| Having
just finished filming her first lead role in US feature
Prey alongside Jesse Johnson, Natalie
Bassingthwaighte is
taking Australia by storm again as the Host of the
Australian version
of the US hit So You Think You Can Dance. She has also co-written
on the second
Rogue Traders album and has begun the creation of her
solo album.
As the lead singer and face of
Australia’s electro – rock act, Rogue
Traders and as Ramsay
Street’s
resident femme fatale, Izzy Hoyland, Natalie Bassingthwaighte
has an
international following of loyal Rogue Traders and
Neighbours’ fans who just can’t get enough. Now
entering its
20th season and celebrating its reign as Australia’s longest running soap,
Neighbours and the world music stage are
a long way from the
Wollongong stage where Natalie first appeared
as Tinkerbell in her year
6 production of Peter Pan.
A
multi-talented musical performer Natalie played Ariel, the female
lead, in the
2002 live production of Footloose and Sandy in
the Australian national tour of Grease in the same year. She has
starred throughout
Australia and Asia taking the
lead role of
Adelaide Yates in Chang
& Eng at the Kallang Theatre
in Singapore, as well as playing June in
the Australian &
Asian tours of Chicago and Marks Mum in the Australian
Tour of
Rent.
In 2006 following her much
publicized exit from the international
series Neighbours, Natalie dedicated herself
completely to the
international release of the album Here Come the Drums. In
Australia she has enjoyed 4 x
platinum sales for the album, 4
x Top 20 airplay songs, 2 x Top 5 commercial
singles, No.1 album on
itunes, 2 x No.1 singles on itunes, 2 critically
acclaimed national
tours and seven ARIA
nominations. Natalie performed at The 2006 MTV
Music Video Awards for which
the Rogue Traders received three
nominations sealing the evening with an award
for Best Dance Video.
Rogue Traders single In Love Again was the most added track
on Australian radio at the close of 2006, along side her duet with
Shannon Noll
, Don’t Give Up – for the charity
Beyond Blue, which sat at No.2 for ten weeks.
In
the UK, Rogue Traders quickly repeated their local success
debuting at No.3 with Voodoo Child
followed
by a tour supporting UK Band, Girls Aloud.
In October 2007, Rogue Traders released their third album Better In The Dark to critical acclaim. Natalie's development as a songwriter is showcased on the album and the first the 2 singles, Don't You Wanna Feel and I Never Like You were both co-written by her.
Enjoying her enormously successful
and well-established career
Natalie Bassingthwaighte has the respect and
adoration not only from
the public but also from her peers in both The
entertainment and music
industries, establishing herself as one of the most
sought after
artists in Australia today. |
EMI Music Publishing Australia
