Casey Burgess

Casey Burgess
Burgess in 2012
Born	Casey Anne Burgess (1988-12-19) 19 December 1988 (age 36) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations	Actress Television personality singer
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Matt Meffen (m. 2023)
Father	Ray Burgess

Casey Anne Burgess (born 19 December 1988) is an Australian actress, television personality and singer. Burgess is a former member of the Australian children's musical group Hi-5 from 2008 to 2013. She was born in Sydney, the daughter of Ray Burgess, who also pursued a musical career and was a presenter on Countdown . ^[1]

Career

Burgess's first television appearances included the TV show Home and Away and the TV movie Scorched . ^[2] At the age of fifteen, she was also a presenter for Girl TV . ^[3]

Burgess joined the Australian children's musical group Hi-5 in April 2008. ^[4] As part of the group, she toured and filmed the television series of the same name. She departed the group in January 2013 after almost five years, to pursue a solo music career. ^{[5] [6]}

After leaving Hi-5, she began work on her debut album with Fox Studio. ^[7] In 2013, Burgess was also a guest singer on the anti-fracking single "No Fracking Way" by Leo Sayer to help raise funds for anti-fracking group Lock the Gate. ^[8]

In 2020, Burgess released her first solo album entitled Space to Breathe.

Discography

Albums

Title	Details
Space to Breathe	Released: 2 October 2020 Label: Ambition Formats: CD, digital download, streaming

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role
2013	Hi-5 Some Kind of Wonderful	Herself

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003–04	Girl TV	Presenter
2009–11	Hi-5	Presenter	Series 11 to 13

References

1. "Casey's dream Hi-5 team". Sunday Herald Sun. 4 May 2008. p. COMICS; Pg. 7.
2. Gill, Harbant (18 December 2009). "Surprise, surprise, it's Ray's girl Casey". Herald Sun. Australia. p. AMUSEMENTS; Pg. 87.
3. Browne, Rachel (13 June 2004). "It's not worth the risk, say Girl TV stars". The Sun Herald. Sydney, Australia. p. NEWS; Pg. 3.
4. Knox, David (14 May 2008). "Hi-5 touring Tas, Vic and NSW". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
5. Stevie Nicholson [@NicholsonStevie] (23 December 2012). "pumped for carols especially as it is the last for @Casey_Burgess and @TimMaddren Santa Claus is coming #vacarols #carolsbycandlelight #hi-5" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 December 2016– via Twitter.
6. "Casey Burgess' moving on after five years: 'It's true, I am leaving Hi-5'". Hollywood Treatment. 27 December 2012. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
7. Ros Reines, Briana Domjen (28 October 2014). "Country Burgess". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. p. CONFIDENTIAL; Pg. 18.
8. "Sayer and all-star band say No Fracking Way". The Courier Mail. Australia. 24 December 2013. p. NEWS; Pg. 10.