Ben Steel
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Ben Steel is an Australian actor and director who is most known for his regular role of Jude Lawson
in Australian soap Home & Away.
Steel moved to Sydney after completing his high school studies in 1993. His family remained in Melbourne.
Steel started taking acting lessons when he was eleven. This later led to studies at Sydney's Australian Theatre for Young People
and The Actor's Centre. It was at The Actor's Pulse in Sydney that Steel discovered the Meisner acting technique.
He continued his studies with the Meisner technique
overseas at The Impulse Company in London, and Playhouse West in Los Angeles.
He is currently studying at The Prague Playhouse
in the Czech Republic.
He made his first appearance on a television drama series in 1992 when, as a seventeen year-old, he appeared in the award-winning crime series Phoenix
on Australia's ABC-TV
.
At the age of fifteen he purchased his first video camera to explore life on the other side of the lens.
Steel studied media & film studies at high school then moved to Sydney to pursue full time work in the film industry. Steel's tenacity paid off when he scored a lighting job on the high-rating ABC program Heartbreak High
. This was the break Steel needed, giving him enough technical experience to work behind-the-scenes on bigger projects such as the feature films Doing Time for Patsy Cline
, Dark City and Oscar and Lucinda
.
Taking a side step in the position of Production Runner enabled Steel to absorb new skills at very close range to master filmmakers. The position offered an insight into everything from pre to post production, as he worked on IMAX: The Story of a City with Bruce Beresford
; First Daughter
; Bootmen with Dein Perry; Babe: Pig in the City
with George Miller; The Matrix
with the Wachowski brothers; and finally hit the jackpot with Moulin Rouge!
and director Baz Lurhmann.
, both winners of best comedy at "The Shootout 24hour Filmmaking Festival".
In 2002 he took his filmmaking to new extremes, when he rose to the challenge to make "Diagnosis Narcolepsy", a 16mm, 7-minute film, starring Scott Major
, Erik Thomson
, Salvatore Coco
, Lara Cox
, Jeremy Kewley
and Deni Hines
, and the film was completed in just 24 hours.
. Steel subsequently starred in his first independent feature film The Bitten Tongue, where he had fun playing a cross-dressing, money laundering gangster. His next project was another bad guy abducting David Beckham
's hairdresser in Unfashionable Tramps followed by a successful season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe starring in This is Soap and presenting 2 music festivals for Five (channel). Then Steel went to the US and spent a few months studying acting at Playhouse West under the eye of founders Jeff Goldblum
and Robert Carnegie.
to a sold out season.
He then went behind the camera again in his music video directorial debut making 'Shower the People' for Australian singing legend Marcia Hines
and Belinda Emmett
.
He then flew to New Zealand to direct the short film 'Pullin Roots' starring Beau Brady
and Clayton Watson
.
, it also marked the year that Steel made his West End Theatre debut. Steel headed up the cast of The Vegemite Tales
, an Australian play that is set in a share-house
in London. The play ran for 12 weeks to sellout audiences. Next Steel continued performing in theatre in 'Serial Killers' a New Zealand play written by James Griffen performed at the Darby Playhouse.
2006 brought Steel back to Australia where he worked with director Spike Jonze
on the movie Where the Wild Things Are
.
However, in August 2007 Steel briefly flew back to Australia for a supporting role in the indie feature film Four of a Kind
a/k/a Disclosure directed by Fiona Cockrane.
Returning to the Czech Republic, he was cast in the role of Fletcher in the much anticipated Solomon Kane
with James Purefoy
. The 2008 film was set in the late 16th Century during Puritan times and was based on the classic novel written by Robert E Howard . The film was entirely shot in Prague during the middle of winter.
Steel scored his next big screen role in 2009 when he was cast in Red Tails, which was produced by George Lucas
and stars Cuba Gooding Jr and Terrence Howard
.
to produce and direct the television program Stars of Tomorrow
. The program was a reality drama series that follows the life of aspiring young actors living in Aruba.
on the set of the Seven Network
Perth Telethon in 2001. Hine's sang her then current single Frenzy
while sitting on the knee of Steel. The couple were reported as dating several months later, and were seen travelling to many destinations around the world. Their engagement was announced in the social pages of Australian newspapers in 2003. The reason for their 2004 break-up has never been made public, though the rumours say she broke up with him leaving him severely heart broken.
