Although she's only managed a few hits in the U.S. since her arrival as a singer in 1987, Kylie Minogue is both Australia's and Europe's biggest-selling female pop singer over that period and a pop culture icon in those areas. Her image on the cover of magazines is guaranteed to produce extra sales. But a singing career was never what Minogue had in mind for herself.
Minogue was born on May 28, 1968, in Melbourne. In 1979, she began her acting career in the Australian TV drama series #Skyways, eventually gaining a starring role in a children's series, #The Henderson Kids, before achieving national fame in the five-days-a-week soap opera #Neighbours. Around the time Minogue joined, #Neighbours also started airing in the U.K.