The Wiggles (1991 – ongoing) are a popular Australian children’s music group with an international reach.

Yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins joined the group in 2021.

Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 2005, Tsehay Hawkins was adopted in 2006 by Robyn and Reg Hawkins and grew up in a small-town in NSW.

From an early age, Tsehay was encouraged to dance and she took up ballet, tap and Jazz.

The Hawkins made a point of nurturing Tsehay’s connection to her cultural heritage and she incorporated Ethiopian and West African style dance in her repertoire too.

Although Tsehay Hawkins has not been able to find any information about her birth parents, in 2024 she returned to Ethiopia as a keynote speaker for a fundraising event for a local orphanage.