Natalie
Bassingthwaighte (born 1 September 1975 in Wollongong,
Australia) is an Australian actress and singer,
best-known for playing the role of Izzy Hoyland in the
soap opera Neighbours and being the lead vocalist of
Rogue Traders. She is represented by Mark Byrne
Management.
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 on Neighbours. Here, Bassingthwaighte
was involved in several big story lines involving her
character's evil streak, and while she left the show in
late 2006 to focus on her singing career with the Rogue
Traders, she returned to the show in March, 2007 for a
two week guest stint which was featured in London, due
to the fact that Natalie was in the UK for the Rogue
Traders. Natalie has stated she wants to move on from
her role in Neighbours and does not wish to return in
the future.
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. Natalie was nominated for a
Silver Logie for most popular actress at the 2007
Logies, but lost to Home & Away's Kate Ritchie.
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.
2007 saw the announcement that Natalie would star in the
low budget Australian horror film Prey, directed by
George T. Miller. Set in the Outback of Western
Australia, Prey follows a group of six young people
lured into the desert by a local character, whose master
needs fresh victims to consume.
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. The Rogue
Traders achieved great success with their album Here
Come The Drums, led by the hit single Voodoo Child. The
Rogue Traders third album is to be released on the 13th
of October 2007 in Australia. It is titled 'Better in
the Dark'. The first single is named 'Don't you wanna
feel?' is due out on the 29th of September.
Before joining Rogue Traders, Natalie had recorded her
own demos that were to be sent out to record labels.
Natalie described the style of the music as acoustic
rock.
Home: Songs Of Hope & Journey, a compilation that
was released on November 25, 2006, features a duet with
Natalie and Shannon Noll, which 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, debuting on
the ARIA Charts at number seven, before peaking at
number 2 the following week.
Natalie also recorded a version of O Holy Night for The
Spirit of Christmas 2006, a Christmas compilation 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. No
release date for the album is known yet, but Natalie has
stated that it will be released after the third Rogue
Traders album 'Better in the Dark'
Other projects: Natalie and her younger sister
Nikki are co-writing a book for eight to
fifteen-year-old girls with a working title of
Sistahood: The Journal of Self-Discovery. The book is
aimed at encouraging girls to follow their dreams and be
all they can be, and is due for release early 2008.
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 drummer in the
Rogue Traders. Natalie has previously been linked to
assistant Neighbours director Ryan Eckersley. In the
December 2006 issue of Men's Style magazine,
Bassingthwaighte mentioned she was married for a short
time when she was 23.
Bassingthwaighte was involved in the World Hunger
campaign organised by CARE Australia in 2005. She has
also supported several other charities as she rose to
fame such as Variety Club and Beyond Blue. In 2007,
Natalie participated in My Diverse Australia, supporting
the fight against Muscular Dystrophy.
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