- Laura Michelle Kelly
Infobox actor
caption = Kelly with Nick Winston
birthdate =March 4 ,1981
birthplace =England Laura Michelle Kelly (born
March 4 ,1981 ) is anOlivier Award -winning Englishactress andsinger who achieved critical acclaim in the role of Mary Poppins in the musical of the same name.Biography
Personal life
She is a native of the
Isle of Wight , off the South coast ofEngland . Her first ever musical appearance was inBugsy Malone at Solent Middle School, Cowes, Isle of Wight, as Blousey Brown, under the direction of Mrs. Janey Hawtin.Kelly is separated from her husband, choreographer
Nick Winston , whom she married in 2001. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=News | date=2008-02-09 | publisher= | url =http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=511761&in_page_id=1908 | work =dailymail.co.uk | pages = | accessdate = 2008-02-09 | language = ]Career
Kelly's West End musical credits include "Beauty and the Beast", "Whistle Down The Wind" as Swallow (2000), "Les Miserables" as Eponine at The Palace Theatre (2001), "
Mamma Mia! " as Sophie atPrince Edward Theatre (2002), "My Fair Lady " as Eliza atTheatre Royal, Drury Lane (2003). She made her Broadway debut in a new production of "Fiddler on the Roof " as Hodel (2004) withAlfred Molina ."Mary Poppins" premiered in December 2004 at the
Prince Edward Theatre in the West End. This followed extensive previews atBristol Hippodrome a few months earlier. For her role as Mary Poppins, she earned rave reviews. At the 2005Olivier Awards , Kelly won the Best Actress in a Musical award for this role. She left Mary Poppins on29 October 2005 after more than 400 performances and was succeeded byScarlett Strallen . Kelly then went toSingapore to star in a revival of "A Twist of Fate" produced by the Singapore Repertory Company. It also starredAnthony Drewe (who co-wrote the music with Singaporean composerDick Lee ).Kelly released her debut single, through
EMI s Angel label, for download only on17 April 2006 , "There Was A Time" which enjoyed Record of the Week status onBBC Radio 2 . This single is from her debut solo album, "The Storm Inside" which was released on1 May 2006 . The album includes six original songs and six covers, including three songs which Kelly wrote herself.In 2006 she returned to the stage performing in "A Tribute to Dirty Dancing" at
Kenwood House and Marble Hill in London. Kelly and Michael Ball performed at theHackney Empire on Thursday31 August 2006 to celebrateAnthony Newley forBBC Radio Two which was broadcast onSeptember 29 2006 . Kelly was the Special Guest forJools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra on tour during December 2006. On27 August 2007 , Kelly made her BBC Proms debut, performing "The Prayer" from the film "Quest for Camelot " alongside Michael Ball. [ cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2007/whatson/2708.shtml#prom58 |title=Prom 58 |accessdate=2007-09-02 |work=BBC Proms 2007 ]A new single, "What's It All For?" (written by singer
Judie Tzuke ) was released as a digital download on March 5. It will be followed by the release of her album, also titled "What's It All For?" with the three new tracks and a selection of others from "The Storm Inside" which was released in 2006.From May 2007 until
4 February 2008 , Kelly played the role ofGaladriel in the London production of "The Lord of the Rings" stage production, playing atTheatre Royal, Drury Lane to critical acclaim. [cite news | first=Baz | last=Bamigboye | coauthors= | title=Look who's Tolkien | date=2006-12-15 | publisher= | url =http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bazbamigboye.html?in_article_id=422894&in_page_id=1794 | work =Daily Mail | pages = | accessdate = 2007-05-24 | language = ]She plays the dual role of a nun and former "
Coronation Street " actorJohnny Briggs 's trophy wife in anITV1 production ofAgatha Christie 's "Nemesis". [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=News | date=2008-02-09 | publisher= | url =http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=511761&in_page_id=1908 | work =www.dailymail.co.uk | pages = | accessdate = 2008-02-09 | language = ] and made her film debut asLucy Barker in theTim Burton /DreamWorks film "Sweeney Todd" [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=News | date=2007-02-28 | publisher= | url =http://www.allforlaura.co.uk/AFL2006/News2006.htm | work =AllForLaura.com | pages = | accessdate = 2007-05-24 | language = ]She appeared alongside
Kevin Spacey andJeff Goldblum inDavid Mamet 's play "Speed-the-Plow " atLondon 'sOld Vic theatre from1 February to26 April 2008 and at the Ruhrfestspiele inRecklinghausen ,Germany , in May 2008.References
External links
* [http://www.lauramichellekelly.co.uk Laura Michelle Kelly, official website]
* [http://www.allforlaura.co.uk Laura Michelle Kelly, fansite]
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