After a two-year break from the limelight, Sophie Ellis-Bextor is set to make her comeback in more ways than one. Aside from releasing a new single and album she will also be the face of fashion store Monsoon's Create A Storm ad campaign.

Sophie signs one of her seductive billboard posters for high-street chain Monsoon[EMPICS]

The striking Brit, whose little boy Sonny was born in 2004, has been taking time out from her music career to focus on motherhood and married life with husband Richard Jones, bass player for The Feeling. But fans won't be able to miss the poised 27-year-old over the coming months as her svelte figure adorns billboards around the country.

Known for her individual sense of style, the Murder On The Dancefloor star is following in the footsteps of Jodie Kidd and Sophie Dahl in modelling for the high-street clothing chain. "Besides being very proud of the photos, I am also looking forward to wearing some of the clothes," she revealed. "I especially love the vintage-inspired dresses.

Daughter of former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis, Sophie began her music career at 17 when she joined indie group theaudience before going solo. Her adverts for Monsoon coincide with the September release of her latest single Catch You, followed by her album Trip The Light Fantastic, which she has been working on steadily away from the spotlight.

"Since having Sonny and getting married, I am strangely more focused than ever and just wanted to take my time and come up with something that I could be proud of, no matter what its fate may be," she explains.