Hoggart was born in Sydney on 22 May and is the older of two daughters; her younger sister, Kellie (born 1 May 1974), was formerly a member of the Teen Queens, an Australian pop group from 1992 to 1993 and an original member of Hi-5, an Australian children's music group aligned with a TV series of the same name from 1998 to 2008 and currently lives in Melbourne.
Her parents, Dennis, a former professional football player (born 2 January 1939 in Glasgow, Scotland),[1] and Sonjie also live in Sydney.
[2] Hoggart has also co-starred in two Australian television series, The Ferals (1994–95) as Roberta 'Robbie' Henderson[3] and Us and Them (1995) as Donna.
Hoggart also co-produced and played a waitress in the film Jesus, Mary and Joey (2003).
[4] In 2008, Hoggart co-hosted US radio girl talk show Females Uncut.