- Born: November 17, 1956, Australia
- Active: '80s, '90s
- Genres: Rock
- Instrument: Vocals
- Representative Albums: "Kate Ceberano and Her Septet", "Think About It!", "True Romantic: The Best of Kate Ceberano
| Artist: Kate Ceberano |
| Discography: Kate Ceberano |
| Wikipedia: Kate Ceberano |
| Kate Ceberano | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Origin | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Pop, soul, jazz |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter, actress |
| Instruments | Singing |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels | Universal Music Group |
| Associated acts | I'm Talking (1983–87) |
| Website | www.kateceberano.com |
Kate Ceberano (born 17 November 1966) is an Australian pop vocalist entertainer. She achieved success in the soul, jazz and pop genres as well as in her brief forays into musicals with Jesus Christ Superstar and film. She has also achieved success as a songwriter, with the hit "Pash" going gold in 1998.
Ceberano is an active member of the Church of Scientology.[1][2] As of September 2008, Kate is the face of Playtex lingerie.
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Ceberano was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia of an American father of Filipino descent[3] (karate master Tino Ceberano) and an Australian mother. Kate's mother's family are amongst some of the earliest settlers and government officials in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.[3] She is a third-generation member of the Church of Scientology in Australia, her grandmother having once been employed as a governess for L. Ron Hubbard's children. She retains close family ties, working closely with her mother Cherie Ceberano, her brother (guitarist Phil) and her husband (film-maker Lee Rogers).
Noted for her soulful and powerful vocal style, singer-songwriter Kate Ceberano has won almost every entertainment award in Australia. She has released five Platinum albums, five Gold albums, selling in excess of 1 million albums in Australia alone, performed tours, acted in feature films and hosted her own television show.
Ceberano first came to prominence as lead vocalist at 15 years of age, for the funk band I'm Talking, which was managed by Ken West. The group's album produced three top ten singles, went Platinum and won Best New Talent (1984) at the Countdown Awards. Ceberano won Best Female Vocalist (1985) at the Countdown Awards as well as Best Female Singer (1985) at the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Awards. However after just one album, the group broke up and she went solo, with manager West soon replaced by Ceberano's mother Cherie.
Ceberano's first solo album was the live set Kate Ceberano and Her Septet (1987). Her following album You've Always Got the Blues (1988) earned her an ARIA Award for Best Female Artist (1988). One year later, she won another ARIA for Best Female Artist (1989) as well as one for Highest Selling Single (1989), which was "Bedroom Eyes". At the end of 1990, she received three prestigious Mo Awards for Jazz Performer, Female Rock Performer and Contemporary Concert Performer of the Year.
In 1992, Ceberano performed the role of Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar (1992), which toured Australia and also featured John Farnham as Jesus Christ, and former Noiseworks howler Jon Stevens as Judas Iscariot. She followed this with her own late-night cabaret-style show on ABC TV called Kate Ceberano and Friends (1993-1994).
In 1994 a portrait of Kate Ceberano by painter Peter Robertson won the Packing Room award at the Archibald Prize.
In 1996 Ceberano released her next solo album Blue Box, which went Gold and saw her nominated for another Best Female Artist ARIA. In 1997 she wrote and released "Pash". It went Gold and establishing Ceberano as one of Australian's leading songwriters.
Ceberano has also appeared the feature films, Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (2002), Dust Off the Wings (1996), Garbo (1990) and telemovie Arguing the Toss of a Cat (1989). She also performs as a special guest with acclaimed Los Angeles improv group the Really Spontaneous Theatre Company.
In 2005, Ceberano appeared as a judge on the Australian version of the television reality show The X Factor for which she was voted Australia's Worst Female TV Personality by the annual satirical TV Fugly Awards.[4]
Later she performed at the Kimberley Moon Experience at Kununurra, marking her first time in the Kimberley.
She has also appeared on Network Ten Australia's David Tench Tonight program, as well as on the 2007 edition of the Seven Network's Dancing with the Stars, which she won, and has also featured as a guest contributor on Series 4 of the Nine Network's 20 to 1. She appeared on the Seven Network's second and third season of It Takes Two. In the second season in 2007, she accompanied swimmer Daniel Kowalski who came fifth and in 2008, she accompanied footballer Russell Robertson who came second in the competition.
Kate appeared in the Countdown Spectacular 2 concert series in Australia between late August and early September 2007, singing the I'm Talking favourites "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" and "Trust Me".
| Preceded by Anthony Koutoufides & Natalie Lowe |
Dancing with the Stars (Australia) winner Season 6 (Early 2007 with John Paul Collins) |
Succeeded by Bridie Carter & Craig Monley |
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