Kellie Crawford

Kellie Lynn Crawford, née Hoggart (born 1 May 1974), is an Australian singer, actress and children's performer. Crawford was an original member of the Australian children's musical group Hi-5 from 1998 to 2008 and was also a member of pop group Teen Queens. She left Hi-5 in December 2008 after ten years with the group.

Kellie Crawford
Crawford performing in 2006
Born
Kellie Lynn Hoggart

(1974-05-01) 1 May 1974
Sydney, Australia
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1991–2008, 2018–present
Spouse
Addam Crawford
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(m. 2008; died 2018)​
Parent
RelativesKyllé Hoggart (sister)

Career

Crawford was born Kellie Lynn Hoggart on 1 May 1974. She began her career as a teenager appearing in Pizza Hut commercials. In 1991, at age 17, Crawford along with Liza Witt and Roxanne Clarke, formed an idea to bring back music from the past and recreate it as a pop music act. Initially, they tried to launch the project as a television idea set in the themed time of the 1960s. As the group experienced difficulties getting the television show off the ground, they diverted their attentions towards simply creating music. They decided to name the group The Teen Queens, and from 1992 to 1993 the group released three top ten ARIA singles.[2]

After the group split in 1993, Crawford continued to act in television and movies, and appear in commercials for companies such as Pizza Hut.

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

Crawford's next breakthrough came in 1998 when she was enlisted to join the new children's band and television show Hi-5 as the group's oldest and most commercially experienced member. She featured with a puppet named "Chatterbox", better known as "Chats", voiced originally by co-cast member Charli Robinson (later Sophie Katinis, Erin Marshall and Noni McCallum). Kellie and Chats' segment of the show, Word Play, promoted and educated children on language skills and recognition of sounds and noises.

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

Following her exit from children's entertainment group, Hi-5, Crawford was featured in a racy Ralph cover story. She expressed her desire to establish herself as an adult model and actress for the older demographic. This received mixed reception but Crawford was confident that she is constantly advocating positive messages for all her target audiences.[4]

Crawford was announced as a judge for the Seven Network's talent program All Together Now in 2018.[5]

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

Personal life

Born in Sydney, Crawford was educated at the Meriden School in Strathfield, a suburb of Sydney. She is the youngest of two daughters; her older sister, Kyllé (born 22 May), played the character of Roberta 'Robbie' Henderson in ABC TV's The Ferals. Her parents are Dennis, a former professional footballer, and Sonjie. Kellie has mild dyslexia.[9]

Through the show, she became good friends and eventually began dating fellow Hi-5 cast member Nathan Foley. The couple became engaged in 2005 to be married in March 2007. On 7 December 2006, it was reported that Crawford and Foley had decided to end their engagement. Apparently, their breakup had occurred some time prior to the reports.[10]

In 2007, Kellie became engaged to Addam Crawford. They married in May 2008.[11] Addam died in October 2018.[12]

Filmography
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
1999–2008 Hi-5 Presenter Series 1–10
2018 All Together Now Judge Series 1
Film roles
Year Title Role
1996 Dating the Enemy Make-up Artist

References
  1. Hutchinson, Charles (22 April 2005). "Preview: Hi-5 Space Magic, Grand Opera House, York, April 21". The Press. Newsquest. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. "Where's the Bear?", The Age, pp. 1, 2, 3, 21 May 2000 Note: Article is published across three pages.
  3. "Kellie Crawford quits Hi-5". NewsComAu. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  4. "Hi-5 star Kellie Crawford models for Ralph magazine". NewsComAu. 19 April 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 original cast of Hi-5 looks like now". celebrity.nine.com.au. 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 Episode 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 the 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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