Four MO awards for Jenifer Green

Daley's Point resident Ms Jenifer Green has taken out four awards at the 34th annual MO Awards including the highly prestigious Peter Allen Performer of the Year award recently.

Ms Green also won awards for Best Female Vocalist and Best Tribute Show for her performance in Strictly Bassey as well as sharing the Best Production Show with husband Wayne Cornell for her work in the Back to the Tivoli show.

Ms Green said she was very humbled to be recognised for her performances and looked back over her exciting career with fond memories.

Starting with a talent contest win at 16, Ms Green went on to star in the Mike Walsh Show before becoming a regular in both theatre and cabaret shows across Australia.

Success continued for Ms Green as she starred in her own television specials, won numerous awards, performed for foreign dignitaries and American troops before becoming the Hilton Hotel Corporation's Entertainment Ambassador for five consecutive years.

Her success skyrocketed when she took on the US becoming a guest celebrity on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Bing Crosby Celebrity Show, Jerry Lewis Telethon and the Bob Hope Special among others.

Ms Green made her feature film debut in Sudden Death opposite Robert Conrad and guest starred in General Hospital.

Her theatre credits include Gypsy, My Fair Lady, Oliver and the Unsinkable Molly Brown.

Hollywood columnist Jim Parker's described her talents, saying: "Not since the days of Judy Garland have I heard such a quality or witnessed such a vibrant and moving performance."

The MO awards began in 1975 and celebrate excellence in live performance.

Email, 19 May 2010 Jenifer Green, Daley's Point