Steel attended Good Friday Appeal
2001–2002. The Good Friday Appeal is a fundraising activity
that brings together people from all parts of the community in a very special way. The common goal is to raise money for The Royal Children's Hospital
, in Melbourne, and to ensure that all children with life threatening illnesses receive the best possible medical and clinical care.
Jude Lawson
Jude Lawson is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away played by actor Ben Steel. He first appeared on-screen during the episode airing on 30 October 2000 and departed on 18 July 2002.-Storylines:...
in Australian soap Home & Away.
Early life and acting training
Steel's parents are Glenys Steel and Ray Steel. He has two older sisters, Nicole Simpson (Steel) and Kara Joiner (Steel).Steel moved to Sydney after completing his high school studies in 1993. His family remained in Melbourne.
Steel started taking acting lessons when he was eleven. This later led to studies at Sydney's Australian Theatre for Young People
Australian Theatre for Young People
The Australian Theatre for Young People is Australia's flagship youth theatre company and the largest youth theatre in the world. Over 6000 young people aged between three and 26 participate in the company's work across Australia....
and The Actor's Centre. It was at The Actor's Pulse in Sydney that Steel discovered the Meisner acting technique.
He continued his studies with the Meisner technique
Meisner technique
The Meisner technique is an acting technique developed by the American theatre practitioner Sanford Meisner.Meisner developed this technique after working with Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler at the Group Theatre and as head of the acting program at New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse and...
overseas at The Impulse Company in London, and Playhouse West in Los Angeles.
He is currently studying at The Prague Playhouse
The Prague Playhouse
The Prague Playhouse was established in 2003. Its primary focus is to encourage the development of English language theatre in Prague. Its first production in 2003 was American Evening, a set of short plays from American playwrights. Another element to the Playhouse are the acting classes they offer...
in the Czech Republic.
Early career
Steel began appearing in television commercials at the age of eleven.He made his first appearance on a television drama series in 1992 when, as a seventeen year-old, he appeared in the award-winning crime series Phoenix
Phoenix (TV series)
Phoenix is an Australian police drama television series. Phoenix screened as two thirteen-part series on Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1992 and 1993....
on Australia's ABC-TV
ABC Television
ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
.
At the age of fifteen he purchased his first video camera to explore life on the other side of the lens.
Steel studied media & film studies at high school then moved to Sydney to pursue full time work in the film industry. Steel's tenacity paid off when he scored a lighting job on the high-rating ABC program Heartbreak High
Heartbreak High
Heartbreak High is an Australian television series that ran for seven years from 1994 to 1999. The series dealt with the students of Hartley High, a tough high school in a multi-racial area of Sydney, and proved to be a more gritty and fast-paced show than many of its contemporaries...
. This was the break Steel needed, giving him enough technical experience to work behind-the-scenes on bigger projects such as the feature films Doing Time for Patsy Cline
Doing Time for Patsy Cline
Doing Time for Patsy Cline is a 1997 Australian multi-award-winning film starring Miranda Otto, Richard Roxburgh, and Matt Day and directed by Chris Kennedy.-Plot:...
, Dark City and Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Peter Carey which won the 1988 Booker Prize, the 1989 Miles Franklin Award, and was shortlisted for The Best of the Booker.-Plot introduction:...
.
Taking a side step in the position of Production Runner enabled Steel to absorb new skills at very close range to master filmmakers. The position offered an insight into everything from pre to post production, as he worked on IMAX: The Story of a City with Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 40-year career.-Early life:...
; First Daughter
First Daughter (1999 film)
First Daughter is a 1999 action/romance television movie starring Mariel Hemingway, Gregory Harrison, Doug Savant and Diamond Dallas Page, with Monica Keena as the title role...
; Bootmen with Dein Perry; Babe: Pig in the City
Babe: Pig in the City
Babe: Pig in the City is a 1998 sequel to the 1995 film Babe. It occurs in the fictional city of Metropolis. Due to the unexpected darker and more mature subject matter , the film was not received as well as the first Babe film was, as it flopped at the box office and reviews were generally...
with George Miller; The Matrix
The Matrix
The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving...
with the Wachowski brothers; and finally hit the jackpot with Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 romantic jukebox musical film directed, produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. Following the Red Curtain Cinema principles, the film is based on the Orphean myth, La Traviata, and La Bohème...
and director Baz Lurhmann.
