Biography

She is of Italian descent.

She took singing lessons and at the age of 7, began her career as "Tiny Tina" on the Australian talent television show Young Talent Time.

Worked at a Melbourne Insurance Company, but quickly realized that this was not what she was born to do - her real life aspiration was to sing.

In 1992, Ralph Carr became her manager and, a couple of years later, became her husband, but she is no longer married to him.

Speaks French and Italian fluently.

A woman with confidence, who knows what she wants, is referred to as a bitch. A man who knows what he wants is assertive, inspiring, a leader.

I think England has always been - and I mean this in the most loving way - very pent-up and there are things that we don't talk about. But moving forwards in the 21st century, there are things that we need to talk about.

[on Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)] Fifty shades of banality.

[on ageism] You've got to give me a really damn good reason why somebody, who is in the prime of their career and are doing really good work, why on earth they should stop? Are you going to tell a male who is at the top of his game in whatever domain, that he needs to step down and retire?

[on Princess Diana] A great role model for women.