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Kerry Ellis is a British stage actress and acclaimed singer with an ever increasing fanbase, who has starred as Elphaba in the West End and Broadway productions of the musical Wicked. Among her previous notable roles are as Fantine in the West End production of Les Miserables and as Meat in the original London production of We Will Rock You.

Ellis was born in 1979 in Haughley, a small village near Stowmarket, Suffolk, where she grew up with her older brother Andrew. Ellis attended Stowmarket High School and in 1995, she joined the team of Starmakers at the age of 16, with which she was involved until 1997. In 1996 and 1997, as a member of Starmakers, Ellis performed musical numbers such as “Memory” from Cats and “Sun and Moon” from Miss Saigon.Following this, Ellis returned to formal stage training at Laine Theatre Arts.

In 1999 Ellis sang on a recording for Children in Need and did a jingle for Capital Radio. In 2004 she worked with Queen lead guitarist Brian May to record an orchestral version of the song “No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)”, originally a Queen song and featured in the musical We Will Rock You.[7]

In 2000, Kerry became a member of the My Fair Lady cast and became second understudy to Martine McCutcheon for the lead role of Eliza Dolittle, which she got to play on five occasions. During 2000 Ellis also understudied Marti Webb in Magic Of The Musicals.

In 2002, Ellis originated the role of Meat in We Will Rock You, and played this role for two years, making appearances for performances such as “Party in the Park”, “Party in the Palace” and Parkinson. Ellis left the cast of We Will Rock You on 17 April 2004 and went on to play Ellen in Cameron Mackintosh’s UK tour of Miss Saigon.
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