Editing Vitamin C (singer)

{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
{{Redirect|Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick|the Australian actress|Colleen Anne Fitzpatrick}}
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{{Infobox person
| name            = Vitamin C
| image           = Vitamin C 2001 crop.jpg
| caption         = Vitamin C at the premiere of ''[[Get Over It (film)|Get Over It]]'' in 2001
| birth_name      = Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1969|7|20}}
| birth_place     = [[Old Bridge Township, New Jersey|Old Bridge]], [[New Jersey]], U.S.
| alma_mater      = [[New York University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation      = {{hlist|Record executive|singer-songwriter|record producer|actress}}
| module          = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background      = solo_singer<!--required field-->
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[dance-pop]]|[[electropop]] |[[alternative rock]]}}
| years_active    = 1987–present
| instrument      = {{hlist|Vocals|bass|keyboards}}
| label           = {{hlist|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[Elektra Records|Elektra]]|[[V2 Records|V2]]}}
| associated_acts = [[Eve's Plum]]
}}
}}
'''Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick''' (born July 20, 1969),<ref name=AP>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-tv-luke-bryan-music-250b2167ded85ea14f0affb7dea99873|title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 17–23|work=[[The Associated Press]]|access-date=July 7, 2023|date=July 11, 2022|quote=Singer Vitamin C is 53}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vitamin C Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More {{!}}... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/vitamin-c-mn0000224345 |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> known professionally as '''Vitamin C''',{{Sfn|Room|2010|p=496}} is an American record executive, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She began her career as an [[Ivory (soap)|Ivory soap]] baby and child actress, appearing in [[John Waters]]' film ''[[Hairspray (1988 film)|Hairspray]]'' (1988), and continued to appear in minor roles in films before launching a music career with the alternative rock band [[Eve's Plum]] in 1991.

In 1999, under the stage name Vitamin C, Fitzpatrick embarked on a solo career,  releasing her eponymous debut album ''[[Vitamin C (album)|Vitamin C]]'' (1999), which was certified [[RIAA certification|Platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]. Singles from the record include "[[Graduation (Friends Forever)]]" and the Top 20 single "[[Smile (Vitamin C song)|Smile]]". Her second album, ''[[More (Vitamin C album)|More]]'' (2001) spawned the singles "[[As Long as You're Loving Me]]" and "[[The Itch (Vitamin C song)|The Itch]]".

She appeared in the horror film ''[[Dracula 2000]]'' (2000), and made cameo appearances in ''[[Get Over It (film)|Get Over It]]'' (2001) and ''[[Scary Movie 2]]'' (2001). She also appeared as a panelist on the spoof talent series [[The WB]]'s ''[[Superstar USA]]'' in 2004. She was ranked No. 76 on the ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' Hot 100 Women of 2001.<ref name="maxim">{{cite web | title=Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2001 | date=May 2001 | url=http://www.maxim.com/hot-100/2001-hot-100 | access-date=January 27, 2014}}</ref>

In March 2012, Fitzpatrick was appointed as Vice President of Music at [[Nickelodeon]].<ref name=rys>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/colleen-fitzpatrick-vitamin-c-nickelodeon-302934 |title=Colleen Fitzpatrick, a.k.a. Pop Star Vitamin C, Named VP of Music at Nickelodeon |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 21, 2012|access-date=September 2, 2012 |first1=Dan |last1=Rys}}</ref> Since early 2019, Fitzpatrick has served as a music executive for [[Netflix]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-20|title=You'll Never Guess What Pop Star Vitamin C Is Up to Now|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1306550/you-ll-never-guess-what-pop-star-vitamin-c-is-up-to-now|access-date=2021-10-20|website=E! Online}}</ref>

