Eliot Sumner’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Eliot Paulina Sumner (born 30 July 1990) is an English musician, actress, and electronic music producer. Sumner’s debut album, The Constant (2010), was released under the band name I Blame Coco, while solo work has been released under the name Eliot Sumner. Sumner is the youngest daughter of musician Sting (born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) and actress Trudie Styler.

Career

I Blame Coco

Sumner began writing songs at the age of 15, and signed a multi-record deal with Island Records at age 17.

Sumner spent six months writing and recording a debut album, The Constant (2010), in Sweden with producer Klas Åhlund, keyboardist Emlyn Maillard, and multi-instrumentalist and producer Al Shux under the band name I Blame Coco. The album included elements of pop music, electronic music, ska, and punk. The first single, “Caesar”, featured Swedish pop singer Robyn. The next single, “Self Machine”, was released in July 2010.

According to Christian Wåhlberg, Sumner’s manager, Åhlund, had been keen to work with Sumner because he saw the “punk rocker” in her. Wåhlberg said that the electropop sound of the album was influenced by Darcus Beese, president of Island Records, and that if Sumner had signed to a different record label, the music would have been different.

Solo career

In 2014, Sumner said her music would be released under her birth name, Eliot Sumner. Later that year, she released the EP Information, and in 2016 the full album Information appeared.

Sumner’s contributions to other musicians’ albums include vocals for the song “End of the Road” by Sway and the single “Splash” by Sub Focus. Sumner sang a cover version of the Radiohead song “Creep” with Clint Mansell for the soundtrack to the movie Filth (2013).

Acting career

Sumner appeared briefly in the films Me Without You (2001) and Stardust (2007). She made her adult acting debut in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen in 2020. She is set to appear in the upcoming James Bond film No Time to Die (2020).

Personal life

Eliot Paulina Sumner is the youngest daughter of musician Sting (Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) and actress Trudie Styler. Sumner was born in Pisa, Italy, grew up in Wiltshire, England, and was educated at Bryanston School and then the Fine Arts College in London.

Sumner grew up at Lake House, the family estate near Stonehenge, and has two brothers (Jake and Giacomo) and a sister (Mickey), an older half-brother (Joe), and a half-sister (Kate). Family gave Sumner the nickname “Coco”. Drawn to the outdoors, Sumner spent a lot of time alone in the woods. She was given her first guitar at age four or five, wrote her first song at age 13, and signed a record deal four years later. After recording and touring with I Blame Coco, she lived alone in a cottage in the Lake District of England and became interested in house music. Sumner also works as a DJ in European dance clubs under the moniker “Vaal”.

Sumner’s sense of smell was lost after a brain injury in 2009.

In December 2015, when asked if she identified with a particular gender, Sumner replied that she did not believe in gender labels, and did not prefer any particular pronouns.

Awards and honours

• I Blame Coco was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Virgin Media Music Awards in 2010.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other: Remixes

• Eliot Sumner – After Dark (Mr Tophat’s Alterned 303 Remix)
• Eliot Sumner – After Dark (Dixon Remix)
• Eliot Sumner – Firewood – Lakker Remix

Music videos