Arguably Australias most impressive cabaret Diva, Nikki Bennett is
also the founder and director of DIVACORP PRODUCTIONS.
The only Australian Diva ever to have had a lead role written for
her in a major international film, and with more than 20
years experience in the entertainment industry, she is now flown all around the world to perform for VIP guests .
The Sun Herald calls her "the quintessential showgirl "
The Sydney Morning Herald says she " puts on an electrifying performance…"
Variety Magazine says she is "perfect ".
After leaving school Nikki won a major prize in the prestigious Australian Singing Competition, and has never looked back.
Discovered by a leading Sydney talent agent at the time, she toured internationally for a while but soon returned home to sign a recording and publishing deal with the iconic Mushroom Records.
Over the next few years she wrote and recorded with some of the most influential names in the Australian rock industry , eventually joining the cast of the phenomenally successful resurrection of the tribal rock musical HAIR.
During this time she began a run of regular appearances as a favourite guest artist on the highly popular T.V. Tonight Live, with Steve Vizard , and her national profile increased significantly
Then in '96, a move back to Sydney saw a change of musical direction and the beginning of what is now one of Australians most stellar cabaret careers.
She became one of the Midday Shows most regualar and most popular guests and for four years, she appeared every single week on either Midday , Good Morning Australia , or the revamped In Melbourne Tonight (on which she was backed by the amazing Peter Sullivan Big Band).
Her popularity rocketed, and in 1997, she was chosen by SOCOG to represent Sydney to international delegates with the song Welcome to My Sydney.
In 2001 she was the guest entertainer at Russell Crowes famous New Years Eve Party, and in 2002 she was flown to The Soccer World Cup in Seoul, where she was the special guest at the Queens Golden Jubilee celebrations.
Nikki has performed in more than 20 countries, and lists her most unique stages as the Orient Express in Russia, a glacier top in New Zealand (where she was flown in by helicopter), and the dry Todd Riverbed in Alice Springs, transformed into a black -tie ballroom for 800 people (the stage was actually the back of a truck.)
But it was her starring role in the 2001 Dreamworks feature film, Walk the Talk, which brought her to international attention. Writer and director Shirley Barrett wrote the lead role for Nikki after seeing her on television, and her performance won her glowing critical acclaim both in Australia and internationally.
Nominated five times by the Australian Entertainment (MO) Awards as Female Variety Performer of the Year, she was also the face of the Sydney Cabaret Convention for three years and is now one of the most successful and highly sought after performers on the international corporate entertainment market.
Currently Nikki is seen nightly across Europe and Great Britain as Emily Rogan in the Southern Star/BBC television soap Out of the Blue , scheduled for Australian screens very soon