Actress-turned-pop star Natalie Imbruglia has confessed she “ran out of money” after moving to the UK as acting roles dried up and she struggled to launch a music career.
Natalie Imbruglia “ran out of money” after moving to the UK.
The 51 year old shot to fame as Australian soap opera Neighbours but she hit a major bump after leaving the show and emigrating to Britain as acting roles dried up and she struggled to launch a music career.
During an appearance on Davina McCall’s Big Again podcast, Natalie explained she was “making demos” in an attempt to launch herself as a singer but she wasn’t having any luck. She then found herself broke and living in a friend’s basement.
Natalie explained: “I went to England and that’s when I couldn’t get a visa to work as an actress and they were really cracking down on the Neighbours stars taking English actors’ roles and that was a hard time because I ran out of money.
“So I was, for a few years, very famous from Neighbours and was doing appearances and going appearing in clubs and signing autographs and just getting wads of cash in envelopes and living like that.
“And that was the first time in my life where everything didn’t fall in my lap. So I just partied because I didn’t know what to do. “
Natalie went on to reveal she spent recklessly despite her precarious situation and she didn’t start taking her search for work seriously until she had a big argument with her dad.
She said: “The money ran out. And it was my dad once [who] rang and said: ‘Can I just ask, when are you going to get a job?’ And I was so proud.
“And I screamed at him and kicked off, but I was so embarrassed that he said that to me that I changed things then.
“I was living in a basement at someone’s house in Chelsea, which was weird because I had no money and I’m in Chelsea, in this big mansion, but I’m just in the basement.
“And, a lot of conversations with God about if I ever get lucky again.”
It comes after Natalie confessed she has suffered sleepless nights over juggling being a single mom and her career.
The Torn star – who welcomed her son Max in 2019 using in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment and sperm from an unnamed donor – told the Saturday Guardian: “I worry a lot about how to juggle being a single parent and working – scheduling keeps me up at night!”
Natalie went on to say she wished she could “clone myself so I could work and be with my son at the same time”.
Natalie Imbruglia ‘ran out of money’ after moving to the UK
