Lauren Brant
Lauren Marie Brant (born 24 February 1989) is an Australian television personality and actress. She is a former member of the Australian children's musical group Hi-5.
Biography
Early Life
She was born in South Africa and later moved to the Gold Coast in Australia. She began singing, dancing, acting, and modelling at the age of three. Brant began her career as an actress with various roles in Australian television. In 2007, she appeared on H2O: Just Add Water. She also featured on The Strip, Mortified, The Starter Wife, and Are We There Yet. She also featured in various theatre productions and the travelling Humphrey Bear show in 2007.
Hi-5 (2009-2014)
Brant joined the Australian children's musical group Hi-5 in 2009 along with Fely Irvine and Tim Maddren. The trio joined Stevie Nicholson and Casey Burgess, forming the lineup known as the "second generation" of the group. Brant remained with Hi-5 for five and a half years, until her final performances with the group in July 2014 on an Australian tour, in which the cast wore costumes she designed under her new fashion label, Loliboli. She stated she had "the most amazing journey."
After Hi-5
Brant appeared as a contestant in the Australian reality series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in January 2015. She was eliminated from the competition in February, becoming the fourth contestant to be eliminated. She became known for "speaking her mind" and spoke of the intensity of the competition upon elimination.
In March 2015, she was announced as part of the cast of Bonnie Lythgoe's pantomime production of "Aladdin and His Wondrous Lamp," playing Princess Yasmina. The stage production ran during July in Sydney.
Personal life
She has an interest in fitness. She moved back to the Gold Coast in 2014 after spending six years living in Sydney as part of her role in Hi-5. She was engaged to personal trainer Warren Riley in early 2015.
In September 2015, Woman's Day reported that Brant had allegedly had an affair with ex-NRL player Beau Ryan while they were working on the stage production of Aladdin and His Wondrous Lamp in July after her then-fiancé Riley had discovered an exchange of text messages between the pair. He stated that she admitted to the affair, and he broke up with her shortly after.
She's currently the wife of former Australian rules football player Barry Hall. On December 11, 2016, Brant announced that she is pregnant. In May 2017, she and her partner, Hall, announced the birth of their baby boy, Miller Hall.