She got to fame in 1995 following the release of the album The Woman in Me 1995-1996.
It's rare for rom-coms to be so bawdy, and even rarer still for the female character to be the one who gets to express their desires and expectations in the bedroom.
Although she describes her childhood as decent, she was bullied at school for her looks to the point she had to drop out.
She also maintains her form by forgetting to eat.