She made her breakthrough in 1997 with a Grammy-nominated cover version of "Torn", as originally performed by US band Ednaswap, which gave her huge international success.
In addition to being a singer, Imbruglia is also an actress and debuted in 1992 in the TV drama series 'Neighbours', where she remained as a regular character until 1994. In 2003 she featured in the film comedy "Johnny English".

Older sister of recording artist Laura Imbruglia.