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| Natalie Imbruglia |
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"It was only cool to have blond hair and be a surfer chick [in Sydney]. I could learn how to surf, but I still looked Italian. It took me a long time to realize that was a good thing."
-Natalie Imbruglia
| Date of Birth: February 4 1975 |
| Birthplace: small town two hours from Sydney, Australia |
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| Hailing from down under, Natalie practically rose form obscurity to fame with her hit song, "Torn" and follow up, "Wishing I Was There." |
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| Those lips, those eyes, that face, this Aussie pretty much has it all when it comes to beauty, and the way she looks in the video for "Torn" has our hearts all up in shreds. |
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Natalie Imbruglia's meteoric rise to fame has taken the music industry and the world by surprise. However, it is probably not a surprise to those who knew her in her early days. She was born on February 4 1975, in a small town two hours from Sydney, Australia.
She took tap and ballet lessons as a child and demonstrated her strong will and determination at an early age. She believed in herself and felt she could do anything she set her mind to. Imbruglia credits these years as the source of her strength and perseverance as a woman.
"It taught me discipline and steadfastness", she said in an US magazine interview. "I wasn't that good but I was so determined that I used to put planks of wood down in the garage, and practice and practice. I'd lie in bed at night and work my ankle exercises."
Much to her parent's dismay, Imbruglia then turned her focus to acting and ventured to Sydney to find acting work. She landed several television commercials for Coke, Bubblicious gum, and a snack called Twisties. The more jobs she landed, the more her parents supported her dreams of acting. They soon let her quit the school for performing arts to concentrate on her acting pursuits.
She got a temporary role on the popular Australian soap opera Neighbours, and became an instant success. She was so well received by audiences that the producers decided to make her character permanent.
Her joy, however, was short lived, as she grew tired of the show and eventually left to find more satisfying work. "I was like, what have I done? I'm not saying it was a nasty, terrible job; it just wasn't for me".
She moved to London where she lived in relative obscurity for two years. She did little acting work and became enamored with the London club scene. She refused to use her Neighbours fame to get her ahead in London.
She soon encountered financial difficulty and began writing songs to earn some money. She showed her work to Mark Fox, former Haircut 100 percussionist and current creative director for BMG publishing. Fox, in turn, contacted Phil Thornally, the former bassist for Cure. |
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