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BIOGRAPHY:

Daughter of New Zealanders Jill and Gerald Westenra. At age 6 she played in a school show called The Littlest Star.

By age eleven, she had appeared in over 40 stage productions, sung on TV shows and performed in major concerts.

She has performed for the Queen of England, President Bush, and Tony Blair.

She has recently appeared on the Hit Televison Series "American Dreams".


TRIVIA:

• Her grandparents were gifted in music. Her grandfather played piano and accordion, and her grandmother was a singer.
• Parents are Jill & Gerald
• She is a vegetarian, and was nominated by the organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) as the "sexiest vegetarian" in 2007.
• Her voice coach when she was a child was Dame Malvina Major of New Zealand.
• One of her favorite movie stars is 'Orlando Bloom' (qv).
• Has a younger sister, Sophie & a younger brother, Isaac
• Dueted the song ''Chattanooga choo choo'' with Heather Small for the 60th anniversary of VE Day in May, 2005.
• Attended Cobham Intermediate School in Christchurch, New Zealand when she was a child.