Kathleen de Leon
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Kathleen de Leon Jones (born September 1, 1977) is an Australian singer of Filipino descent. She is a cast member of the ARIA award winning Australian TV show, Hi-5. She is married to Daniel Jones of Savage Garden fame and lives in Brisbane, Queensland.
De Leon attended The McDonald Performing Arts College under the Roberta Armstrong Scholarship and the Kellogg's Scholarship, majoring in singing and dance [1] She also trained with the Australian College of Entertainment in Castle Hill, NSW. [2]
De Leon competed in the Australian TV talent show New Faces, where she came third in the grand final. She has also appeared on various Australian TV shows, including Heartbreak High, Ridgey Didge, Swap Show and the At Home Show with John Mangos. [3]
De Leon was an understudy for the role of Mimi in the Australian production of Rent and was a cast member of the Sydney production of Miss Saigon [4] [5]
De Leon met former Savage Garden member Daniel Jones at the 2000 Logie Awards and married him in October 2005 at Avica Resort on the Gold Coast in Queensland. [6] Jones composed a song called Love Is Enough especially for the wedding.
The couple's first child, daughter Mikayla de Leon Jones, was born on 26 July 2006, weighing five pounds, nine ounces (2.44 kg).
[edit] Notes and references
- Australian College of Entertainment's website
- International Concert Attractions' website
- Sams, Christine. "Popette tames a savage", Sydney Morning Herald, October 17, 2005.
- Dunn, Shannon. "Real-Life Weddings Yearbook", Bride to Be, January 2006.
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