==Early life==
Fitzpatrick was born in [[Old Bridge Township, New Jersey|Old Bridge]], [[New Jersey]],{{Sfn|Whitburn|2009|p=270}} on July 20, 1969. She is the youngest of three children born to Vita, a legal secretary, and Gerard Fitzpatrick, a communications executive.<ref name="people.com">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20131337,00.html|title=Pop and Circumstance|magazine=People.com|access-date=July 14, 2014|archive-date=July 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715012714/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20131337,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/34/Colleen-Fitzpatrick.html|title=Colleen Fitzpatrick Biography|publisher=Filmreference.com|access-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> She is of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The Irish Emigrant|Irish Central]]|url=https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/fitzpatrick-87230297-237687611|title=Fitzpatrick|date=March 10, 2010|last=Dougherty|first=Tara|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210324013339/https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/fitzpatrick-87230297-237687611|archive-date=March 24, 2021|access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref> She graduated from [[Cedar Ridge High School (New Jersey)|Cedar Ridge High School]] in 1987 (now called [[Old Bridge High School]]),<ref>[http://sojo1049.com/jersey-girl-scores-major-gig-for-nickelodeon/ "Jersey Girl Scores Major Gig For Nickelodeon"], [[WSJO]]; accessed November 7, 2017. "Colleen grew up just over the Monmouth County border in Old Bridge (the same town that produced Brian O'Halloran – Dante of Clerks and Clerks II fame), graduated from Cedar Ridge High School in 1987, and about a year after her graduation found herself on the big screen playing Amber Von Tussle in the 1988 hit movie ''Hairspray''."</ref><ref name="Benning, Erin 2000">Benning, Erin. "`Graduation' blues – Vitamin C shares memories of senior year", ''[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]'', May 8, 2000.</ref> where she was a classmate of [[Junot Díaz]].<ref name = stein/> During her high school years she was a dancer who danced professionally in several TV ads, and also starred in her high school musical.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20131337,00.html |title=Pop and Circumstance |magazine=People.com |date=May 22, 2000 |access-date=April 9, 2012 |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715012714/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20131337,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She later attended [[New York University]], graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.<ref name=stein>{{cite episode|series=Turn Ben Stein On|network=Comedy Central|date=April 5, 2001|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pEjCBEgnzc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/6pEjCBEgnzc| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Ben Stein with Vitamin C & G Love}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA"/>

== Career ==
===''Hairspray'' and Eve's Plum (1987–1997)===
[[Image:EPlive.jpg|thumb|150px|Fitzpatrick performing with Eve's Plum in 1997]]
In 1988, Fitzpatrick made her screen debut under her real name in the [[John Waters (filmmaker)|John Waters]] feature film ''[[Hairspray (1988 film)|Hairspray]]'' as Amber Von Tussle, the bratty on-screen daughter of co-stars [[Debbie Harry]] and [[Sonny Bono]].<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes 2015">{{cite web | title=Hairspray | website=Rotten Tomatoes | date=19 June 2015 | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1009096-hairspray | access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref>

She made her first musical outing as the lead singer of the [[alternative rock]] band [[Eve's Plum]], named after ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' actress [[Eve Plumb]], formed in 1991.<ref name=twist>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAgEAAAAMBAJ&q=vitamin+c+eve%27s+plum&pg=PA12|title=Elektra's Vitamin C Gives Pop a Twist|date=July 17, 1999|page=12}}</ref> She formed the band in 1991 with Michael Kotch, whom she met while studying at New York University.<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=vitamin c|bio=true}} Billboard bio on Vitamin C]</ref> A year later the group signed a record deal with [[Epic Records]] in 1992, releasing two albums and seven singles between 1993 and 1995.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Bush |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/eves-plum-mn0000150677/biography |title=Eve's Plum &#124; Biography |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2014-04-19}}</ref>

