Natalie Bassingthwaighte (born 1 September 1975) is an Australian actress, singer-songwriter and television personality. She began her career as an actress on the television series All Saints. She then starred in the US telemovie Counterstrike. Bassingthwaighte gained commercial success for her role as Izzy Hoyland on the Australian television drama series Neighbours, a character she portrayed from 2003 to 2006. It earned her two nominations at the 2006 Logie Awards for "Most Popular Personality" and "Most Popular Actress".[1] Meanwhile, she began working on her own demos; mainly songs with an acoustic-rock sound before being recruited as the lead singer of Australian electro-pop band, Rogue Traders in late 2004. Bassingthwaighte made her debut as a television presenter in 2008, hosting So You Think You Can Dance Australia.