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Trivia
Birth name: Natalie Jane Imbruglia
Date of birth: 4 February 1975
Place of birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height: 5' 3¾" (1.62 m)
Nickname: Nate
Spouse: Daniel Johns (31 December 2003 - present).
Born as second of the four daughters to an Italian father and an Australian mother, Imbruglia grew up on the Central Coast, north of Sydney.
Natalie's father is Italian and her mother is Australian.
Imbruglia studied ballet as a child, hoping to make a career out of it.
Is a vegetarian.
Later, she started auditioning for Australian TV commercials and appeared in spots for Coke and the popular Australian snack Twisties.
At age 16, Natalie left high school to start a career in acting.
She got her first job as a TV extra on Japanese bubble gun commercial as
a 'Pinnacle Princess'. Natalie died her hair black, so that she would
look more Hawaiian.
Natalie is most known for her 1997's hit single Torn, a cover of Ednaswap.
Signed a six-figure contract with L'oréal. (2002)
Husband Daniel Johns is lead singer for the Australian rock band
Silverchair.
Natalie Imbruglia has collaborated in the past with Welsh singer Tom
Jones.
Announced engagement to Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns. [January
2003]
Dated Formula One driver Jacques Villeneuve for some time
Natalie's astrological sign is Aquarius.
While in the UK Natalie recorded her first album Left of the Middle which sold over six and a half million copies worldwide.
Natalie's movie debut was in the British spy movie farce Johnny English in 2002, alongside
Rowan
Atkinson.
Won 1998's MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist
Won 1999's Billboard Music Award for Best New Aritst
Debut album, Left of the Middle, peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 200
Albums chart.
On I Love The 90's among many of the pop culture things of The 1990's they discussed Natalie's song 'Torn.'
Debut single, Torn, peaked at #1 on Adult Top 40 chart.
Debut single, Torn, peaked at #42 on Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Second single, Wishing I Was There, peaked at #13 on Adult Top 40 chart.
Sophomore album, White Lilies Island, peaked at #35 on the Billboard Hot
200 Albums chart.
Single, Wrong Impression, peaked at #7 on Adult Top 40 chart.
Single, Wrong Impression, peaked at #64 on Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Debut single, Torn, peaked at #2 on UK Top 75 Singles chart.
Debut album, Left of the Middle, peaked at #5 on UK Top 75 Albums chart.
Single, Big Mistake, peaked at #2 on UK Top 75 Singles chart.
Single, Wishing I Was There, peaked at #19 on UK Top 75 singles chart.
Single, Smoke, peaked at #5 on UK Top 75 singles chart.
Single, That Day, peaked at #11 on UK Top 75 singles chart.
Sophomore album, White Lilies Island, peaked at #15 on UK Top 75 albums
chart.
Single, Wrong Impression, peaked at #10 on UK Top 75 singles chart.
Single, Beauty on the Fire, peaked at #26 on UK Top 75 singles chart.
Her father, Elliot Imbruglia, is of Italian descent and her mother,
Maxene Anderson, is Australian.
She dated actor David Schwimmer and musician Lenny Kravitz.
Is a big fan of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys.
Since 2004, Imbruglia has been preparing for the lead role of Elise Silverton in the Australian independent film Elise. The film is based on a Georgia Blain's novel Closed for Winter. Elise is directed by James Bogle. Shooting begins in August 2006 in Adelaide, Australia.
Good friends with Australian Diva Dannii Minogue.
Natalie started working on her 4th album in 2005. As confirmed by both Imbruglia and her record label the album is due in early 2007. Gary Clark, Daniel Johns and Dan Wilson are confirmed co-writers for the album.
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