Erika Heynatz
{{Short description|Australian actress (born 1975)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Erika Heynatz
| image = Erika Heynatz.jpg
| caption = Heynatz in 2012
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age |df=yes|1975|3|25}}
| birth_place = Port Moresby, Territory of Papua New Guinea{{cn|date=February 2025}}
| nationality = Australian
| occupation = Singer, actress, model, television personality
| years_active = 2000–present
| spouse = Andrew Kingston (m. 2007)
| children = 1
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background = solo_singer
| genre = {{Flatlist |Pop
}}
| label = EMI Music
}}
}}
Erika Heynatz (born 25 March 1975) is an Australian model, actress, singer, and television personality. She joined long-running Australian TV series Home and Away in June 2015, as villainous biology teacher Charlotte King.
Career
Heynatz hosted the first two cycles of the Foxtel reality TV show Australia's Next Top Model{{cite web |url=http://www.pro-thinspo.com/erikaheynatz.html |title=Erica Heynatz |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124002756/http://www.pro-thinspo.com/erikaheynatz.html |archive-date=24 January 2010}} and the only season of the Ten Network's The Hot House. She demonstrated a commitment to a singing career by leaving her Australia's Next Top Model job, which went to Australian lads mag girl Jodhi Meares. Heynatz left Australia's Next Top Model to pursue her singing and her commitment to appear on the Seven Network's celebrity singing contest It Takes Two in 2006.{{cite news |title=Erika Heynatz goes commercial |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/erika-heynatz-goes-commercial/2006/05/25/1148524812579.html |work=The Age |date=25 May 2006 |access-date=17 February 2010 }} Paired with David Hobson as her tutor, she eventually won the contest.
In 2003, she starred in the television movie Mermaids,{{cite web|url=http://www.screenqueensland.com.au/pftc/_inc/uploads/821QPN_Feb_03.pdf |title=Mermaids Spotted in Queensland Waters }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and has since appeared in numerous other feature film roles. She also appeared as a guest star in the sci-fi series Farscape in the episodes "Terra Firma" and "Unrealized Reality". In 2007, Heynatz starred in the motion picture Gabriel.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/erika-heynatz-enjoys-horror-ride/story-e6frewz0-1111117219299|title=Erika Heynatz enjoys horror ride|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=18 August 2008}}
Heynatz has starred in an Olay commercial and was the co-host of the third series of It Takes Two.{{cite web|url=http://www.7perth.com.au/view/releases/20060731114235/|title=It Takes Two|date=7 July 2023 |publisher=7 Perth}} She was a special guest judge during Cycle 8 of America's Next Top Model where one of the episodes was filmed in Sydney.{{cite web|url=http://www.film.com/tv/americas-next-top-model/season-8-2006/episode-9-girls-who-go-down-under/14650744|title=America's Next Top Model: The Girls Who Go Down Under}}
On 15 April 2008, Heynatz performed a cover of the Rosi Golan song "Slide"Rosi Golan's song 'Slide' which she co-wrote with Jamie Hartman and Peter Gordeno was officially released as part of her debut record The Drifter and The Gyspy in November 2008.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} on It Takes Two and impressed the critics with the performance.{{cn|date=February 2025}}
Heynatz had a recording contract with EMI Music Australia. Her debut single, "Kingdom", was released on 12 February 2010.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/kingdom-single/715817407|title=Kingdom – Single by Erika|date=January 2010 |publisher=iTunes (Australia)|access-date=10 November 2015}} The video for the clip was filmed in the US. Her second single, "Bullet", was released on 18 June 2010.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/bullet-single/715900428|title=Bullet – Single by Erika|date=January 2010 |publisher=iTunes (Australia)|access-date=10 November 2015}} Her debut album, Sweeter Side, was released on 16 July 2010, which contains the singles "Kingdom" and "Bullet".{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/sweeter-side/1035582639|title=Sweeter Side by Erika|date=16 July 2010 |publisher=iTunes (Australia)|access-date=10 November 2015}}
Heynatz appears in Rockstar Games' L.A. Noire, as Elsa Lichtmann, which is produced using advanced motion capture technology.{{cite web|url=http://createdigitalmotion.com/2010/12/climbing-out-of-the-uncanny-valley-rockstar-shows-off-depth-scanning-facial-tech|title=Climbing Out of the Uncanny Valley|date=20 December 2010}} Although her character performs several 1940s-style songs in the game, synthpop singer Claudia Brücken performed the vocals.
In 2013, she appeared in the musical Legally Blonde as Brooke Wyndham.{{cn|date=February 2025}} Also in 2014, she starred as the Usherette and Magenta in the Australian tour of The Rocky Horror Show.{{cn|date=February 2025}}
In 2015, it was announced that Heynatz had joined Seven Network soap opera Home and Away in a recurring role as school teacher Charlotte King.{{cn|date=February 2025}}
Personal life
Heynatz's grandfather immigrated to Australia at the age of fourteen and a half from Denmark.Mornings with Bob Rogers, Radio 2CH, 09:38 ADST, 3 March 2010.{{failed verification|date=April 2013}}
On 8 March 2007, she married long-term partner Andrew Kingston.{{cite web|url=http://community.i-do.com.au/lofiversion/index.php/t94275.html|title=Weddings, Babies and Life in General|access-date=14 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708090558/http://community.i-do.com.au/lofiversion/index.php/t94275.html|archive-date=8 July 2009|url-status=dead}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2003
|Kowalski |Video |
| 2006
|Voodoo Lagoon |Penny | |
| 2007
| |
| 2020
|June Willis | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2001
|Guest |"New Beginnings" |
| 2001
|Katrina |"1.17" |
| 2002
|Heroes' Mountain |Nicola |TV film |
| 2002–03
|Caroline Wallace |"Unrealized Reality", "Terra Firma" |
| 2003
|Diana |TV film |
| 2005–2006
|Herself (host) | |
| 2007
|America's Next Top Model (cycle 8) |Herself (guest judge) | |
| 2015–16
|Charlotte King |Recurring role |
| 2017–19
|Diane |Recurring role |
=Video Games=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2011
|Elsa Lichtmann (voice & motion capture) |Video game |
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Erika Heynatz}}
- {{IMDb name|1175657}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/behold-the-natural-erika-heynatz/story-e6frewz0-1225787689109|title=Behold, the natural Erika Heynatz|date=17 October 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph}}
- [http://www.fashionwelike.com/my-style-erika-heynatz Erika Heynatz talks about her personal style]
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Category:Australian television presenters
Category:Australian female models
Category:Singing talent show winners
Category:Australian television actresses
Category:Australian people of Danish descent
Category:People from the National Capital District (Papua New Guinea)