool because women are normally so obsessed with trying to perfect themselves, and hating ourselves for the way we look.”
Kate also swears by a vegan lifestyle, which she switched to last year.
Before that she had been vegetarian for eight years.
In an interview with The Guardian in 2010 Kate revealed how the “size zero” debate caused her to go “the other way”.
She said: “I come from a big Irish family who force-fed me as a kid so not eating was never an option.
“I did think that being in my position I’d be paranoid about my body, but I’m also aware that girls are looking to me to make them feel secure so I try to promote a healthy approach to food.”
Kate also revealed she was allergic to lactose and wheat, but loves Italian food.
She turned to vegetarianism to “save her bunny” who needed an operation.
Kate, who struggled with OCD, told Atwood magazine: “I made a deal with the universe. She did the surgery and it was fine.
“It opened my mind to many things, understanding my brain and realising how powerful that was, that I’d actually changed my diet in such a huge way.
“I’m actually vegan now, and I’m an advocate for that. Becoming a vegetarian made me conscious of the power of the decision and I could explore my relationship with my mental health.”
