Natalia said:
Used to know Hugh Jackman and Paul Mercurio (does anybody outside of Australia know him?) Before they were really famous.
Have worked with Barry Humphries/ Dame Edna Everage.
My mum has worked with Olivia Newton John, Weird Al Jankovich (no idea how to spell that). My father met Alice Cooper. Oh, and he worked with the Da Lai Lama (kind of like the Buddhist version of the Pope).
I know a costume designer who was nominated for an Academy Award.
Strange family I have!
Okay, here's an updated list:
Hugh Jackman (knew him before he was famous)
Paul Mercurio (knew him before he was famous)
Barry Humphries/ Dame Edna Everage (worked with him)
Olivia Newton John (my mother worked with him)
Weird Al Jankovich (my mother worked with him)
Alice Cooper (my father met him)
Da Lai Lama (my father was his bodyguard)
The Maharaja and Maharani of Mysore, India (my parents live in India and are on their social invitation list)
Michael Palin - Monty Python (met him)
Anna Senior - Academy Award nominee for costume design (know her well)
Emilie De Ravin from Roswell (used to do ballet with her)
Dolly Parton (she's much tinier in real life)
For the Aussies, the disgraced former Governer General (he's a friend of a friend)
Plus I have seen David Beckham, Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, the cast of The Lord of the Rings (at the Fellowship of the Ring world premiere), Queen Elizabeth, the Pope, Prince (the artist formerly known as)....
And heaps of Pop Idol and Australian Idol people - all completely by accident!
Can't think of any others right now - I'm tired and it's 12:30pm.