Amy Winehouse was bullied for one of the things that helped make her a beloved icon to countless people Billie Piper and Amy Winehouse both attended a prestigious school for the arts, but bullying was as rife there as anywhere else. The Sylvia Young Theatre School in London has produced some of the biggest artists in the UK, including musicians Dua Lipa and Rita Ora and actors Daniel Kaluuya and Nicholas Hoult.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Critics have been vocal on social media since the film was announced, some claiming Marisa isn’t the right person for the role and doesn’t look enough like Winehouse, while others voiced concerns about how the late star will be portrayed. However Mark Ronson, who famously worked closely with Winehouse in her career, insisted the film caught Winehouse’s humour ‘really well’.