===''Vitamin C'' and ''More'' (1998–2001)===
In 1998, Fitzpatrick launched a pop music solo project as "Vitamin C" and signed an album deal with [[Elektra Records]].<ref name="people.com"/> Released in 1999, her debut solo album ''[[Vitamin C (album)|Vitamin C]]'' peaked on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] at number 29<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=vitamin c|chart=Billboard 200}} |title=Vitamin C Music News & Info |magazine=Billboard.com |access-date=April 9, 2012}}</ref> and was certified Platinum by the [[RIAA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Vitamin%20C&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50 |title=Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – July 14, 2014 |publisher=RIAA |access-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> The album's first single, "[[Smile (Vitamin C song)|Smile]]", peaked at number 18 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web|author=Huey, Steve |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/vitamin-c-mn0000224345/biography |title=Vitamin C &#124; Biography & History |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 26, 2016}}</ref> and was certified Gold by the RIAA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Vitamin%20C&format=SINGLE&go=Search&perPage=25 |title=Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – July 14, 2014 |publisher=RIAA |access-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> The second single from the album, "[[Me, Myself & I (Vitamin C song)|Me, Myself & I]]", failed to chart. The third single "[[Graduation (Friends Forever)]]" was more successful, peaking at number 12 on the Top 40 Mainstream Chart and number 38 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref>{{cite web|first=Steve |last=Huey |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/vitamin-c-mn0000224345/awards |title=Vitamin C &#124; Awards |website=AllMusic |access-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> In Australia, the song peaked at number 2 on the [[ARIA Charts]]<ref>{{cite web|first=Steffen |last=Hung |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Vitamin+C&titel=Friends+Forever+%28Graduation%29&cat=s |title=Vitamin C – Friends Forever (Graduation) |publisher=australian-charts.com |access-date=April 9, 2012}}</ref> and was certified Platinum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2000.htm |title=ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Singles |publisher=Aria.com.au |access-date=July 14, 2014|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420033412/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2000.htm |archive-date=April 20, 2009}}</ref> It peaked at number 4 in the Republic of Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|first=Steffen |last=Hung |url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Vitamin+C |title=Discography Vitamin C |publisher=irishcharts.com |access-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> [[File:ColleenFitz.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Fitzpatrick at a record signing event in 2001.]]In 1999, she wrote and recorded "Vacation", which became the opening theme to the English release of the short film ''[[Pikachu's Vacation]]'' (from ''[[Pokémon: The First Movie]]'').<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wolfgang |first=Ashley |date=2021-04-02 |title=Pokémon: The First Movie’s Soundtrack Is a Bubblegum-Pop Time Capsule |url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/04/pokmon-the-first-movie-soundtrack-bubblegum-pop.html |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref> Vitamin C's cover version of the [[Frankie Valli]] and the [[The Four Seasons (group)|Four Seasons]] song "[[December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)]]" was used in promotional material for the American television network [[The WB]] during the 1999–2000 [[television season]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-04-03 |title=Oh, What a Primetime Party: The Night is Young on the WB {{!}} In Media Res |url=https://mediacommons.org/imr/2008/04/02/oh-what-a-primetime-party-the-night-is-young-on-the-wb |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=mediacommons.org |language=en}}</ref> In 2000, [[Mattel]] produced a Vitamin C doll which was retailed at approximately $16, and a Vitamin C lipstick shade was made by [[Tommy Hilfiger]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Vitamin C |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/vitamin-c/112893#/news/billboard-bits-napster-vitamin-c-coldplay-874336.story |access-date=July 14, 2014 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref name="ew">{{cite magazine |author=Bonin, Liane |title='C' Change |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,93143_2,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730022002/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,93143_2,00.html |archive-date=July 30, 2012 |access-date=May 10, 2009 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |quote=Her scary yellow and orange dye job has inspired a Mattel Vitamin C doll, a garish shade of Tommy Hilfiger lipstick, and even a question on ABC's ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.''}}</ref>

