Natalie blends into city lifestyle
October 19, 2007
International celebrity Natalie Imbruglia is keeping a low profile during
her stay in Adelaide, where she is starring in the feature film Elise.
Imbruglia, who is staying in a
hotel in the CBD, was strolling the city streets yesterday in relative
anonymity.
Stopping to chat to The Advertiser on her way to an eastern suburb's gym,
Imbruglia said rehearsals for Elise were going well.
"I'm really loving it," the star said.
The wife of Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns
was comfortable mingling with locals frequenting hip Rundle St nightclub Sugar
last weekend, where she paid the $5 cover charge.
Obviously enjoying Adelaide's laid-back lifestyle, she has also dined at relaxed
Gilbert St eatery Delish on a number of occasions.
While Imbruglia spent more than $1000 at Hyde Park's Whistles, staff at the
trendy boutique said she did not expect star treatment. "She was happy to do her own thing," boutique
owner Anne-Marie Gaganis said.
"She bought Sass & Bide and Karen Walker t-shirts, Whistles ballet flats and
bikinis."
Based on the South Australian novel by Georgia
Blain Closed for Winter , Elise is the first movie Imbruglia has made since she
had a part in the 2003 British comedy Johnny English alongside comedian Rowan
Atkinson.
The former soapie star played Beth Brennan in Neighbours before switching to
singing and selling more than six million copies of her debut album Left of the
Middle .
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