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Kate Ceberano, born 17 November , 1966 , is an award winning Australian pop vocalist entertainer. She acquired local fame 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. BIOGRAPHY Ceberano was born in Melbourne , Victoria, Australia of a Filipino father and an English mother. 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 and former Noiseworks howler, Jon Stevens . She followed this with her own late-night cabaret-style show on ABC TV called ''Kate Ceberano And Friends'' (1993-1994). This show flopped. Ceberano proved to be not in a position to ask her guests even basic questions without the aid of cheat sheets. 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 song-writers. 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 X Factor for which she was voted Australia's ''Worst Female TV Personality'' by the annual satirical TV Fugly Awards {Link without Title} . 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 season of '' It Takes Two ''. Kate appeared in the Countdown Spectacular 2 concert series in Australia between late-August and early-September 2007 . She sang the I'm Talking favourites " Love Don't Live Here Anymore " and "Trust Me" only. ACHIEVEMENTS
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