Born in Sydney in 1984, Delta Goodrem is a musician, actor and TV personality. She signed her first record deal at 15, and joined the cast of Neighbours, as Nina Tucker, a year later. Her 2003 album, Innocent Eyes, became one of the biggest-selling debuts in Australian history, spending 29 weeks at No 1, and she has gone on to sell 9m records globally. Alongside her music career, Goodrem was a coach on The Voice Australia for eight years, and also starred as Olivia Newton-John in the star’s biopic. Goodrem’s new single, Back to Your Heart, is out now.
This photo of me surrounded by colourful balloons was taken at my dad’s 40th birthday. It’s not a huge smile on my face, but I would have been very happy as I most definitely would have picked up a mic and sung Hopelessly Devoted to You or Twist and Shout at some point during the night. My mum put me in that beautiful princess dress for the party – it’s not what I would have chosen, but she loved it, and even back then I was drawn to a sense of fantasy and play. Most of all, the image represents a moment before my career began, and a sense of celebration and coming together, which is so important to me.