Home and away
Steel returned to appearing in front of the camera and into the spotlight. On 31 October 2001, Steel made his first appearance as Jude Lawson in the high-rating nightly Australian soap Home & Away. He played the popular character for three seasons and appeared in more than 160 episodes.Short films
In addition to his acting commitments on Home & Away, Steel continued to develop several feature film projects while refining his directing skills on short films. He has since completed more than twenty short films including "Airhead" starring Andrew Hill and "Mum's the Word" starring Chris EganChris Egan
Christopher Andrew "Chris" Egan is an Australian actor probably best known for playing Nick Smith in the Australian soap opera Home and Away for three years...
, both winners of best comedy at "The Shootout 24hour Filmmaking Festival".
In 2002 he took his filmmaking to new extremes, when he rose to the challenge to make "Diagnosis Narcolepsy", a 16mm, 7-minute film, starring Scott Major
Scott Major
Scott Major is an Australian actor. Major's acting début was playing Murray on Home and Away in the 1990s. He joined the Neighbours cast for a brief period in 1993 as the original Darren Stark. and then was a part of the Heartbreak High cast as "Rivers" from 1994–1995...
, Erik Thomson
Erik Thomson
Erik Thomson is an actor known for playing Hades in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Dr. Mitch Stevens in All Saints and Dave Rafter in Packed to the Rafters...
, Salvatore Coco
Salvatore Coco
-Biography:Coco was born in Sydney and is of Sicilian descent. He performed with Australian Theatre for Young People where he developed his talents in acting, singing, guitar, dance and cabaret. He is also a qualified chef.-Career:...
, Lara Cox
Lara Cox
Lara Jane Cox is an Australian actress, known for a variety of roles. Cox played the role of Anita Scheppers in Heartbreak High, Doctor Denman in H2O: Just Add Water, and has appeared in Voodoo Lagoon and Kangaroo Jack....
, Jeremy Kewley
Jeremy Kewley
Jeremy Leo Kewley is an Australian actor, based in Melbourne, who made his professional acting debut at the age of 14 in the feature film The Devil's Playground .-Early life:...
and Deni Hines
Deni Hines
Dohnyale "Deni" Sharon Hines is a solo R&B artist who had chart success in the 1990s in Australia and New Zealand. She is the daughter of Marcia Hines....
, and the film was completed in just 24 hours.
UK career
After finishing Home & Away Steel went to the UK to play Prince Valentine in the pantomime Snow WhiteSnow White
"Snow White" is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm...
. Steel subsequently starred in his first independent feature film The Bitten Tongue, where he had fun playing a cross-dressing, money laundering gangster. His next project was another bad guy abducting David Beckham
David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...
's hairdresser in Unfashionable Tramps followed by a successful season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe starring in This is Soap and presenting 2 music festivals for Five (channel). Then Steel went to the US and spent a few months studying acting at Playhouse West under the eye of founders Jeff Goldblum
Jeff Goldblum
Jeffrey Lynn "Jeff" Goldblum is an American actor. His career began in the mid-1970s and he has appeared in major box-office successes including The Fly, Jurassic Park and its sequel Jurassic Park: The Lost World, and Independence Day...
and Robert Carnegie.
Return to Australia
He returned home in 2004 to star in the cult theatrical production of Debbie Does Dallas: The MusicalDebbie Does Dallas: The Musical
Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical is an Off-Broadway musical with a book by Susan L. Schwartz, composed by Andrew Sherman, with Tom Kitt and Jonathan Callicutt providing additional music and lyrics. It is based on the 1978 pornographic film Debbie Does Dallas...
to a sold out season.
He then went behind the camera again in his music video directorial debut making 'Shower the People' for Australian singing legend Marcia Hines
Marcia Hines
Marcia Elaine Hines, AM is a vocalist, actress and TV personality who achieved success in her adopted homeland of Australia. Hines made her debut, at the age of sixteen, in the Australian version of the stage musical Hair and followed with the role of Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar...
and Belinda Emmett
Belinda Emmett
Belinda 'Belle' Jane Emmett was an Australian actress and singer. She was married to television personality Rove McManus and was known for her roles in the TV drama series Home and Away and All Saints.-Early life:...
