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'''Kathleen de Leon Jones''' (née '''de Leon'''; born 1 September 1977) is a Filipino-Australian actress, dancer, and singer. She was an original cast member of the ARIA Award winning Australian children's musical group Hi-5 from 1999 to 2007 and left Hi-5 after eight years with the group. | '''Kathleen de Leon Jones''' (née '''de Leon'''; born 1 September 1977) is a Filipino-Australian actress, dancer, and singer. She was an original cast member of the ARIA Award winning Australian children's musical group Hi-5 from 1999 to 2007 and left Hi-5 after eight years with the group. | ||
==Biography== | |||
Kathleen de Leon was born in Manila on 1 September 1977 and moved to Australia less than a year later with her parents. She is the oldest of three daughters; her two younger sisters Jennifer and Melanie were born in Australia. The family spent the majority of de Leon's childhood in Sydney. | |||
de Leon started singing and dancing at an early age. She taught herself to play the guitar, prompting her parents to enrol her in The McDonald College, an exclusive performing arts school in the inner western suburbs of North Strathfield. She was awarded both the Roberta Armstrong and Kelloggs Scholarships to study at the school, where she studied dance, drama, and voice for a number of years while making professional auditions in her spare time. | |||
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