Natalie Bassingthwaighte

At 48 years old, Natalie Bassingthwaighte has this physical status:

Natalie Bassingthwaighte (born 1 September 1975) is an Australian recording artist, actress, and television presenter.

She was born and raised in Wollongong, New South Wales, where she began her career in musical theatre.

She returned to acting in 1998 with guest appearances on television shows.

Bassingthwaighte came to fame in 2003 when she appeared on Australian soap opera Neighbours for her role as Izzy Hoyland, which earned her three Logie Award nominations. Rogue Traders, an Australian electro-pop band, recruited her in 2004.

Bassingthwaighte unveiled a version of "Don't Give Up" with Shannon Noll in 2006, the first time she devoted to her music career, gaining a gold medal.

She left Rogue Traders in 2008 to pursue her solo music career.

Bassingthwaighte's debut solo album 1000 Stars in 2009, which resulted in the platinum top-ten hits "Alive" and "Someday Soon" in the United States.

The album was a commercial success, debuting at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart and being certified gold.

Bassingthwaighte returned as the band's lead singer after seven years away from Rogue Traders in 2015. Bassingthwaighte co-wrote Sistahood: A Journal of Self-Discovery with her younger sister in 2008.

She made her debut as a television presenter for So You Think You Can Dance Australia's first three seasons in 2006, earning her another three Logie Award nominations.

She worked as a judge and mentor on The X Factor Australia from 2011 to 2014 and then briefly joined The X Factor New Zealand in 2015.

Bassingthwaighte's own children's clothing brand, Chi Khi, was launched in the same year.

Bassingthwaighte has married twice; in 1998, she married Graham Wilmott, a Wollongong chef, for two years.

Cameron McGlinchey, her Rogue Traders bandmate, married her in December 2011.

Harper Rain Sinclair McGlinchey's daughter and Hendrix John Hickson McGlinchey are among the couple's two children, as well as a boy named Hendrix McGlinchey.

Early life

Natalie Bassingthwaighte was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, on September 1st, 1975, to Betty (born ca. 1997). (AM) Richard Bassingthwaighte (born ca. 1953) and Michael Bassingthwaight (AM) 1952 (advertently): Betty has been working as a theatre nurse. Michael has been the CEO of a health-care insurance company since 1982. Bassingthwaighte grew up in Mount Warrigal, as the second of four girls with her older sister Melinda (born ca. Lisa and Nicole (born ca. 74) and the twins Lisa and Nicole (born ca. 1982 (British Republic): She used to charge 20 cents for family and friends until she saw her dress up and put on mini concerts from a young age. Bassingthwaighte was introduced to elementary school at Balarang Primary School of Peter Pan, portraying the character Tinker Bell. She attended Wollong High School of the Performing Arts and graduated from the Australian College of Entertainment.

Bassingthwaighte, a student at the University of Sydney, has successfully applied for a job at Wonderland. She appeared in a variety of shows, including 1950s, 1970s, Mexico, and Hanna Barbara's. Bassingthwaighte performed for two seasons as lead vocalist and stand-up comedian at the Kaos Comedy Theatre in Sydney, after being employed at Wonderland. During that time, she appeared in other musicals. Bassingthwaighte was chosen from over 6,000 people for the role as Mrs. Cohen in Rent (1999), Australia's biggest rock musical. During Rent's tour, she auditioned for another stage play, Chicago. Given that she was not an A-List dancer, the casting directors were initially suspicious, but she did a good job with Roxie Hart in June and understudied her principal role. During Chicago's time as an actor and crew member, Terry Jones, Bassingthwaighte, and several cast and crew members decided to visit The Pinnacles, a limestone formation and tourist attraction about 190 kilometres (120 miles) north-west of Perth. They became lost and their 4WD crashed off on the way, and a Navy helicopter was able to rescue them. In both the Singapore and Bangkok seasons of the show, her first lead role was in the Asian film Chang & Eng, which depicts the early Siamese twins' biography; Bassingthwaighte portrayed Adelaide Yates.

Personal life

In the media and elsewhere, bassingthwaighte is often referred to as Nat Bass. She is described as "pint-sized" and "tiny" at 161 cm (5 ft 3 in). Bassingthwaighte's body shape and lack of growth were mocked at school during adolescence. She married Graham Wilmott, a Wollongong chef, in late 1998; the two were together for two years.

