1975年2月4日出生在澳大利亚的新南威尔士，她父亲是意大利人，母亲是澳大利亚人。Natalie Imbruglia是一个“演而优则唱”的成功案例。17岁时因参演红极一时的肥皂剧“邻居（Neighbours）”而成名，她在这电视剧里一直演到1994年。然而Natalie认为她自己的兴趣是音乐而非电视剧，1996年毅然离开了家乡到英国的伦敦发展。
事实证明她做了一个明智的选择。到了英国之后，Natalie便与一家唱片公司签约，1997年推出了她个人的首支单曲“Torn”。单曲由The Cure的贝司手Phil Thomalley操刀制作，一经推出就登上了排行榜的冠军宝座，在宝塔尖上傲视群雄长达14周之久,在英、美、澳洲等地的销量超过百万。于是，一位名不见经传的小歌手Natalie Imbruglia一夜之间红遍全球。
1998年Natalie Imbruglia推出了她的首张专辑Left Of The Middle，全球销量超过7百万张，在The Cure乐队的Phil Thornalley的帮助下，她发展出了自己的风格，令整个欧洲迷倒。
为了证明自己不是仅有漂亮的外貌，Natalie于 2001年11月推出了她自己参与创作的第二张专辑White Lilies Island，其中的主打歌"That Day", "Wrong Impression"等，都是英国电台的热播曲。这张专辑里的歌是她当年在英国和美国之间来回巡演的期间写作的。
2002年她演唱的一首由The Smashing Pumpkin乐队的Billy Corgan写作的歌，被收到电影"Stigmata"里。2002年12月，她参加了澳大利亚和新西兰的Rumba音乐节。同年她成为了欧莱雅的代言人，也演出了自己的第一部电影，"Johnny English"，在里面她和“憨豆先生”对戏。
2005年她带着第三张专辑Counddddd Down The Days又回到了排行榜。单曲"Shiver"是当年英国电台被播放最多次的单曲。
2007年推出新歌加精选专辑Glorious: The Singles 97-07，第一支单曲Glorious已经在世界各地发行。
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
I thought I saw a man brought to life
He was warm, he came around like he was dignified
He showed me what it was to cry
Well you couldn't be that man I adored
You don't seem to know, don't seem to care what your heart is for
But I don't know him anymore
There's nothing where he used to lie
My conversation has run dry
That's whats going on, nothing's fine I'm torn
I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn
You're a little late, I'm already torn
So I guess the fortune teller's right
Should have seen just what was there and not some holy light
To crawl beneath my veins and now
I don't care, I have no luck, I don't miss it all that much
There's just so many things that I can't touch, I'm torn
I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn
You're a little late, I'm already torn. Torn.
There's nothing where he used to lie
My inspiration has run dry
That's what's going on, nothings right, I'm torn
I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn
I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel
I'm cold and I'm ashamed bound and broken on the floor
You're a little late, I'm already torn.
