1. Natalie Imbruglia has received various accolades, including eight ARIA Awards, two Brit Awards, one Billboard Music Award, one Silver Clef Award and three Grammy Award nominations.
37 Facts About Natalie Imbruglia
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Natalie Imbruglia has appeared in several films, including Johnny English and Australian indie film Closed for Winter.
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Natalie Imbruglia has modelled for several brands, such as L'Oreal, Gap, and Kailis.
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Natalie Imbruglia was born on 4 February 1975, in Sydney, Australia, second of four daughters of Maxene and Elliot Natalie Imbruglia.
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Natalie Imbruglia's father is of Italian descent, a Sicilian from Lipari who immigrated to Australia with his family aged five, and her mother is of Irish, Scottish and English descent, with an ancestor who arrived in Australia as a convict in the First Fleet.
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Natalie Imbruglia grew up in Berkeley Vale, New South Wales and attended Mater Dei College.
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Natalie Imbruglia appeared in Australian television commercials for Coca-Cola and the Australian snack Twisties.
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Natalie Imbruglia left school at the age of sixteen, to pursue acting.
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Natalie Imbruglia secured a role as Beth Brennan on the Australian soap opera Neighbours where she shared a house with Ben Mitchell who played the part of Cameron Hudson.
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Natalie Imbruglia met Anne Barret, who became her manager and convinced her to record a demo of four songs.
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Natalie Imbruglia signed a record deal with BMG, after a demo of "Torn" impressed RCA Records.
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Natalie Imbruglia performed "Torn" to promote the album and made several appearances on TV shows, including The Rosie O'Donnell Show, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and MTV Movie Awards in the United States, The Prince's Trust Party in the Park and Later.
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Natalie Imbruglia obtained the rights to songs recorded for the album and planned to record on her own label, Malabar Records.
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Natalie Imbruglia moved to Los Angeles and hired acting coach Ivana Chubbuck.
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Natalie Imbruglia appeared in three movies over the next five years, Closed for Winter, Underdogs and Among Ravens.
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On 3 December 2014, Natalie Imbruglia signed with Sony Masterworks and planned to make her first album in five years, covering famous songs by a range of male artists.
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Natalie Imbruglia signed to BMG in July 2019, her original record label from 1997 to 2007, with plans to release an album of new material sometime in 2020.
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On 18 June 2021, Natalie Imbruglia released "Build It Better", the first single from her sixth studio album Firebird, which was released on 24 September 2021.
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In 2022, Natalie Imbruglia won the third series of the British version of The Masked Singer as "Panda".
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Natalie Imbruglia released her version of "Story of My Life" on 12 February 2022.
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On 28 July 2022, Natalie Imbruglia made a cameo appearance as Beth in the final-ever Neighbours episode.
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Natalie Imbruglia's appearance was filmed alongside Holly Valance's character, Felicity Scully.
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In February 2024, it was announced that Natalie Imbruglia would embark on a UK and Ireland tour with the Irish group the Corrs.
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Also in 2024, Natalie Imbruglia competed in season twelve of The Masked Singer as "Bluebell" where Kelly Osbourne served as her Mask Ambassador.
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In May 2010, Natalie Imbruglia became a judge on the second season of the Australian version of The X Factor.
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Natalie Imbruglia mentored the Girls category, in which her final act Sally Chatfield was the runner up of the series.
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In June 2010, Natalie Imbruglia appeared on the original British version of the show, where she was a guest judge for the Birmingham auditions on its seventh series.
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In 2016 Natalie Imbruglia was cast in the second season of SBS TV series First Contact.
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Natalie Imbruglia is the elder sister of singer-songwriter Laura Imbruglia.
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Natalie Imbruglia dated American actor David Schwimmer in the late 1990s.
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In 1999, Natalie Imbruglia met Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns backstage at his band's concert in London.
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Natalie Imbruglia stated in a 2002 interview that meeting Johns saved her from depression.
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Natalie Imbruglia wrote her 2005 single "Counting Down the Days" about their long-distance relationship, as Natalie Imbruglia was based in London and Johns lived in Newcastle, Australia.
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On 9 October 2019, Natalie Imbruglia announced on Instagram that she had given birth to a baby boy.
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Natalie Imbruglia is an ambassador for Virgin Unite, supporting campaigns to end poverty and to bring attention to obstetric fistula.
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Natalie Imbruglia appeared in a sketch at the Secret Policeman's Ball for Amnesty International on 31 October 2006.
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Natalie Imbruglia has spoken of clinical depression to raise awareness about the disorder.