.
He then flew to New Zealand to direct the short film 'Pullin Roots' starring Beau Brady
Beau Brady
Beau Brady is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Noah Lawson on the drama Home and Away.-Biography:Brady was educated at Oakhill College in Castle Hill, Sydney....
and Clayton Watson
Clayton Watson
Clayton Watson is an Australian producer, actor, writer, and director. He grew up in the Australian outback on a sheep station close to Morgan, a small town in South Australia...
.
Back to Europe
2005 saw Steel depart to the UK to revive his character of Prince Valentine in the pantomime Snow WhiteSnow White
"Snow White" is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm...
, it also marked the year that Steel made his West End Theatre debut. Steel headed up the cast of The Vegemite Tales
The Vegemite Tales
The Vegemite Tales is a comedy theatrical production written by Australian playwright Melanie Tait. The play revolves around the lives of a group of young antipodeans sharing a flat in London. It has been described as an Australian stage version of Friends...
, an Australian play that is set in a share-house
Share House
is a 2011 Japanese drama film directed by Ichirō Kita.-Cast:* Kazuko Yoshiyuki* Megumi Saeki* Miyoko Asada* Hana Kino* Tetsuya Makita...
in London. The play ran for 12 weeks to sellout audiences. Next Steel continued performing in theatre in 'Serial Killers' a New Zealand play written by James Griffen performed at the Darby Playhouse.
2006 brought Steel back to Australia where he worked with director Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze is an American director, producer and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television...
on the movie Where the Wild Things Are
Where The Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several times, including an animated short in 1973 , a 1980 opera, and, in 2009, a live-action feature film...
.
Czech Republic
2007 and Steel moved to Prague the capital of the Czech Republic.However, in August 2007 Steel briefly flew back to Australia for a supporting role in the indie feature film Four of a Kind
Four of a Kind
Four of a Kind is the debut feature film for director Fiona Cochrane. It was completed in 2008 and released in 2009.It is based on the stage play Disclosure by Helen Collins as presented at La Mama Theatre during the 2006 Melbourne Fringe Festival. It was shot on location in Melbourne,...
a/k/a Disclosure directed by Fiona Cockrane.
Returning to the Czech Republic, he was cast in the role of Fletcher in the much anticipated Solomon Kane
Solomon Kane (film)
Solomon Kane is a 2009 epic action film directed by Michael J. Bassett based on the pulp magazine character Solomon Kane created in 1928 by Robert E. Howard. James Purefoy stars in the title role. Despite optioning the rights in 1997, filming did not begin until January 2008. The film is an origin...
with James Purefoy
James Purefoy
James Brian Mark Purefoy is an English actor best known for portraying Mark Antony in the HBO series Rome.-Early life and work:...
. The 2008 film was set in the late 16th Century during Puritan times and was based on the classic novel written by Robert E Howard . The film was entirely shot in Prague during the middle of winter.
Steel scored his next big screen role in 2009 when he was cast in Red Tails, which was produced by George Lucas
George Lucas
George Walton Lucas, Jr. is an American film producer, screenwriter, and director, and entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive of Lucasfilm. He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones...
and stars Cuba Gooding Jr and Terrence Howard
Terrence Howard
Terrence Dashon Howard is an American actor. Having his first major role in the 1995 film Mr. Holland's Opus, which subsequently led to a number of roles in films and high visibility among African American audiences. Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of well-reviewed television...
.
Aruba
Mid 2009 Steel was commissioned by national Aruban Broadcaster ATV (Aruba)ATV (Aruba)
ATV is the Aruba NBC affiliate, broadcasting on Channel 15 on SETAR's cable TV system and Channel 8 on terrestrial television in the NTSC television standard. The station has the call-sign of PJA-TV , though it goes by its branding of "Aruba Television"...
to produce and direct the television program Stars of Tomorrow
Stars of Tomorrow
Stars of Tomorrow is an Aruban reality-drama television series that premiered on ATV on May 5, 2010. The series was created and is largely written by Ben Steel and explores the life of a group of young actors in Aruba with acting aspirations....
. The program was a reality drama series that follows the life of aspiring young actors living in Aruba.
