Stephanie McIntosh

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Stephanie McIntosh
Background information
Birth name Stephanie McIntosh
Born July 05, 1985 (age 21)
Origin Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Genre(s) Pop/Rock
Occupation(s) Actress
Singer
Years active 2001–present
Label(s) Universal Music Australia (2006–present)
Website Official Site

Stephanie McIntosh (b. 5 July 1985, Malvern, Victoria) is an Australian actress and singer. She is most well known for her role as Sky Mangel in the Australian soap opera Neighbours and her music career with the release of her debut album Tightrope in September 2006.

She is the half-sister of singer and actor Jason Donovan, himself a former Neighbours star, has two older sisters called Katherine and Olivia and her mother Sue McIntosh, is a former newsreader for ABC News. She is currently dating St Kilda Football player Nick Riewoldt.

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[edit] Acting career

Neighbours (TV series), as "Sky Mangel" 2003-present
In 2003, McIntosh became a regular on Australian soap opera Neighbours playing character "Sky Mangel".
For her role on Neighbours, she was nominated as the "Most Popular New Female Talent" at the 46th Annual TV Week Logie Awards held in 2004, but lost to Isabel Lucas from Home And Away. She will leave the series when her contract expires in March. [1]

[edit] The Steph Show

The Steph Show premiered on Australian TV at 6:00pm July 28, 2006 on Network Ten and finished in September 2006.

The show, in the same vein as The Ashlee Simpson Show, had cameras following McIntosh as she recorded her debut album Tightrope. The first single mistake was released the day after the season premiere. McIntosh has confirmed that MTV USA has bought the rights to air the show in the USA[citation needed]. The show is expected to premeire sometime in 2007.

[edit] Other work

Previous to her role in Neighbours she appeared in the film The Wilde Girls alongside Olivia Newton-John as well as the Australian kids' TV show, The Legacy of the Silver Shadow, both small guest appearances. As a child she also did some modelling work.

[edit] Music

The cover of Stephanie McIntosh's debut single, Mistake.
The cover of Stephanie McIntosh's debut single, Mistake.

Following the path of many Neighbours stars by diversifying into music, McIntosh signed a 5 album deal to Universal Music Australia. McIntosh released her debut album Tightrope on September 9, 2006, which debuted at number 4 on the ARIA Charts. Glenn Wheatley, Delta Goodrem's former manager, is managing McIntosh. The music and TV concept is being produced by UK producers Tom Nichols & Arnon Woolfson.

Her debut single Mistake, was released on July 29, 2006 and premiered on Australian radio on June 26, 2006. It debuted on the ARIA Charts at #3, and has since gone Gold, with shipments of over 35,000 units.

Tightrope, the second single to be lifted off the album, made the Australian Top 20 - but failed to chart as well as 'Mistake'. The album debuted at #4 on the ARIA Charts and #1 on the Australasian Charts and has been accredited Gold.

She performed her first single Mistake live during the grand final edition of The AFL Footy Show on Thursday September 29, 2006. Her performance was received poorly by the audience and has lead to a degree of criticism of McIntosh and her vocal ability ([1]); although McIntosh and her management have stated that there was a technical issue throughout the performance that stopped McIntosh being able to hear herself or the music through her ear piece[citation needed].

McIntosh returned to the stage on Saturday November 11, 2006 performing a track from the album called Wishin' & Hopin' on the Melbourne Myer Christmas Parade; the performance was well received.[citation needed]

On November 21, 2006 iTunes music store Australia added a new track by the name of Catching My Breath. It was believed that it would feature on a rereleased edition of Tightrope and would be the next single. However on Wednesday December 6, 2006 McIntosh confirmed on her website that So Do I Say Sorry First? would be the next single. The video was filmed over 14 hours on Saturday November 2, 2006.

Mistake will be the debut single in the UK, with McIntosh promoting over there in May 2007 [2]

According to Universal Musics website, a special repackaged edition of the album Tightrope will be being released on the 19th March 2007. [3] At her appearance on Habbo Hotel on 8th March 2007, McIntosh confirmed that the repackaged edition will feature remixes of the singles as well as Catching My Breath. She also confirmed that a 2nd season of The Steph Show is in the pipeline and that a 4th singles, will be released in June 2007

[edit] Radio work

Stephanie will be working on various radio stations in the UK including stations run by EMAP and GCap Media.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Tightrope

[edit] Singles

Year Song Australia Album
2006 "Mistake" 3 Tightrope
"Tightrope" 16 Tightrope
2007 "So Do I Say Sorry First?" 34 Tightrope


[edit] Music videos

Song Director Released
"Mistake" Anthony Rose July 10, 2006
"Tightrope" Anthony Rose September 15, 2006
"So Do I Say Sorry First?" Anthony Rose January 15, 2007


[edit] External links

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