In late 2000, Vitamin C released "[[The Itch (Vitamin C song)|The Itch]]", the first single from her second album ''[[More (Vitamin C album)|More]]''. The song peaked on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] at number 45.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/431018/vitamin+c/chart |title=Vitamin C – Chart history |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> "The Itch" had more success in Australia where it peaked at number 6 on the [[ARIA Charts]] and was certified Platinum.<ref>{{cite web|first=Steffen |last=Hung |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Vitamin+C&titel=The+Itch&cat=s |title=Vitamin C – The Itch |publisher=australian-charts.com |access-date=April 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325122746/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Vitamin+C&titel=The+Itch&cat=s |archive-date=March 25, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2001.htm |title=ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Singles |publisher=Aria.com.au |access-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140205035939/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2001.htm |archive-date=February 5, 2014}}</ref> That year, she played the role of [[Lucy Westenra|Lucy Westerman]] in the horror film ''[[Dracula 2000]]'' and appeared as herself in the spoof film ''[[Da Hip Hop Witch]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 17, 2000 |title=Eminem, Vitamin C, More Take On "Hip-Hop Witch" |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1428617/20000517/eminem.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010307170849/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1428617/20000517/eminem.jhtml |archive-date=March 7, 2001 |access-date=July 14, 2014 |publisher=MTV}}</ref> ''More'' was released on January 31, 2001 and debuted at number 122 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/431018/vitamin+c/chart?f=305 |title=Vitamin C – Chart history |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> "[[As Long As You're Loving Me]]" was released as the second single from the album, but failed to chart in the US. Subsequently, Vitamin C was dropped from [[Elektra Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spencer |first=Ashley |date=2019-09-17 |title=What Happened to Vitamin C? |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-happened-to-vitamin-c-singer-of-graduation-and-smile-2019/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=VICE |language=en-US}}</ref>

In the February 2001 issue of ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'' magazine, Vitamin C was voted as one of the "Fun and Fearless Females" of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=110840&page=1 |title=Cosmo Honors 'Will & Grace' Star – ABC News |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |access-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onlinemoviemagazine.com/preview/listing/colleen_fitzpatrick/index.html |title=Naked Colleen Fitzpatrick aka Vitamin C: nude scenes from past movies (videos & pics) |publisher=Onlinemoviemagazine.com |access-date=April 9, 2012 |archive-date=April 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404093525/http://www.onlinemoviemagazine.com/preview/listing/colleen_fitzpatrick/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> That same year Vitamin C was ranked No. 76 on the ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' Hot 100 Women of 2001.<ref name="maxim"/> The 2001 video game ''[[EA Sports]] Triple Play'' featured Vitamin C as an animated baseball player.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Music News: Latest and Breaking Music News |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/vitaminc/articles/story/5932530/vitamin_c_gets_gamed |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070518205122/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/vitaminc/articles/story/5932530/vitamin_c_gets_gamed |archive-date=May 18, 2007 |access-date=July 14, 2014 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>

==="Last Nite" and later activities (2002–2009)===
Vitamin C signed with [[V2 Records]] in 2001 and released the single "[[Last Nite (Vitamin C song)|Last Nite]]" in July 2003. It was a cover version of the hit song by [[The Strokes]] and sampled [[Blondie (band)|Blondie's]] "[[Heart of Glass (song)|Heart of Glass]]".<ref name="mtv.com">{{cite web|last=Kaufman |first=Gil |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1530314/20060505/vitamin_c.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518031546/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1530314/20060505/vitamin_c.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 18, 2007 |title=Where Ya Been? Vitamin C Juicing Up A Comeback, Fastball Heading Back to the Mound – Music, Celebrity, Artist News |publisher=MTV |date=May 8, 2006 |access-date=April 9, 2012}}</ref> The single peaked at number 70 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=Official Charts Company – Vitamin C |publisher=Archive.is |date=July 31, 2014 |access-date=July 14, 2014 }}</ref>{{Sfn|Roberts|2006|p=588}}

In February 2005, Vitamin C's cover of "[[Kiss the Girl]]" was included on ''[[Disneymania 3]]''; she also performed the song live at [[Disney California Adventure|Disney's California Adventure]] which was recorded for its supplemental concert dvd.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Disney Mania in Concert, Vol. 3 [DVD] - Disney... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/disney-mania-in-concert-vol-3-dvd--mr0002594652 |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> In July, her cover of "[[Voices Carry (song)|Voices Carry]]" by [['Til Tuesday]] was included on the soundtrack for the Disney movie ''[[Sky High (2005 film)|Sky High]]''.<ref name="skyhigh">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r783768}}</ref> The same year, she wrote the song "We Are Gonna Happen" for [[Emma Roberts]] on the ''[[Unfabulous and More]]'' album.<ref name=liner>''Unfabulous and More'' liner notes. [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] (2005)</ref>

