Erika Heynatz
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Career
Heynatz hosted the first two cycles of the Foxtel reality TV show Australia's Next Top Model[1] and the only season of the Ten Network's The Hot House. She demonstrated a commitment to a singing career by leaving her Australia's Next Top Model job, which went to Australian lads mag girl Jodhi Meares. Heynatz left Australia's Next Top Model to pursue her singing and her commitment to appear on the Seven Network's celebrity singing contest It Takes Two in 2006.[2] Paired with David Hobson as her tutor, she eventually won the contest.
In 2003, she starred in the television movie Mermaids,[3] and has since appeared in numerous other feature film roles. She also appeared as a guest star in the sci-fi series Farscape in the episodes "Terra Firma" and "Unrealized Reality". In 2007, Heynatz starred in the motion picture Gabriel.[4]
Heynatz has starred in an Olay commercial and was the co-host of the third series of It Takes Two.[5] She was a special guest judge during Cycle 8 of America's Next Top Model where one of the episodes was filmed in Sydney.[6]
On 15 April 2008, Heynatz performed a cover of the Rosi Golan song "Slide"[7] on It Takes Two and impressed the critics with the performance.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Heynatz had a recording contract with EMI Music Australia. Her debut single, "Kingdom", was released on 12 February 2010.[8] The video for the clip was filmed in the US. Her second single, "Bullet", was released on 18 June 2010.[9] Her debut album, Sweeter Side, was released on 16 July 2010, which contains the singles "Kingdom" and "Bullet".[10]
Heynatz appears in Rockstar Games' L.A. Noire, as Elsa Lichtmann, which is produced using advanced motion capture technology.[11] Although her character performs several 1940s-style songs in the game, synthpop singer Claudia Brücken performed the vocals.
In 2013, she appeared in the musical Legally Blonde as Brooke Wyndham.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Also in 2014, she starred as the Usherette and Magenta in the Australian tour of The Rocky Horror Show.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 2015, it was announced that Heynatz had joined Seven Network soap opera Home and Away in a recurring role as school teacher Charlotte King.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Personal life
Heynatz's grandfather immigrated to Australia at the age of fourteen and a half from Denmark.[12]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
On 8 March 2007, she married long-term partner Andrew Kingston.[13]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | George of the Jungle 2 | Kowalski | Video |
| 2006 | Voodoo Lagoon | Penny | |
| 2007 | Gabriel | Lilith | |
| 2020 | Children of the Corn | June Willis |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Head Start | Guest | "New Beginnings" |
| 2001 | Crash Palace | Katrina | "1.17" |
| 2002 | Heroes' Mountain | Nicola | TV film |
| 2002–03 | Farscape | Caroline Wallace | "Unrealized Reality", "Terra Firma" |
| 2003 | Mermaids | Diana | TV film |
| 2005–2006 | Australia's Next Top Model | Herself (host) | |
| 2007 | America's Next Top Model (cycle 8) | Herself (guest judge) | |
| 2015–16 | Home and Away | Charlotte King | Recurring role |
| 2017–19 | The Family Law | Diane | Recurring role |
Video Games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | L.A. Noire | Elsa Lichtmann (voice & motion capture) | Video game |
References
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- ↑ Rosi Golan's song 'Slide' which she co-wrote with Jamie Hartman and Peter Gordeno was officially released as part of her debut record The Drifter and The Gyspy in November 2008.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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External links
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- Australian television presenters
- Living people
- 1976 births
- Australian female models
- Singing talent show winners
- Australian television actresses
- Australian people of Danish descent
- People from the National Capital District (Papua New Guinea)
- Australian expatriates in Papua New Guinea
- Australian women television presenters