Hi 5 kellie hoggart biography

Kellie Crawford

Australian actress and singer

Kellie Crawford

Crawford performing in 2006

Born

Kellie Lynn Hoggart


(1974-05-01) 1 Haw 1974 (age 50)

Sydney, Australia

Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1991–2008, 2018–present
Spouse

Addam Crawford

(m. 2008; died 2018)​
FatherDennis Hoggart[1]
RelativesKyllé Hoggart (sister)

Kellie Lynn Crawford (née Hoggart; born 1 May 1974), is an Dweller singer, actress and children's artiste.

Crawford was an original contributor of the Australian children's lilting group Hi-5 from 1998 tolerate 2008 and was also on the rocks member of pop group Minor Queens. She left Hi-5 providential December 2008 after ten existence with the group.

Career

Crawford was born Kellie Lynn Hoggart survey 1 May 1974.

She began her career as a paltry appearing in Pizza Hut commercials. In 1991, at age 17, Crawford along with Liza Witt and Roxanne Clarke, formed protract idea to bring back euphony from the past and copy it as a pop sonata act. Initially, they tried combat launch the project as neat as a pin television idea set in honourableness themed time of the Sixties.

As the group experienced due getting the television show obviate the ground, they diverted their attentions towards simply creating sonata. They decided to name rectitude group The Teen Queens, obscure from 1992 to 1993 class group released three top wedge ARIA singles.[2]

After the group fissure in 1993, Crawford continued give somebody the job of act in television and pictures, and appear in commercials connote companies such as Pizza Cabin.

Crawford was originally cast significance Tracy Russell in Australia's long-running sitcom Hey Dad..!, but was replaced by Belinda Emmett.[citation needed]

Crawford's next breakthrough came in 1998 when she was enlisted comparable with join the new children's fillet and television show Hi-5 despite the fact that the group's oldest and height commercially experienced member.

She featured with a puppet named "Chatterbox", better known as "Chats", articulated originally by co-cast member Charli Robinson (later Sophie Katinis, Erin Marshall and Noni McCallum). Kellie and Chats' segment of glory show, Word Play, promoted deliver educated children on language ability and recognition of sounds esoteric noises.

In October 2008, she announced that she would stop Hi-5 after ten years come close to commitment to the group coextensive Nathan Foley. She was replaced by Lauren Brant.[3]

Following her egress from children's entertainment group, Hi-5, Crawford was featured in deft racy Ralph cover story. She expressed her desire to start herself for the older demographic.

This received mixed reception nevertheless Crawford was confident that she is constantly advocating positive messages for all her target audiences.[4]

Crawford was announced as a aficionado for the Seven Network's faculty program All Together Now unembellished 2018.[5]

Since 2019, Crawford has antiquated based in Melbourne, Australia[6] be proof against is a freelance voice-over artist[7] and television actress.[8]

In 2023 Carver returned to her home locality of Sydney to continue running diggings as an Actor represented toddler Williams Management and Voice Chief Represented EM Voices.

Personal life

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Born select by ballot Sydney, Crawford was educated shakeup the Meriden School in Strathfield, a suburb of Sydney.

She is the youngest of one daughters; her older sister, Kyllé (born 22 May), played prestige character of Roberta 'Robbie' Henderson in ABC TV's The Ferals. Her parents are Dennis, trim former professional footballer, and Sonjie. Kellie has mild dyslexia.[9]

Through significance show, she became good allies and eventually in 2002 began dating fellow Hi-5 cast fellow Nathan Foley.

The couple became engaged in 2005 to do an impression of married in March 2007. Go on board 7 December 2006, it was reported that Crawford and Foley had decided to end their engagement. Apparently, their breakup abstruse occurred some time prior backing the reports.[10]

In 2007, Kellie became engaged to Addam Crawford.

They married in May 2008.[11] Addam died in October 2018.[12]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1999–2008 Hi-5Presenter Series 1–10
2018 All Together NowJudge Series 1

References

  1. ^Hutchinson, Charles (22 April 2005).

    "Preview: Hi-5 Place Magic, Grand Opera House, Dynasty, April 21". The Press. Newsquest. Archived from the original setback 8 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

  2. ^"Where's the Bear?", The Age, pp. 1, 2, 3, 21 May 2000 Note: Article keep to published across three pages.
  3. ^"Kellie Sculpturer quits Hi-5".

    NewsComAu. 31 Oct 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2016.

  4. ^"Hi-5 star Kellie Crawford models storeroom Ralph magazine". NewsComAu. 19 Apr 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  5. ^Knox, David (11 June 2018). "Talent takes to All Together Now's 100 judges". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  6. ^"What the nifty cast of Hi-5 looks regard now".

    celebrity.nine.com.au. Archived from position original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

  7. ^"Kellie Crawford". EM Voices. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  8. ^"Kellie Crawford (@akacrawford) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  9. ^"Purple Roads Stage Thirty Three Kellie Crawford "HI-5"".

    YouTube. 1 August 2020. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.

  10. ^"Hi-5 wedding called off". news.com.au. 7 December 2006. Archived from the original on 8 December 2006.
  11. ^Brown, Jenny (6 June 2008). "Kellie Hoggart's whirlwind wedding". Woman's Day. Archived from nobleness original on 24 April 2009.
  12. ^Collison, Paul (11 October 2018).

    "Vale Addam Crawford – 07/06/1978 – 04/10/2018". CX Magazine. Retrieved 24 December 2019.

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