Birthdate
July 1
Birthplace
Chatham, Ontario, Canada
Hometown
Merlin, Ontario, Canada
Current Residence
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Instruments
Guitar
Hobbies
Gardening , sports, and cooking
Education
Attended college. Studied counseling for mentally/physically challenged individuals
Physical
Brown hair, brown eyes, 5'5"
First Public Performance
In seventh grade, Michelle performed Satin Sheets with her mom and brother in the school talent show
First Paid Job In Music
At 17, Michelle performed with 'The Marquees'
Other Early Jobs
Michelle helped her mom run a restaurant and work on the farm, sold Electrolux vacuum cleaners and Mary Kay cosmetics
Personal Achievement
Success in sports (track and field meets, volleyball and basketball) in high school.
Early Ambition
To be an Olympic athlete
Previous Jobs
Waitressing and counseling mentally/physically challenged individuals
Musical Background
First started playing drums as a child then switched to playing guitar in her teens
Pets
Three cats: Caesar, Castor and Pollux. Three dogs: Gracie, Winter and Lycos.
First Song Ever Written
Reaching For The Stars
Favorite Songs Ever Written
I Surrender, When I Found You, Broken, I Will Be There, Everything And More
Career Highlights
Winning first CCMA Female Vocalist of the Year award (1990)
Winning the ACM Top New Female Vocalist award (1993)
First Canadian tour as a headliner (1995)
Recording own song What Love Looks Like for FOR ME IT'S YOU (1996)
Acting debut ('Due South' 1998)
First songwriting award (SOCAN Award for I Surrender 2001)
Involvement with World Vision
First book written (A Year in the Life: The Journals of Michelle Wright 2005)
Canadian Forces Show Tour to Afghanistan 2006
MICHELLE'S FAVORITES
Favorite Artists
Keith Urban, Merle Haggard, Garth Brooks, Sting, Aretha, Tammy Wynette
Other Musical Influences
The Supremes, Annie Lennox, Marvin Gaye, Bonnie Raitt, Carole King
Christmas Songs
White Christmas, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, I Know Santa's Been Here
Actor
Robert De Niro
Actress
Julia Roberts
Albums
WHITE LADDER - David Gray
TAPESTRY - Carole King
MEDUSA - Annie Lennox
NICK OF TIME - Bonnie Raitt
Childhood Pet
Fluffy the Dog
Christmas
2001 when she got engaged to Marco Convertino
Christmas Movie
It’s A Wonderful Life
Christmas Pastime
Decorating the house and tree and putting the lights up
Clothes
Anything comfortable
Foods
Pizza, the legendary Convertino pasta sauce
Place To Relax
Home
Place To Visit
Anywhere near the ocean (except in hurricane season)
Sports
Volleyball, basketball
Television Show
'The Simpsons'
SPECIAL INTERESTS
Michelle was the Honorary Chairperson for 'Operation C.A.T. Scan', a fundraising campaign that raised almost two million dollars for St. Joseph's Hospital in Chatham, Ontario (the
hospital where Michelle was born). The campaign raised money for the hospital to purchase its first C.A.T. Scan machine.
She was Celebrity Spokesperson for the 1997 Special Olympics World Winter Games and contributed to the Power Of Peace CD celebrating the 50 th anniversary of CARE.
In June of 2002, Michelle travelled to Zambia to film a television special for World Vision, the child sponsorship organization. It was a life-changing experience for her: Zambia is one of the poorest countries in the world, and in some areas over 60% of the Zambian population is HIV positive. She followed up her Zambian experience with a trip to Honduras for World Vision in June of 2004. Michelle now sponsors both a Zambian child and a Honduran child, and continues to help out World Vision whenever and wherever she can.
TELEVISION SPECIALS
'MICHELLE WRIGHT: SONGS & SECRETS' - CBC, 1996
'MICHELLE' - CBC, TNN, 1992
TELEVISION APPEARANCES
'Due South' - CTV, TNT
'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - NBC
'ACM Awards Show' - NBC
'CMA Awards Show' - CBS
'The Road' - Syndicated
'Prime Time Country' - TNN
'The Women Of Country' - CBS, PBS
'Music City Tonight' - TNN
'CCMA Awards Show' - CBC (1995 Host)
'TNN/Music City News Awards Show' - TNN (1994 Co-Host)
'Remembering Patsy' - PBS
