She’s the beloved Australian artist who found fame in one of Australia’s biggest musical exports.
Following his departure from his musical group, he also launched a successful solo career that earned him an ARIA Award.
Last year, she was also recognized at the Australian Women in Music Awards with a Special Impact gong for her contribution to the industry.
While most feel at home on stage, this multi-talent is equally comfortable in front of the camera, having appeared on a variety of television shows including The Amazing Race Australia, The Masked Singer and Teenage Boss.
He is not one to be pigeonholed, and also recently obtained his PhD from Macquarie University.
Of course, it’s Emma Watkins!
Emma Watkins took to her Instagram Story on Wednesday to share an adorable childhood photo that showed her posing with her younger sister, Hayley.
The former Yellow Wiggle took to her Instagram Story on Wednesday to share an adorable photo from her childhood.
The sweet image showed the future star posing with her sister Hayley.
Apparently taken during the festive season, both Emma and Hayley were dressed in similar Christmas-themed outfits.
Young Emma beamed in the picture as she held her little sister’s hand.
“From the archives,” Emma captioned the sweet photo before subtly delving into her mom’s clothing choice for her daughters.
‘With my sister Hayley. Why did they style my bangs? Look at our socks and sandals, become a mom,” Emma added.
Emma and Hayley also most recently teamed up for the 2023 season of The Amazing Race Australia.
Emma recently revealed how she ‘burned through’ her savings after leaving the iconic children’s group in 2021.
Emma and Hayley teamed up for the 2023 season of The Amazing Race Australia
Emma recently revealed on Osher Gunsberg’s Better Than Yesterday podcast how she ‘burned through’ her savings after leaving the Wiggles in 2021.
The 35-year-old became the first Wiggle woman after donning the yellow underwear in 2012 and replacing founding member Greg Page.
Speaking with Osher Günsberg in his better than yesterday On the podcast, Emma revealed that her decision to leave the Wiggles to create her new Emma Memma character came at a pretty high cost.
Osher asked Emma if she did “a financial inventory” before embarking on her solo venture.
“I feel like the inventory has been done recently to see how much money we’ve spent,” Emma said.
“I feel like the inventory has been done recently to see how much money we’ve spent,” Emma said. According to Woman’s Day, Emma was paid $750,000 a year for her role as Yellow Wiggle.
According women’s dayEmma was paid $750,000 a year for her role as Yellow Wiggle.
She went on to explain that after leaving the group in October 2021, she dedicated herself to creating the character of Emma Memma and returning to studying full-time, which proved to be a burden on her finances.
“When I left The Wiggles, I actually went back to studying full time,” Emma explained.
“The premise was that I was going to finish my PhD, and that became the central goal, but of course that didn’t generate any income.”
Emma premiered her own children’s entertainment character Emma Memma in 2022 and won an ARIA for Best Children’s Album in 2023.
The character was designed to incorporate elements of song, dance and sign language, which is intrinsic to Emma’s full PhD from Macquarie University, which explores the artistic integrations of sign language and dance for children’s screen media.
“If (Emma Memma) wasn’t successful (after 12 months), or we didn’t have any problems or potential work after that time, I would have to stop it,” he said.
‘Only after 12 months did we start to make some profits for the business. Which put us in a complicated situation because then we have to invest more money to move on to the second year.’