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Sherrié Austin
Sherrié Austin onboard the USS Enterprise in 2004
Background information
Birth name	Sherrié Veronica Krenn
Born	August 28, 1970 (1970-08-28) (age 38)
Origin	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genre(s)	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1992 - present
Label(s)	Arista Broken Bow
Associated acts	Colorhaus
Website	www.sherrieaustin.com

Sherrié Austin (born Sherrié Veronica Krenn, August 28, 1970 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian actress and singer. Active as a singer since her teenage years, Sherrié initially recorded as one half of the duo Colorhaus, which also featured Phil Radford. After leaving Colorhaus, she recorded one album in her native Australia before moving to the United States in pursuit of a singing career; there, she recorded four studio albums, and charted several singles on the Billboard country music charts. Her highest-charting single was the #18 "Streets of Heaven" in 2003.

Contents 1 Career 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

Career

Austin got her start in music opening for Johnny Cash in Australia at the age of 14. She later moved to the United States where she took up acting. She is most known in America for playing the role of Pippa McKenna on The Facts of Life in the late 1980s. In the 1990s, she started a singing career, teaming up with Phil Radford in 1992 to form a duo called Colorhaus, which released one album, Water to the Soul. Afterward, Sherrié moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a career in country music. She originally signed to Arista Records, charting several minor singles and releasing two albums on that label. After RCA acquired Arista Records, Austin's publishing company, Reynsong Publishing, formed Wrensong Entertainment and the independent label WE records, for the purpose of releasing her third solo album. Later, she switched to the independent Broken Bow Records label; her fourth album of country music, titled Streets of Heaven, produced her biggest country hit in its title track. She exited Broken Bow in 2008.^[1]

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Chart positions
		US Country	US 200	US Indie
1992	Water to the SoulA
1997	Words	41
1999	Love in the Real World	14	150
2001	Followin' a Feelin'	43		38
2003	Streets of HeavenB	22	144	6

• ^ACredited to Colourhaus.
• ^BPeaked at #3 on Top Heatseekers chart.

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions			Album
		US Country	US Hot 100	CAN Country
1992	"Innocent Child"A		50		Water to the Soul
1997	"Lucky in Love"	34		31	Words
	"One Solitary Tear"	41		85
1998	"Put Your Heart into It"	34	104	36
	"Innocent Man"	74		87
1999	"Never Been Kissed"	29	89	31	Love in the Real World
	"Little Bird"	49		43
2001	"Jolene"	55			Followin' a Feelin'
	"Time, Love and Money"B
2002	"In the Meantime"B
2003	"Streets of Heaven"	18	113		Streets of Heaven
2004	"Drivin' into the Sun"	50
	"Son of a Preacher Man"	46			Unreleased album

• ^ACredited to Colourhaus.
• ^BFailed to chart.

Filmography

• The Facts of Life (1987-1988) (TV)
• Call From Space (1989)
• Open House (1989) (TV - 1 episode)
• Exile (1990) (TV)
• Shadows of the Heart (1990)
• An American Summer (1991)
• The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (1991) (TV - 1 episode)

References

External links

• Sherrié Austin Official Website