Kellie Crawford

Kellie Crawford

{{{imageDesc}}}

Name: Kellie Lynn Hoggart

DOB: 1 May 1974 (age 51)

Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Gender: Female

Nationality: Australian

Member: Hi-5 (Australia)

Segment: Word Play

Time Active: 1998-2008

First appearance: Fantasy

Latest appearance: Being a Team Player

Replaced: -

Replaced By: Lauren Brant

Signature:
File:Daniel Larson Signature.png

Arcs Involved: {{{Arcs}}}

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. She left Hi-5 in December 2008 after ten years with the group.

Biography

Early life and career

Kellie Lynn Hoggart was born on 1 May 1974 in Sydney, her father, Dennis, was a professional soccer player originally from Glasgow, Scotland. While playing for York City F.C., Dennis met Yorkshire native, Sonjie, after the pair got married, they moved to Australia after Dennis got the opportunity to play for now defunct soccer club, Sydney FC Prague. The youngest of two daughters, Kellie's older sister, Kyllé, also had a career as an actress, with her most notable role being Roberta "Robbie" Henderson on ABC's children's comedy television series, The Ferals.

Crawford was educated at the Meriden Anglican School for Girls. She stated that she struggled with school due to dyslexia. 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 scored four hit singles on the ARIA Charts with cover versions of "Be My Baby" (No. 6, May 1992), "I Can't Help Myself" (No. 28, July 1992), "Love How You Love Me" (No. 14, September 1992) and "Baby It's You" (No. 91, April 1993). The group's debut album, Get Happy!, was released in November 1992, which peaked at No. 36. The group disbanded in 1993. Their singles "I Can't Help Myself" and "Love How You Love Me" were nominated for Engineer of the Year at the 1993 ARIA Awards.

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

Hi-5 (1998-2008)

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.

After Hi-5

Following her exit from Hi-5, Crawford was featured in a Ralph cover story. She expressed her desire to establish herself for the older demographic. This received mixed reception but Crawford was confident that she is constantly advocating positive messages for all her target audiences.

In 2018, Crawford was announced as a judge for the Seven Network's talent program All Together Now.

As of 2026, Crawford is working as a freelance voice-over artist for EM Voices.

Personal life

During her tenure with Hi-5, she became good friends and eventually in 2002 began dating fellow 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.

By 2007, Kellie became engaged to Addam Crawford. They married in May 2008. Addam died in October 2018.