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Lily Allen wants to become an actress.

Lily is presently preparing for the release of her second album ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You’ in February, but friends say she’s also been asking her father, actor Keith Allen, about pursuing a new career path.

A source close to Lily, 23, said: “She thinks it might get her out of the spotlight, which is what she has found hard to cope with, even though film or TV roles will hardly be low-profile. She says the next six months will be the most important of her life. She is getting some control back.”

In the past year, Lily suffered a miscarriage before splitting with her boyfriend, Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons.

Friends say Lily longs for stability in her life and is ready to move on from her painful past.

The source said: “Lily’s done a lot of growing up in the past few months. She says fame has stunted her as a human being and she’s determined to sort herself out.”

Lily’s brother, Alfie Allen, 22, is also an actor.

He appeared in ‘Atonement’ and took over from ‘Harry Potter’ actor Daniel Radcliffe in a touring theatre production of ‘Equus’.

Lily was seen out with Lindsay Lohan and her rumoured girlfriend Samantha Ronson on Thursday night, the 13th of November 2008. They were seen partying in a number of different famous London clubs, including the ‘best club in London’, club ‘Dolce’. Click the thumbnails below to see the pictures.

Stars including Leona Lewis, Hayden Panettiere and Lily Allen were among those honoured at the 2008 Glamour Women of the Year Awards in New York.

The Glamour magazine event, held in Manhattan on November 10, saw Lewis crowned best U.K. Solo Artist, while Heroes star Panettiere was hailed as Newcomer of the Year.

Other celebrities to receive a nod at the ceremony included actress Kate Beckinsale who was presented with the Best Film Actress award, supermodel Kate Moss, who was named Entrepreneur of the Year, and Mark Ronson, crowned Man of the Year.

The list of main winners is as follows:
Editor’s Special: Lily Allen
Newcomer: Hayden Panettiere
UK Solo Artist: Leona Lewis
International Musician: Beth Ditto
Entrepreneur: Kate Moss
TV Personality: Dannii Minogue
Writer: Cecelia Ahern
Comedy Actress: Joanna Page
Band: Spice Girls
Man of the Year: Mark Ronson
Inspiration: Annie Lennox
Film Actress: Kate Beckinsale.

Here are some photos of Lily looking lovely as she leaves her house in London on the 7th of November 2008.

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