Kellie Hoggart
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| Kellie Hoggart | |
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 Hoggart, from the 2005 Hi-5 DVD Wonderful Journeys. |
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| Born | Kellie Lynn Hoggart May 1, 1974 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Kellie Lynn Hoggart (born May 1, 1974 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian singer, actress and children's performer. Hoggart is most known for her involvement in Children's program Hi-5 and as a former member of pop group Teen Queens. Hoggart is now one of two members of Hi-5 to have stayed with the group since its inception, the other being Nathan Foley.
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[edit] Career
Hoggart began her career as a teenager appearing in Pizza Hut commercials. In 1991, at age 17, Hoggart along with Liza Witt and Roxanne Clark, would form an idea to bring back music from the past and recreate it as a pop music act. Initially, they tried to launch the project as a television idea set in the themed time of the 1960s. As the group experienced difficulties getting the television show off the ground, they diverted their attentions towards simply creating music. They decided to name the group the Teen Queens and from 1991 to 1993 the group released three top ten ARIA singles.
After the group split in 1993, Hoggart continued to act in television and movies.
Hoggart's next breakthrough would come in 1998 when she was enlisted to join the new children's band and television show Hi-5 as the group's oldest and most commercially experienced member. As of 2007, Hoggart is still on the show. She features with a puppet named "Chatterbox", better known as "Chats", voiced originally by co-cast member Charli Delaney, now performed by Noni McCallum. Kellie and Chats' segment of the show promotes and educates children on language skills and recognition of sounds and noises. Her American counterpart is Jennifer Peterson-Hind.
[edit] Personal life
Born in Sydney, Kellie was educated at the Meriden School in Strathfield, a suburb of Sydney. Kellie is the younger of two girls. Her older sister's name is Kylie.
Through the show, she became good friends and eventually began dating fellow Hi-5 cast member Nathan Foley. The couple became engaged in 2005 to be married in March 2007. On the 7th of December, 2006, it was reported that Hoggart and Foley had decided to end their engagement. Apparently, their breakup had occurred some time prior to the report. Neither has left the show. It is unknown whether the breakup was on amicable terms or otherwise[1].
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