Personal Life
Orton gave birth to a daughter, Nancy, in mid-December 2006. She cancelled her September 2006 UK tour because of her pregnancy. She is now married to musician Sam Amidon and the two have a son, Arthur, born in 2011.
Orton played at the One Big No concert in March 2003 at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London, organised by Emily Eavis.
All of her recent releases are "carbon neutral", whereby a tree is planted in a poor area of Mexico for every certain amount of units produced, to offset the emissions generated when pressing the CDs and other marketing paraphernalia.
She has also been offered the opportunity to act. Having played the lead female in the independent film Southlander, she was asked to audition for the role of John Cusack's girlfriend in the film High Fidelity. She has stated that she would act, if an appropriate part came up for her.
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