Acting
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 1992 in film The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films:-Awards:Academy AwardsGolden Globe AwardsNational Film Awards... |
Crime Time | Butcher | Film |
| 1992 | Phoenix | Ben Brennan | TV series |
| 1999 | Breakers | Russ | TV series |
| 2000 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor .... |
Water Rats | Rowan Marsden | TV series |
| 2000 | The Proposal | Zac | Film |
| 2000 | Home & Away | Jude Lawson | TV series |
| 2001 | Home & Away | Jude Lawson | TV series |
| 2002 | Home & Away | Jude Lawson | TV series |
| 2003 | Five at Summer Bay | Himself | TV event |
| 2003 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,... |
The Bitten Tongue | Jane Ure | Film |
| 2003 | Unfashionable Tramps | Mike | Film |
| 2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007... |
Not for Love or Money | Back Packer | Film |
| 2008 2008 in film This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008... |
Four of a Kind (AKA: Disclosure) | Michael Keeling | Film |
| 2009 2009 in film The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note... |
Solomon Kane | Flecther | Film |
| 2010 2010 in film The year 2010 saw many new films released worldwide. 2010 saw a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking and film releases after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, all animated films and... |
Red Tails | Luntz's Lieutenant | Film |
Directing
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 1995 in film -Top grossing films:-Events:* March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg.* March 28 - Actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett announce their plans for separation.... |
Frogs | TVC |
| 1996 1996 in film Major releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a version of Evita starring Madonna.-Events:... |
Letter from Australia | Documentary |
| 1997 1997 in film -Events:* The original Star Wars trilogy's Special Editions are released.* Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.* Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.*... |
Triple J | TVC |
| 1998 1998 in film -Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:... |
Intermission Improbable | Film |
| 1998 | Killer Bees | Film |
| 1999 1999 in film The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep... |
Bootmen – gagreel | Film |
| 2000 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor .... |
Family Ties | Film |
| 2000 | Airhead | Film |
| 2000 | The Wrong Gear | Film |
| 2001 2001 in film The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy... |
Mum's the Word | Film |
| 2002 2002 in film The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of... |
Diagnosis Narcolepsy | Film |
| 2004 2004 in film The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol... |
Pullin Roots | Film |
| 2004 | Shower the People – Marcia Hines | Music Video |
| 2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005... |
Prague | Film |
| 2005 | Vodka Connecting People | Film |
| 2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006... |
Prey | Film |
| 2006 | Man's Best Friend | Film |
| 2006 | Samsung – pitch your ideas | Internet Viral |
| 2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007... |
The Tulek Show | Film |
| 2007 | Your world | Film |
| 2007 | Returning to my Childhood | Film |
| 2007 | Not for Love or Money | Film |
| 2007 | Fetch | Film |
| 2010 | Stars of Tomorrow | TV |
Relationships
Steel met Deni HinesDeni Hines
Dohnyale "Deni" Sharon Hines is a solo R&B artist who had chart success in the 1990s in Australia and New Zealand. She is the daughter of Marcia Hines....
on the set of the Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
Perth Telethon in 2001. Hine's sang her then current single Frenzy
Frenzy
Frenzy is a 1972 British thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and is the penultimate feature film of his extensive career. The film is based upon the novel Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square by Arthur La Bern, and was adapted for the screen by Anthony Shaffer. La Bern...
while sitting on the knee of Steel. The couple were reported as dating several months later, and were seen travelling to many destinations around the world. Their engagement was announced in the social pages of Australian newspapers in 2003. The reason for their 2004 break-up has never been made public, though the rumours say she broke up with him leaving him severely heart broken.
Charitable work
Good Friday Appeal
The Good Friday Appeal is a fundraising activity on behalf of the Royal Children's Hospital, in Melbourne, Australia. In 2010, the appeal raised A$14,462,000....
2001–2002. The Good Friday Appeal is a fundraising activity
Fundraising
Fundraising or fund raising is the process of soliciting and gathering voluntary contributions as money or other resources, by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies...
that brings together people from all parts of the community in a very special way. The common goal is to raise money for The Royal Children's Hospital
Royal Children's Hospital
The Royal Children's Hospital is a major children's hospital in Melbourne, Australia.As the major paediatric hospital in Victoria, the Royal Children's Hospital and offers a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and adolescents...
, in Melbourne, and to ensure that all children with life threatening illnesses receive the best possible medical and clinical care.