Kathleen
competed in the
Australian
television
talent show New
Faces – where
she came third
in the grand
final – and
appeared on
various
Australian
television
shows, including
Heartbreak High,
Ridgey Didge,
Swap Shop, and
the At Home Show
with John
Mangos.
It was while she
was performing
at a fundraiser
for The McDonald
College that de
Leon was
discovered by
one of the
directors for
the Cameron
Macintosh
company. De Leon
appeared in two
musicals in
Australia
mounted by the
Macintosh
company – Miss
Saigon and Rent
– and stayed
with the cast of
Rent (where she
was an
understudy for
the role of
Mimi) until Hi-5
came along.
More information
can be found in
the Hi-5
article.
In 2007, it was
announced that
de Leon was
leaving Hi-5
permanently to
focus on raising
her child. She
also announced
that she would
be still be
interested in
working on
television if an
opportunity
existed in
Sydney so she
could remain
close to her
family. Kathleen
is the first of
the three
original members
to permanently
leave Hi-5, the
others being Tim
Harding and
Charli Delaney. |