- Jolene Anderson
Jolene Anderson (born 1980 in
Kempsey, New South Wales ) is anAustralia n actress.Since 2006 she has played the character of
Erica Templeton on the drama series "All Saints". She is also the winner of the second series of celebrity singing competition "It Takes Two".All Saints
Anderson plays Erica Templeton, a nurse of the emergency department. She is one of the youngest cast members and one of the most popular with the audience.Fact|date=August 2008 This was evidenced by her popularity on the show "
It Takes Two ".It Takes Two
In the first episode of the 2007 season of "It Takes Two", Anderson and her partner David Campbell performed "
The Sweet Escape " byGwen Stefani and scored eights from all four judges giving them a score of 32 and therefore being at the top of the leaderboard for the first episode of the series.She continued to score highly amongst the judges and was one of the favourites for the entire competition. On
June 19 2007, she became the first contestant in the show to score a perfect ten from all four judges on both performances.Anderson and Campbell then went on to become the winners of It Takes Two,
July 10 2007 , beatingJo Stanley andAnthony Callea in the finals. The couple scored 115 to Jo and Anthony's 105 in the final round by singing "That's What Friends Are For ", "Stop" and "Never Can Say Goodbye ".From this, offers poured in for Jolene for both musical theatre roles, and album releases. After much contemplation Jolene accepted the role of "Our Girl" in the
Andrew Lloyd Webber song cycleTell Me on a Sunday . The production had mixed reviews, but Jolene's performance was generally well received, in her musical theatre debut. [http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=506666]"Bush Doctors"
Anderson was chosen to host "
Bush Doctors " in 2008, introducing and doing voice-overs during the show. It was a successful series that aired from January to March 2008.Awards
Anderson has been nominated for a
Logie Award in 2007 for Most Popular New Female Talent for her role as Erica Templeton in "All Saints" but lost out toAmy Mathews from "Home & Away ".External links
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* [http://au.yahoo.com/it-takes-two/ It Takes Two official website]
* [http://au.blogs.yahoo.com/all-saints/ All Saints official website]
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