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The following information was taken from Wikipedia
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In the year 2000, Sursok began her role as Dani Sutherland on the popular Australian series "Home and Away". In 2001, she was nominated for and won the Logie Award for Best New Female Talent category. During 2002, Tammin had the honour of being selected as Junior Youth Ambassador for NSW and in 2003 she received the Australian Centenary Medal for her 'Service to Australian Society and Acting'. While Sursok was busy working Home and Away, she also begun taking steps towards starting a music career by writing her own songs and practicing the guitar. In the year 2004, the same year she was nominated for Australian of the Year, Sursok left Home and Away to concentrate fully on her budding musical career.
In early 2004, Sursok began recording material for her debut album "Whatever Will Be". Jetsetting across the globe, she worked with high profile producers responsible for churning out hits for some of the music industry's biggest names including Britney Spears, Dido and Christina Aguilera. Sursok's hard work paid off with her debut single "Pointless Relationship" being the 1 most added single to Australian radio in late October, 2004. It went on to reaching a high point of 5 on the ARIA charts and also earning Platinum accreditation (70,000+ copies shipped).
Sursok's second single "Whatever Will Be" was the 1 most added track to Australian Radio in early March and debuted and reached of 13 on the ARIA singles chart, the single became a moderate success. Soon afterm, Sursok's debut album, "Whatever Will Be" was released and reached a high point of 13 on the ARIA album chart. The third single from the album "It's a Beautiful Thing" debuted at 30 in the ARIA singles chart.
In August of 2005, Sursok temporarily relocated to the UK and made preparations for "Pointless Relationship" to be released as her international debut. However, the release was postponed when Sursok was contracted for a role in an international movie, Aquamarine, that was slated for release in 2006.
In early 2006 Sursok officially moved into an apartment in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles where she is concentrating on her acting career. She has filmed a guest role on David Spade's "Rules of Engagement", spent a month in Kansas filming a lead role in the independent film "Albino Farm", has completed a supporting role in the movie "Crossing Over" which stars Ray Liotta, Sean Penn, Harrison Ford and Ashley Judd. Sursok has also taken on the role of "Colleen Carlton" on the long running US soap The Young and the Restless.
Despite rumours of Sursok's recording company Sony BMG releasing her from her musical commitments with them, Tammin is still signed on with the recording giants to this date. She has also commented on her official website that she is currently writing and recording songs. Sursok has recently recorded a track called "Karma" which is listed on ASCAP. The track was written by Sursok, Michael Strangel and David Nicholas.
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