Natalie Jane Imbruglia (born February 4, 1975) is an Australian singer and actress. The second of the four daughters of an Italian father and an Australian mother, Natalie grew up on the Central Coast, north of Sydney, Australia. Like Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue, she also played a role in the soap Neighbours before venturing into a singing career. Her first single, Torn, reached number 2 in the British charts and became the most played song on the radio in 1998. The song Torn is originally written by Anne Preven, Scott Cutler and Phil Thornalley. Following Torn, Natalie's debut album Left of the Middle became a million seller. Further singles (Big Mistake, Wishing I Was There and Smoke) again proved to be hits in terms of radio and video airplay, but had a less than stellar chart run compared to Torn. In a 1999 cooperation with singer Tom Jones, she appeared on his duet album Reload, on which the pair teamed up for a cover of INXS' Never Tear Us Apart. Imbruglia's sophomore album, White Lilies Island, was released in 2001, although it met with significantly less success than its precursor. It did spawn the UK hit singles That Day, Wrong Impression and Beauty On The Fire. Read more at: http://www.last.fm/music/Natalie+Imbruglia/+wiki. |