Natalie has been performing since she was three years old, training at talent schools and having private singing lessons throughout her school career. She appeared on television shows as a teenager and won several singing competitions in Victoria. From age 17, she toured extensively in bands performing in casinos and resorts across Australia and Japan, releasing a CD that sold out at her live shows in Tokyo. Relocating to Copenhagen in 1998, she received a recording contract with Universal Records and had two number one radio hits and an extensive tour of Scandinavia. Returning to Melbourne in the early 2000s, she performed regularly at major events in the city and also worked in the car industry for 15 years, gaining experience relating to people.