Editing Sherrié Austin (section)

===Early 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 the United States for playing the role of Pippa McKenna on ''[[The Facts of Life (TV series)|The Facts of Life]]'' during its final season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monagiza.com/stories/now-facts-life-cast/|title=Where are they now? The Facts of Life cast|website=Monagiza.com|first=Nicole|last=West|date=21 November 2017}}</ref>

In 1991, she appeared as "Lady Penelope" on episode No.&nbsp;20 of the first season of the television comedy series ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epguides.com/freshprinceofbelair/guide.shtml|title=The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (an Episode Guide)|website=EpGuides.com|access-date=29 July 2017}}</ref> In the 1990s, she started a singing career, teaming up with Phil Radford in 1992, to form a duo, '''Colourhaus''', which released one album, ''Water to the Soul''.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p210972/biography|pure_url=yes}} Sherrié Austin | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links | AllMusic]</ref> The song "Innocent Child" taken from that album was issued as a single, with "We Talk to the Angels" on the B-side, and it peaked at No. 50 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="Whitburn 2013 556">{{cite book|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|year=2013|title=Top Pop Singles 1955-2012|edition=14th|publisher=Record Research Inc.|location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|isbn= 978-0-89820-205-2|page=185}}</ref> The Colourhaus song "Colour Me You" was on the soundtrack of the "Rookie of the Year" episode of the television series ''[[Baywatch]]'' on 5 October 1992.