Eve Sarah von Bibra (born 27 June 1966) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress. From 1986 to 1991, she was a member of the pop group, Chantoozies, as one of four female lead vocalists. She co-wrote their hit, "

Wanna Be Up "Wanna Be Up" is a song written by Eve von Bibra and Brett Goldsmith and recorded by Australia group Chantoozies. The song was released in May 1988 as the third single from their debut studio album, ''Chantoozies (album), Chantoozies'' (1988). The ...

", which peaked in the top 10 on the ARIA Singles Chart in July 1988. Von Bibra acted in the 2006 movie ''

Kenny Kenny is a surname, a given name, and a diminutive of several different given names. In Ireland, the surname is an Anglicisation of the Irish ''Ó Cionnaith'', also spelt ''Ó Cionnaoith'' and ''Ó Cionaodha'', meaning "descendant of Cionnaith" ...

'', playing Jackie – a flight attendant and the title character's love interest. She studied at

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Senat ...

and is a member of the Australian branch of the

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Biography

Eve von Bibra was born on 27 June 1966 and grew up in Melbourne. She relocated to London to enrol in the

. Upon return to Australia, at the age of 18, she joined the

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as a soprano in Gilbert and Sullivan productions and in a Bach Operetta. She acted in a 1980s television soap opera, '' Sons and Daughters''. In 1986 she formed a pop group, Chantoozies, with

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on vocals,

Tottie Goldsmith Caroline "Tottie" Goldsmith (born 27 August 1962) is an Australian actress and singer. Career Television In the early 1980s, Goldsmith acted in the Australian television series ''The Young Doctors'', '' Starting Out'', ''Prisoner'', '' Saturd ...

on vocals, Angie LaBozzetta on vocals, Scott Griffiths on keyboards, Frank McCoy on guitar and vocals, Brett Goldsmith (Tottie's brother) on bass guitar and guitar, and

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on drums (ex- Australian Crawl, Cats Under Pressure). They released two albums, ''Chantoozies'' (1987) and ''Gild the Lily'' (1991) before disbanding in 1991. In July 1988 their third single, "Wanna Be Up", which was co-written by Von Bibra and Brett, peaked at No. 6 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The band's fourth single, another Brett and Von Bibra song, "Kiss'n' Tell", was released in August 1988 and peaked at No. 25 in October. One of the group's last singles was a cover version of Stephen Stills' track, "

Love the One You're With "Love the One You're With" is a song by folk rock musician Stephen Stills. It was released as the lead single from his debut self-titled studio album in November 1970. The song, inspired by a remark Stills heard from musician Billy Preston, be ...

". After Chantoozies disbanded in late 1991 von Bibra returned to acting with roles on mid-1990s TV including ''

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'' (1993) and ''

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'' (1994). Aside from acting, von Bibra has also worked on TV shows as an artist co-ordinator for '' RocKwiz'' (2007–2012) and assisting production for ''

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'' (2011) and '' Outland'' (2012). In November 2008 on ''RocKwiz'', von Bibra appeared as a guest contestant and performed her solo rendition of "Love the One You're With" and a duet with Jed Kurzel ( The Mess Hall) for a cover of Bee Gees hit, " To Love Somebody".

''Kenny'' and its spin-off

Von Bibra acted in the 2006 feature film, ''

'', playing Jackie Sheppard – a flight attendant – the title character's love interest. She appeared in five of nine episodes of the spin-off TV

mockumentary A mockumentary (a blend of ''mock'' and ''documentary''), fake documentary or docu-comedy is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on c ...

series, '' Kenny – a World Tour of Toilets'', in 2008.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Von Bibra, Eve Living people Australian film actresses

Eve Eve (; ; ar, حَوَّاء, Ḥawwāʾ; el, Εὕα, Heúa; la, Eva, Heva; Syriac: romanized: ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the ...

Chantoozies members 1966 births Singers from Melbourne Australian television actresses Actresses from Melbourne Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Bibra, Eve von