In 2006, Fitzpatrick created a production company and worked with various pop singers such as [[Miley Cyrus]].<ref name="variety">{{cite web |date=October 19, 2021 |title=Netflix's In-House Music Maven Is a Former Pop Star |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/netflix-colleen-fitzpatrick-vitamin-c-interview-1235092286/ |access-date=July 26, 2022 |publisher=Variety}}</ref> That year, she assembled a [[Radio Disney]]-aimed group of four teenagers named The Truth Squad. Vitamin C wrote and produced a number of song's for the group's debut album, which included a cover of "[[Graduation (Friends Forever)]]". The album was released on April 3, 2007, and made a brief appearance on the [[Kid Albums|Top Kid Audio Chart]], where it peaked at No. 23.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/t-squad-mn0000621679/discography |title=T-Squad &#124; Discography |website=AllMusic |date=April 3, 2007 |access-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> During this time, Vitamin C was reportedly working on two new albums, a children's world-music album and a pop album, neither of which were released.<ref name="mtv.com" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1530314/20060505/vitamin_c.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518031546/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1530314/20060505/vitamin_c.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 18, 2007 |title=Where Ya Been? Vitamin C Juicing Up A Comeback, Fastball Heading Back to the Mound |publisher=MTV |date=May 5, 2006 |access-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref>

In 2008, she wrote the single "[[Make Some Noise (Krystal Meyers song)|Make Some Noise]]" for [[Krystal Meyers]].<ref name="Johnson 2008">{{cite web | last=Johnson | first=Jared | title=Krystal Meyers - Make Some Noise Album Reviews, Songs & More | website=AllMusic | date=9 July 2008 | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/make-some-noise-mw0000796216 | access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref> In 2009, she wrote "[[Let's Get Crazy (Hannah Montana song)|Let's Get Crazy]]" for [[Miley Cyrus]] as [[Hannah Montana]].<ref name="Phares 2009">{{cite web | last=Phares | first=Heather | title=Hannah Montana - Hannah Montana: The Movie Album Reviews, Songs & More | website=AllMusic | date=24 March 2009 | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hannah-montana-the-movie-mw0000804688 | access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref> Vitamin C also wrote the song "One and the Same", a duet recorded by [[Demi Lovato]] and [[Selena Gomez]] for the Disney Channel Original Movie ''[[Princess Protection Program]]''.<ref name="Monger 2009">{{cite web | last=Monger | first=James Christopher | title=Various Artists - Disney Channel Playlist Album Reviews, Songs & More | website=AllMusic | date=9 June 2009 | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/disney-channel-playlist-mw0000811869 | access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref>

=== Music executive (2012–present) ===
On March 21, 2012, [[Nickelodeon]] named Fitzpatrick as VP of Music. She oversaw all music for Nickelodeon and its sister cable channels.<ref name="rys" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/103977/nickelodeon-names-colleen-fitzpatrick-vp-music |title=Nickelodeon Names Colleen Fitzpatrick VP/Music |publisher=AllAccess.com |date=March 23, 2012|access-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cablefax.com/cfp/just_in/Comings-and-Goings_51278.html |title=Comings & Goings :: CableFax Portal |publisher=Cablefax.com |date=March 23, 2012 |access-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220110411/http://www.cablefax.com/cfp/just_in/Comings-and-Goings_51278.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2016, she appeared as a featured artist on [[Information Society (band)|Information Society]]'s cover of "[[Don't You Want Me]]"; her vocals on the release were recorded in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gourley |first=Bob |date=2016-03-18 |title=Information Society discuss ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE |url=https://chaoscontrol.com/information-society-orders-of-magnitude/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Chaos Control Digizine |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2019, she joined Netflix as an executive in charge of "music creative production, spectacle and events".<ref name="variety"/> In December 2020, Fitzpatrick released a rerecorded and rewritten version of "[[Graduation (Friends Forever)|Graduation]]" titled "Graduation 2020 (Worst Year Ever)", with the lyrics changed to reflect on life during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="gianatasio">{{cite web |last=Gianatasio |first=David |date=January 12, 2021 |title=Vizzy Hard Seltzer Remade the Vitamin C Song 'Graduation' as a Kiss-Off to 2020 |url=https://musebycl.io/music/vizzy-hard-seltzer-remade-vitamin-c-song-graduation-kiss-2020 |access-date=February 21, 2021 |publisher=Muse by Clio}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Seltzer |first=Vizzy Hard |title=Say Goodbye to 2020 With Vizzy's Remake of Vitamin C's Graduation (Friends Forever) |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/say-goodbye-to-2020-with-vizzys-remake-of-vitamin-cs-graduation-friends-forever-301198226.html |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Discography ==
{{main|Vitamin C discography}}
'''Studio albums''' <!-- STUDIO albums, STUDIO albums, STUDIO albums -->
*''[[Vitamin C (album)|Vitamin C]]'' (1999)
*''[[More (Vitamin C album)|More]]'' (2001)

