Stephanie McIntosh
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| Birth name | Stephanie McIntosh |
| Born | July 5, 1985 (age 22) |
| Origin | Malvern, Victoria, Australia |
| Genre(s) | Pop-Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Label(s) | Universal Music Australia |
Stephanie McIntosh (born 5 July 1985) is an Australian actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Sky Mangel in the Australian soap opera Neighbours and her music career, which began with the release of her debut album Tightrope in September 2006.
McIntosh has two older sisters called Katherine and Olivia and is a half sister of Jason Donovan, himself a former Neighbours star. Her mother Sue McIntosh, is a former newsreader for ABC News. She is currently in a relationship with St Kilda Football player Nick Riewoldt.
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[edit] Early life and career
She attended Firbank & Melbourne Girls Grammar School where she graduated in 2004. McIntosh 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.
In 2003, McIntosh became a regular on Australian soap opera Neighbours playing character "Sky Mangel".
For her performance in Neighbours, she was nominated for the "Most Popular New Female Talent" award at the 46th Annual TV Week Logie Awards held in 2004, but lost to Isabel Lucas from Home And Away. She left the series when her contract expired in April 2007. [1]
Following the path of many Neighbours stars by diversifying into music, McIntosh signed a five-album deal with Universal Music Australia. McIntosh released her debut album Tightrope on September 9, 2006, which debuted at number 4 on the ARIA Charts and sold around 50,000 copies. Glenn Wheatley, Delta Goodrem's former manager, is McIntosh's manager. The music and TV concept is being produced by UK producers Tom Nichols and Arnon Woolfson.
[edit] Other work
As a child she also did some modelling work.
McIntosh appeared on various radio stations in the UK including stations run by EMAP and GCap Media in 2007. On 24 November 2007 she appeared alongside Beacon Radio's Fresh and Jo in Dudley town centre to turn on the Christmas lights in front of a crowed consisting of hundreds of people.
[edit] Music
[edit] 2006-2007: Tightrope
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 was certified Gold in August 2006, 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 and peaked at #4 on the ARIA Charts and at #1 on the Australasian Charts and was also accredited Gold.
The third single to be lifted from the album, "So Do I Say Sorry First?", did not do as well as her previous singles, peaking at number #34 on the ARIA Singles Chart.
A special repackaged edition of the album Tightrope was released on March 19, 2007.[2] At her appearance on Habbo Hotel on March 8, 2007, McIntosh confirmed that the repackaged edition will feature remixes of the singles released from Tightrope as well as the bonus track "Catching My Breath". She also confirmed that a second season of The Steph Show is in the pipeline, however this increasingly looks unlikely. McIntosh was also nominated for "Spankin' New Artist" at the 2006 MTV Australia Video Music Awards, at which she also performed. Stephanie performed "So Do I Say Sorry First?" and struggled with part of the song where she was without musical backing, and her performance was cut from later screenings of the show. This was the second time she had struggled live, following a poorly received performance on The AFL Footy Show.
"Mistake" was the debut single released from Tightrope in the UK, with McIntosh promoting the album there in June 2007.[3] Mistake was available in the UK for download only on June 18, 2007, with its physical release being a week later on June 25, 2007. McIntosh did a lot of promotional work on British radio and TV. Mistake debuted at #168 on the UK Singles Chart purely on downloads before reaching its peak of #47 upon its physical release.
The album, Tightrope, was released on August 20, 2007 in the UK and peaked at #11 on the UK Top 100 Pre-order Albums Chart before its release, but failed to chart on the UK Albums Chart. "So Do I Say Sorry First?" was released as the second UK single. It was available in the UK for download only on August 6, 2007 and then its physical release would have been a week later on August 13; however, several days after the download release date, it was announced that "So Do I Say Sorry First?" would be a 'download exclusive' single. It later peaked at #258 on the UK Singles Chart.
McIntosh began performing at University bars and nightclubs across the UK in September 2007, which ended in November 2007 in an attempt to build her popularity with UK fans.[4]
[edit] 2007-present:
In the August 25, 2007 edition of Australian Woman's Day, McIntosh stated that she was "looking forward to launching her next album", and this has started speculation that she has already started work on a new album, but no other publications have cited that a new album is going to be released. There is no word on her current activities which leaves doubts as to whether a second album will be released.
[edit] The Steph Show
Stephanie is currently in England.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Certification | |||||||
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| 2006 | Tightrope
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| "—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart. | ||||||||||
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Certification[6] | Album | ||||||
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| 2006 | "Mistake"[7] [8] | 3 | 47 | 54 | ARIA: Gold | Tightrope | ||||
| "Tightrope"[9] | 16 | ARIA: Gold | ||||||||
| 2007 | "So Do I Say Sorry First?"[10] | 34 | 258 | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart. | ||||||||||
[edit] Music videos
| Song | Director | Released |
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| "Mistake" | Anthony Rose | July 10, 2006 |
| "Tightrope" | Anthony Rose | September 15, 2006 |
| "So Do I Say Sorry First?" | Anthony Rose | January 15, 2007 |
[edit] References
- ^ Digital Spy. Retrieved on March 3, 2007.
- ^ Digital Spy. Retrieved on February 25, 2007.
- ^ Digital Spy. Retrieved on February 3, 2007.
- ^ MySpace. Retrieved on September 25, 2007.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2006 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved August 26, 2007.
- ^ Music Square. Retrieved on November 2, 2007.
- ^ Music Square. Retrieved on November 2, 2007.
- ^ Music Square. Retrieved on November 2, 2007.
- ^ Music Square. Retrieved on November 2, 2007.
- ^ Music Square. Retrieved on November 2, 2007.
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