Natalie Bassingthwaighte

Natalie Bassingthwaighte (born 1 September 1975) is an Australian recording artist, actress and television personality. Bassingthwaighte was born and raised in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. She rose to fame in 1998 when she began her television acting career on TV series, All Saints. She then went onto star in programme Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World in 2000. Bassingthwaighte is currently signed to Sony Music Australia. From 2004—08 she was also the lead singer of band Rogue Traders. In 2006, Bassingthwaighte released a cover of "Don't Give Up" with Shannon Noll—which the song went Platinum in Australia. In 2008, Bassingthwaighte left the Rogue Traders to pursue a solo career, she went onto release debut album, 1000 Stars, in 2009, which debuted at number-one on the Australian Albums Chart and spawned a number of top-ten singles in Australia—"Alive" and "Someday Soon"—both singles gained a platinum status by the ARIA. The album also saw release from singles—"1000 Stars" and "Love Like This". "All We Have" was released as the first single from Bassingthwaighte's second debut album, which is due for release in 2013. Within her time in the industry, Bassingthwaighe has received a number of award nominations including: APRA Awards, Logie Award as well as Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards.

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