Bassingthwaighte and her long-time boyfriend Cameron McGlinchey had a daughter who was 3.22 kg at a private Melbourne hospital in 2010. On December 4, 2011, Bassingthwaighte and McGlinchey were married. In 2013, she gave birth to their second child, a son.

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Music career

Bassingthwaighte had considered a career in music for many years and had been a member of an R&B band but it didn't work out and her curiosity was focused on other options. By 2004, she had started working on her own demos: songs with an acoustic-rock sound, and later this year, she was hired as the lead singer for Australian electro-pop band Rogue Traders. The group, which began in 2002 with James Ash on keyboards and Steve Davis on guitars, had released a debut album before requesting a permanent singer. Bassingthwaighte auditioned for Ash and Davis after being introduced to the band's music. The pair had auditioned from 15 to 20, and after she performed their song "Voodoo Child," she became the band's front-woman.

The band released "Voo Child" as their fifth single, the first with Bassingwaight, and was rated platinum for shipments of 70,000 units in Australia in May 2005. "Voodoo Child" debuted at number seven on the New Zealand Singles Chart, number three on the UK Singles Chart, and number fifteen on the Irish Singles Chart, and fifth on the Irish Singles Chart. At the 2006 MTV Australia Awards, the single received the accolade for "Best Dance Video."

The follow-up singles "Way to Go!"

Both "Watching You" and "Watching You" made it to the ARIA top ten, and both were rated gold for shipment of 35,000 units. Bassingthwaighte performed the Australian national anthem at the 2005 NRL Grand Final in October 2005. Also this month, Rogue Traders released their second studio album, Here Come the Drums, which debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at number two and lasted seven weeks in the Top 50. It was awarded 4 stars and became the country's most popular record. "Breakthrough Artist – Album," "Best Selling Album," "Best Pop Release," and "Best Group" received four nominations at the ARIA Music Awards in 2006.

Bassingthwaighte was still a Rogue Trader member, but she made solo appearances and launches. In December 2006, she performed a duet with label mate Shannon Noll on their front page of Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush's "Don't Give Up" for the various artists' album Home: Songs of Hope & Journey. According to the ARIA Singles Chart, Noll and Bassingthwaighte's version ranked second. All proceeds go to The Salvation Army in Australia, according to her album "O Holy Night" on the album The Spirit of Christmas 2006. Bassingthwaighte and Noll teamed up again in 2007 for "Please Come Home for Christmas" on the album "The Spirit of Christmas 2007.

Rogue Traders' third album, Better in the Dark, which spawned the hit singles "Don't You Want A Feeling" and "I Never Liked You" in October 2007, and "What You Mean" was released in October 2007. The album debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at number four and gained platinum status. Bassingthwaighte is listed as a co-composer for five of the album's twelve tracks, as well as all three singles. "[w]e'd sit in a room and toss thoughts about a topic." She worked with Ash and his partner Melinda Appleby on some tracks, "...[e]e was surprising that all three of us knew when we had a good idea." "Don't You Want to Feel" was selected as Dance Work of the Year at the 2009 APRA Awards. Bassingthwaighte left the company in June 2008 to pursue her solo career. She had signed a recording deal with Sony Music Australia in 2006 to begin a solo career. Mindi Jackson was recruited by Rogue Traders as their replacement in November 2009.

Bassingthwaighte debuted on her debut solo album, 1000 Stars, in June 2008. "Alive," the album's lead single, debuted in October 2008; it reached number eight on the ARIA Singles Chart and received a platinum award. Bassingthwaighte's third top-ten single on the ARIA Charts in January 2009 was also certified platinum. On February 20, 2009, the album debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at number one and was certified gold.

The album's title track was announced as the third single in April 2009. It reached the top of the ARIA Singles Chart, ranked number 31. In July 2009, the fourth single, "Not For You," was released, but it didn't chart. "Love Like This" was the fifth single to debut in January 2010, and it debuted in the Top 100. In the run-up to the Sydney Mardi Gras parade last year, it was used to raise funds by the Aids Council of New South Wales for the 'Wear It With Pride' T-shirt campaign. Bassingthwaighte co-composed seven of its fifteen tracks, including "Alive" and "Someday Soon" for 1000 Stars.

