1. Clare Bowditch was born on 1975 and is an Australian musician, author, and occasional actress.
19 Facts About Clare Bowditch
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At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006, Bowditch won the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist and was nominated for a Logie Award for her work on the TV series Offspring in 2012.
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Clare Bowditch has toured with Gotye and Leonard Cohen, written for Harpers Bazaar, Rolling Stone and Drum.
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Clare Bowditch was born in Melbourne and raised in the suburb of Sandringham.
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Clare Bowditch graduated from the University of Melbourne's School of Creative Arts with a Bachelor of Creative Arts, a now-defunct degree.
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Clare Bowditch began writing songs at the age of three and continued writing them in private until 1998 when she met John Hedigan and formed a band called Red Raku.
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In 2005, Clare Bowditch was invited by Deborah Conway to take part in the Broad Festival project with three other Australian female artists at which they performed their own and each other's songs.
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At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006, Clare Bowditch won the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist.
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In late 2008, Clare Bowditch completed a twenty-five date sold out solo tour through major and regional venues in Australia, during which time she was supported by Australian band Hot Little Hands.
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The album marked a change in direction for Clare Bowditch, having been written on a Casio keyboard and piano.
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Clare Bowditch was joined by fellow Australian musician Deborah Conway, who was the support act for the second show of the Melbourne stop of the tour.
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Clare Bowditch said in a 2012 interview that she received a marriage proposal from Cohen during the tour.
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In 2011, Clare Bowditch co-wrote and performed a musical stage show based on the life and music of Eva Cassidy.
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In May 2012, Clare Bowditch released the single, "You Make Me Happy", which was featured in the TV series Offspring.
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Clare Bowditch plays Rosanna Harding in the series; a musician who produces and performs music with Billie's husband Mick, played by Eddie Perfect, creating marital jealousy and tension.
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In 2013, Clare Bowditch set up a creative social enterprise, Big Hearted Business.
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In 2020, Clare Bowditch released the Audible Original podcast series 'Tame Your Inner Critic'.
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In December 2015, it was announced that Clare Bowditch would be undertaking the role of program host for the afternoon radio program of ABC Radio Melbourne, starting on 25 January 2016.
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Clare Bowditch presented her last programme on 29 November 2017, leaving to write what would go on to be her award-winning debut memoir 'Your Own Kind of Girl'.