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Hairspray (1988 film)|Hairspray]]'' || Amber Von Tussle || Credited as Colleen Fitzpatrick
|-
| 1991 || ''[[The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear]]'' || Blues Singer || Credited as Colleen Fitzpatrick
|-
| rowspan="2" |1995 || ''[[Higher Learning]]'' || Festival Singer ||
|-
| ''Crinoline Head'' || || rowspan="2" | Credited as Colleen Fitzpatrick
|-
|1997 || ''St. Patrick's Day'' || Cassie 
|-
| 1999 || ''[[My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception]]'' || Paprika ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000 || ''[[Da Hip Hop Witch]]'' || Herself ||
|-
| ''[[Dracula 2000]]''  || [[Lucy Westenra|Lucy Westerman]] || Credited as Colleen Fitzpatrick
|-
| rowspan="3" |2001 || ''[[Get Over It (film)|Get Over It]]'' || Herself ||
|-
| ''[[Scary Movie 2]]''
|Herself (voice)||
|-
| ''[[Rock Star (2001 film)|Rock Star]]'' || Guitarist in Crowd Outside Mansion  ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Happy Is Not Hard to Be'' || Chloe || rowspan="2" | Credited as Colleen Fitzpatrick
|-
| 2007 || ''Along the Way'' || Elizabeth McCaffrey 
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1988 || rowspan="2" |''[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series)|The Equalizer]]'' || Susan || Episode: "[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series) season 3#ep63|Last Call]]"
|-
| Beverly Heat || Episode: "[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series) season 4#ep70|Eighteen with a Bullet]]"
|-
| 2000 || ''[[The Amanda Show]]'' || rowspan="6" | Herself  || 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2001 || ''[[Turn Ben Stein On]]'' || rowspan="2" | 1 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Brothers Garcia]]'' 
|-
| ''[[MADTv]]'' || 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'' || 12 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2002 || ''Celebrity Bootcamp'' || Television film
|-
| ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' || Cathy Winters || rowspan="2" | 1 episode
|-
| ''[[Haunted (2002 TV series)|Haunted]]'' || Bliss 
|-
| 2004 || ''[[The WB's Superstar USA]]'' || rowspan="2" | Herself || rowspan="2" | Regular panelist
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Your Mama Don't Dance]]''  
|-
|}

==References==
===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
*{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
}}
*{{cite book|first=Adrian|last=Room|title=Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins|edition=5|publisher=McFarland|year=2010|isbn=978-0-786-44373-4}}
*{{cite book|title=Joel Whitburn's Music Stars: Brief Bios of Every Recording Artist who Ever Charted|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|year=2009|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-898-20176-5}}

==External links==
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* [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p134997|pure_url=yes}} Vitamin C at All Music]
*[http://www.billboard.com/artist/431018/vitamin-c/biography Vitamin C] at [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
* {{IMDb name|4923}}
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=Colleen%20Fitzpatrick Colleen Fitzpatrick] at the [[Internet Archive]]
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