Natalie Bassingthwaighte
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| Natalie Bassingthwaighte | ||
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 Natalie Bassingthwaighte performing live as lead singer of the Rogue Traders at an Australian university in 2006.
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| Background information | ||
| Born | September 1, 1975 (age 31) | |
| Genre(s) | Rock, Dance, Pop, | |
| Occupation(s) | Actress Singer |
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| Instrument(s) | Singing | |
| Label(s) | SonyBMG (2005-present) Rogue Traders SonyBMG (2006-present) Solo |
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Natalie Bassingthwaighte (born 1 September 1975 in Wollongong, Australia) is an Australian actress and singer, best-known for playing the role of Isabelle "Izzy" Hoyland in the soap opera Neighbours and being the lead vocalist of Rogue Traders.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Acting
Bassingthwaighte made her first television appearance in the 1998 episode of All Saints "Touch and Go". She had a few other roles before being cast as Izzy Hoyland in Neighbours, a role that she played for three years. During her time in Neighbours Bassingthwaighte was involved in several big storylines involving her character's evil streak.
In 2006 Natalie was nominated for the first time since being on Neighbours for a Gold Logie. The Gold Logie is the biggest award to win at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards in which it is presented to the "Most Popular Personality on Television". She was also nominated for a Silver Logie for Best Actress, but failed to win either award.
In 2004, Natalie filmed a role in the low budget Australian movie When Darkness Falls directed by Rohan Spong. She played the character of Jinx de Luxe and sang the Marilyn Monroe song Every Baby Needs a Da Da Daddy onscreen. The film was completed in 2006.
[edit] Singing
Natalie has performed in many musicals, mostly with a rock flavour including RENT, Footloose and has several times over the past 5 years toured as Sandy in Grease, against Craig McLachlan and Miguel Ayesa, who was her castmate in RENT. Most Grease productions were 'Arena Spectaculars' with many big names presented, instead of focusing on the lead actors.
From late 2004 she has been the lead singer of Australian pop group Rogue Traders, a band which had some limited success in the years before she joined. Natalie auditioned along with several other musicians and succeeded in getting the part fairly quickly. At first the band seemed keen to keep Natalie's involvement in the Rogue Traders under wraps, and it wasn't until the band's first single release with Natalie on board that fans became aware of Natalie's position.
Home: Songs Of Hope & Journey, a compliation that was released on November 25, 2006, features a duet with Shannon Noll, is a cover of Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush's Don't Give Up. The song was released as a single on December 9, 2006 and debut on the ARIA Charts at number seven.
Natalie also contributed on The Spirit of Christmas 2006, a Christmas compliation album in which all proceeds go to The Salvation Army in Australia.
Natalie confirmed on the 2006 season final of Dancing With the Stars that she was working on the Rogue Traders' next album as well as her own solo album.
[edit] Private life
Whilst Bassingthwaighte has previously kept her private life out of the public eye she has been photographed at various events with current boyfriend, Cameron McGlinchey, who is the percussionist in the Rogue Traders[1]. Natalie has previously been linked to assistant Neighbours director Ryan Eckersley. In the December 2006 issue of Men's Style magazine, Bassingthwaighte commented that she had had a brief marriage to an unnamed man when she was 23 [2].
Bassingthwaighte was involved in the World Hunger campaign organised by CARE Australia in 2005.
[edit] External links
- Nat-Bass.com A fan site for the Australian singer and actress.
- Natalie Bassingthwaighte at the Internet Movie Database.
