From childhood, it was relatively obvious to her parents that their daughter was going to become a star, and they helped give her the extra boost necessary for her talent to flourish. Delta Goodrem is a multi-talented Australian celebrity. She is an actress, singer, songwriter and television personality. The multi-award winner signed with Sony Music when she was just 15 and released her first studio album when she was 19.
Delta Goodrem Biography, Age
She was born as Delta Lea Goodrem to Lea Goodrem and Denis Goodrem. The actress was named after Joe Cocker’s song Delta Lady, one of her parents’ favorite songs. The Australian beauty was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on November 9, 1984.
Delta plays piano, guitar, keyboard and is also a singer. His style of music is pop, pop rock and adult contemporary. She has been active in the entertainment industry for many years and has worked under labels such as Columbia, Daylight, Epic, Mercury and Sony Music.
Growing up, Delta Goodrem was born into the Goodrem family, which includes his father, Denis Goodrem, his mother, Lea Goodrem, and his younger brother, Trent Goodrem. His parents are currently divorced and Trent is an Australian rules football player who plays for Central District Football Club. At the age of 7, Delta began to learn to play the piano, sing, dance and also took acting lessons. At the same age, she appeared in her first TV spot and did it for a toy company, Lewis Galoob Toys. The TV commercial also featured Australian actress Rebecca Cartwright.
By 1993, her television appearances had started to improve as she showed in a few commercials. She has appeared in a television commercial for Australia’s second largest telecommunications company, OPTUS, as well as Nestlé’s Nesquik commercial. The same year, she starred in her first television show, making a guest appearance as Cynthia Broadhurst in an Australian sitcom Hi Dad…! . Yet in 1993 she starred in two episodes of Australian soap opera A Country Practice
Even as a teenager, she still managed to work both her music and acting career with ease. She signed with a top music label, Sony Entertainment when she was 15 and had already recorded a 5-song demo CD two years ago.
In 2002, she reprized a regular role as Nina Tucker on an Australian soap opera, Neighbours. Her role in the TV show was a major step for her acting career. She reprized her role as Nina Tucker in the show’s next run from 2002 to 2005. In 2015, she appeared as a guest on the show, to celebrate the show’s 30th anniversary.
A year after Delta Goodrem began making guest appearances on Neighbors, she dropped her debut album, titled Innocent Eyes. The album was released on March 24, 2003, in Australia. It was then released in the UK on June 30, 2003. The album contains 14 tracks and is 56 minutes 6 seconds long. It charted at number one on Australia’s ARIA Album Chart in its first week after the drop and also maintained its number one spot on the annual chart. She went on to release four more albums: Mistaken Identity (2004), Delta (2007), Child of the Universe (2012) and Wings of Nature (2016). But his most successful album remainsInnocent eyes
In 2005, she featured in her first film. She starred in the Australian comedy film Hating Alison Ashley, as the film’s main character, Alison Ashley. Delta Goodrem was a guest judge on the 2009 Australian Idol. She has also appeared as a judge several times on The Voice
Cancer
In mid-2003, while working on the Voisins set and just months after the release of her debut album, Delta was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. After being diagnosed, she took a break from her career. Luckily for her, her cancer has since been in remission. Since then, she has been committed to supporting the fight against cancer.
Partner, husband or boyfriend
Delta hasn’t tied the knot with anyone yet. She is currently single and fully focused on her works and her career. However, the beautiful singer has dated a number of men. She dated Neighbors star Blair McDonough for a few months between 2002 and 2003. She then dated retired tennis player, Mark Philippoussis in 2004. Their relationship ended following reports of infidelity of Mark in the newspapers.
Her longest relationship was with former Westlife singer Brian McFadden. The pair dated from 2004 to 2011, and they collaborated and sang Almost There. The pair got engaged in late 2007, but after many years of dating, they broke up in 2011. Delta Goodrem also had short-lived relationships with Nick Jonas and Darren McMullen.
Delta Goodrem height, weight and other measurements
Goodrem is 178cm (5’10”) tall. She weighs 62 kg (137 lbs) and her body size is 36-25-36, which could be interpreted to mean that her chest is 36 kg, while her waist and hip are 25 and 36 kg respectively.