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Toni Michelle Pearen is an Australian entertainer, actress, singer, songwriter and television presenter. She initially became recognisable through her role on soap opera '' E Street'' from 1989 until 1992. She had a limited pop music career in the mid-1990s with the release of one album, ''
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'' (November 1994), which provided two
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certified gold singles, " In Your Room" (November 1992) and " I Want You" (April 1993). She was host of '' Australia's Funniest Home Video Show'' from 2003 to 2007, and competed on the eighth season of ''
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'' (2008).


Career


Film and television career

Pearen came to be known in 1989 when she landed the role of Toni Windsor on the Australian soap opera '' E Street''. She played the role until 1992 when she left to pursue her music career. In 1994, she briefly returned to TV, this time playing Beth Armstrong on ''
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''. Pearen also appeared in a number of films including ''All Men Are Liars'', ''Colin Fitz Lives!'' and ''On the Dead Side'', all released in 1995. From 1995 until 2002 Pearen lived and worked in the United States, guest starring in multiple television shows such as '' JAG''. Upon returning to Australia in 2002, Pearen landed the role as host of
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's '' Australia's Funniest Home Video Show'' beginning February 2003. In an interview with
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, she said the show was a perfect fit for her, and it "reminds us that strange things happen every day, and you need to laugh." After '' Australia's Funniest Home Video Show'' Pearen took on a guest starring role with the soap '' Out of the Blue'' for five episodes, and in 2010 had a small part in the World War II miniseries '' The Pacific'', produced by
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– the follow-up to '' Band of Brothers''. Pearen began appearing on the eighth season of the
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's ''
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''. In 2021, Pearen participated as a contestant in the seventh season of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Australia.


Music career

After leaving '' E Street'', Pearen became a success in the Australian
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scene in 1992 and 1993, scoring two consecutive top 10
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Gold certified hits with " In Your Room" and " I Want You". A year later, between 1994 and 1995 two less successful singles were released, "
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" and "
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". Pearen's 1994 album ''
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'' was well received by critics, but peaked at number 56 in Australia. From 1995 to 2002, Pearen lived in Los Angeles, working as an actor, singer and songwriter. In 2002, she moved back to Australia, taking residence on
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, New South Wales. In early 2003 during an appearance on ''
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'' Pearen revealed she could be aiming to revive her music career in the near future. It was later revealed that part of the reason for her hiatus in the United States was to find the time to write new music. Although she has made musical performances at '' Carols by Candlelight'' in 2003 and '' ABBA Mania'' in 2006, very little of any plans to return to music did not happen until August 2008 when a new untitled demo track appeared on Pearen's Official MySpace page. Later in September 2008 another new untitled demo was added. On 21 October 2008 ''
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'' reported on plans that Pearen is considering to start work on her long-awaited follow up album to 1994's ''Intimate'', with achieving Top 5 on ''
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'' as her inspiration.


''Dancing with the Stars'' performances

In late 2008, Toni Pearen joined the cast of the eighth season of ''
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''. Pearen's partner is Henry Byalikov from the first season of ''
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''. She was eliminated on 19 October 2008.


Personal life

Pearen began her singing/acting studies at Lynda Keane Studios Sydney with Lynda Keane and Greg Anderson. She dated her ''Home and Away'' co-star,
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in 1994. In late 2006, Pearen was engaged to longtime boyfriend, Will Osmond, a bankrupted ex co-owner of a
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restaurant. They have jointly acquired property, and once resided together on
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. Pearen married Osmond in the north western
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town of Moree on 17 November 2007. Pearen's Los Angeles-based actor friend
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was her bridesmaid. Pearen gave birth to a son in 2009 and a daughter in 2012.


Filmography


Television and film roles


Discography


Albums


Singles


Awards and nominations


ARIA Music Awards

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are a set of annual ceremonies presented by
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(ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the
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References


External links

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MSN Interview with Toni Pearen

Question and Answer interview with Toni Pearen
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