In 1999 at age 16, Valance was cast in the Australian TV soap opera, Neighbours, as Felicity "Flick" Scully.
Soon after gaining the role she left her Catholic school, "where girls were given detention for wearing make-up or having a hem above the knee."
She appeared in Human Nature's music video for "He Don't Love You" (November 2000), "in a raunchy shower scene."
Valance left Neighbours in 2002 to start her music career.

Her first single, released in April 2002, was "Kiss Kiss", an English language cover version of Turkish singer, Tarkan's "Şımarık".
Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described it as "a catchy dance pop hit."
It entered both the ARIA Singles and UK Singles Charts at No.
 1.
It charted in the top ten in seventeen countries, including reaching number one in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
The music video's director's cut appeared to show Valance dancing naked.
She later explained that she was topless but wearing flesh-coloured underwear.
The song was nominated for four ARIA Music Awards in 2002.

Valance's second single, "Down Boy" (September), peaked at No.
 2 in the UK and No.
 3 in Australia.
Her first album, Footprints, was released on 14 October 2002, which reached No.
 9 in the UK and No.
 15 in Australia.
She co-wrote the album track, "The Harder They Come", with Rob Davis (ex-Mud), who supplied guitar for the album.
The album's third and final single, "Naughty Girl" (December) peaked at No.
 3 in Australia and No.
 16 in the UK.

Valance's second album, State of Mind, appeared in November 2003 and its title track, was the lead single.
It peaked at No.
 8 in the UK and at No.
 14 in Australia, but the album did not reach the top 50 in either market.
Following legal problems and poor sales from State of Mind, Valance was reportedly dropped from her recording company.
She denied this, "I asked to be released, but Warner refused, so I hung out for a year until the contract expired.
We parted on good terms."
Valance later confirmed she is no longer interested in recording music, telling Men's Style magazine: "I do something until it's not fun any more and then move on.
Music wasn't fun any more."
In 1999 at age 16, Valance was cast in the Australian TV soap opera, Neighbours, as Felicity "Flick" Scully. Soon after gaining the role she left her Catholic school, "where girls were given detention for wearing make-up or having a hem above the knee." She appeared in Human Nature's music video for "He Don't Love You" (November 2000), "in a raunchy shower scene." Valance left Neighbours in 2002 to start her music career.
Her first single, released in April 2002, was "Kiss Kiss", an English language cover version of Turkish singer, Tarkan's "Şımarık". Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described it as "a catchy dance pop hit." It entered both the ARIA Singles and UK Singles Charts at No. 1. It charted in the top ten in seventeen countries, including reaching number one in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The music video's director's cut appeared to show Valance dancing naked. She later explained that she was topless but wearing flesh-coloured underwear. The song was nominated for four ARIA Music Awards in 2002.
Valance's second single, "Down Boy" (September), peaked at No. 2 in the UK and No. 3 in Australia. Her first album, Footprints, was released on 14 October 2002, which reached No. 9 in the UK and No. 15 in Australia. She co-wrote the album track, "The Harder They Come", with Rob Davis (ex-Mud), who supplied guitar for the album. The album's third and final single, "Naughty Girl" (December) peaked at No. 3 in Australia and No. 16 in the UK.
Valance's second album, State of Mind, appeared in November 2003 and its title track, was the lead single. It peaked at No. 8 in the UK and at No. 14 in Australia, but the album did not reach the top 50 in either market. Following legal problems and poor sales from State of Mind, Valance was reportedly dropped from her recording company. She denied this, "I asked to be released, but Warner refused, so I hung out for a year until the contract expired. We parted on good terms." Valance later confirmed she is no longer interested in recording music, telling Men's Style magazine: "I do something until it's not fun any more and then move on. Music wasn't fun any more."
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