Bassingthwaighte, a comedy about women, their families, and memories, which she co-starred with Judi Farr, Mirrah Foulkes, Amanda Muggleton, and Magda Szubanski in January 2011. Bassingthwaighte told The Daily Telegraph on August 28 that she had recorded several new songs, with her single "All We Have" set to be released shortly. "Everything is coming together." She said, "I did loosen my mojo for a while, but I didn't see a point in doing something unless you're completely up for it." I wasn't feeling creative, but then, it was Christmas and it just felt right." In September 2011, "All We Have" was announced, but it didn't succeed to chart. Bassingthwaighte was named a Moomba Monarch alongside Harry Kewell, the Australian socceroo, in February 2012. Bassingthwaighte and others recorded a cover version of Kate Bush's "This Woman's Work" in December 2014 and announced it as a charity single to help two siblings who suffer from the rare condition Sanfilippo syndrome. Bassingthwaighte reunited with her ex band Rogue Traders in September 2015, performing together for the first time in seven years at a corporate show in Gold Coast. They reunited in December for a New Year's Eve performance, where they speculated at the likelihood of future appearances and announced that Bassingthwaighte's former replacement Mindi Jackson had been given the band's reunion their blessing.

Television and film career

Bassingthwaighte's first television appearance as an actor was in a 1998 episode of the hospital-based drama series All Saints. Raina appeared in an episode of The Lost World in 2000, portraying Raina. Bassingthwaighte appeared in the television show Counterstrike in 2003, portraying Kelly's character. She filmed a part of Rohan Spong's student film When the Shadow Falls this year. Jinx De-Luxe portrayed the actress, Julia Nolan, in a performance of Marilyn Monroe's "Every Baby Needs a Daddy." She rose to fame with the Australian soap opera Neighbours, playing Izzy Hoyland from 2003 to 2006. This was her first full-time television appearance. After securing the role, she moved from Sydney to Melbourne. Bassingthwaighte was selected for a Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality and a Silver Logie Award for Most Popular Actress in 2006 for her appearance on the film. Bassingthwaighte left Neighbours in 2006 to concentrate on her music career, filming her final scenes on June 2nd 2006. She reprised her role as Izzy Hoyland in scenes shot in London in March 2007. At the 2007 Logie Awards, Bassingthwaighte received another award for Most Popular Actress. Bassingthwaighte appeared in a documentary special titled Neighbours Reunite, which aired in Australia and the United Kingdom in March 2015. She reprised her role as Izzy Hoyland for a guest appearance on Neighbours in February 2018, and she appeared in 2022 for the final episodes of the series.

Bassingthwaighte appeared in the Australian horror film Prey, alongside Jesse Johnson, Christian Clark, and Nicholas Bell, playing Kate, an aspiring young surgeon working in a large city hospital's emergency department. Three couples who became lost in outback Western Australia—Bassingthwaighte remembered traces of her journey to The Pinnacles. George T. Miller produced the film, which grossed $744 at the Australian box office. It was re-titled The Outback on DVDs in the United States in 2010. Bassingthwaighte appeared in the 13-part television crime mini-series Underbelly: The Golden Mile, portraying Maria Haken, the wife of Trevor Haken, a corrupt Kings Cross detective. The Hakens are a real-life couple, where Trevor, Trevor's husband, became an informant and witness at the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption. Bassingthwaighte's character was described as "the adult and neglected wife" and her husband's "drinking and neglect] led [her] to begin an affair with another police officer." Bassingthwaighte appeared in the two-part miniseries Brock, based on Australian motor racing driver Peter Brock's life, portraying Julie Bamford, Brock's girlfriend before he died. In September 2017, she appeared in the second season of the drama series The Wrong Girl, portraying pastry chef Gillian.

Bassingthwaighte made her debut as a television presenter in 2008, hosting the Australian version of So You Think You Can Dance. She hosted the event for the first three seasons and was given two awards at the 2009 Logie Awards for Most Popular Personality and a Silver Logie Award for Most Popular Presenter. At the 2010 Logie Awards, she received another award for Most Popular Presenter. Bassingthwaighte replaced Natalie Imbruglia as a judge and mentor on the third season of The X Factor Australia in 2011. She has appeared on the show's fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons. After being barred from the show for humiliating a contestant, Bassingthwaighte replaced Natalia Kills midway through the second season of The X Factor New Zealand in 2015. I'm a Celebrity (I'm a Celebrity) in 2017, she became a contestant on the third season of the reality show I'm a Celebrity. Get Me Out of Here! The Life Changing Experiences Foundation is an Australian woman who competed for her chosen charity, the Sister2Sister program for the Life Changing Experiences Foundation. Bassingthwaighte made it to the show's grand finale and finished third in the competition.

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