Lachlan Gillespie
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Gillespie at the 2014 ARIA Music Awards, Sydney, November 26th, 2014
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Birth name | Lachlan Gillespie |
Born | 1985/1986 (age 38–39)[1] Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Genres | Children's music |
Occupation(s) | Singer, Actor, Musician |
Instruments | Vocals, Piano |
Years active | 2009–present |
Associated acts | The Wiggles |
Lachlan Gillespie is an Australian singer, musician, and actor. He is best known as a member of the children's music group, The Wiggles wearing the purple skivvy.
Early life
Gillespie, whose nickname is "Lachy", began playing the piano at the age of four, and started formal singing training when he was 12. He attended the Fame School of Performing Arts as a teenager, earned a Bachelor of Arts in musical theatre at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), and has performed in musicals in Melbourne and New York. He has been a vocal and drama coach for children between the ages of four and 13.[2][3]
Career
Gillespie joined The Wiggles in 2009, touring with the "Dorothy the Dinosaur Traveling Show", as Captain Feathersword, and then as a Wiggly Dancer and Wags the Dog during the group's regular tour. In May 2012, it was announced that Gillespie would replace founding member Jeff Fatt as the Purple Wiggle at the beginning of the following year.[2]
Two years into their relationship, Gillespie and fellow Wiggles performer Emma Watkins publicly acknowledged their romantic involvement in March 2015.[4] In May 2015, the couple announced their engagement.[1] They married on the 9th of April 2016 at Hopewood House in Bowral in New South Wales, Australia.[5]
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