Kerry Ellis

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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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elphabalicious wrote:
19 days ago

New headshot: http://www.last.fm/music/Kerry+Ellis/+images/37622647

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niicole23 wrote:
last month

she's amazing!

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LikeYourGhost wrote:
July 2009

So happy she has left wicked. I can not love her again. :)

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clowezra wrote:
July 2009

this bitch aint got nothing on Idina, gtfo

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Clairieberrie16 wrote:
July 2009

Oh wow, seen her once as Elphaba in Londen, and WOW she is GREAT!

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kyriolexy wrote:
June 2009

I ADORE her Wicked in Rock album! Her version of "Defying Gravity," blew my mind! I want to see her live so bad!

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MindShake wrote:
June 2009

I want to see her live so badly!

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sprockchick wrote:
May 2009

Absolutely amazing! I've been lucky enough to see her three time in Wicked and Les Mis and she never fails to amaze me.

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mctali wrote:
April 2009

her rock version for defying gravity is AMAZING!

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shirocker wrote:
April 2009

I love Kerry :) She's so amazing ^__^ I've seen her as Elphaba twice and they were perfect performances.

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harunoxsakura wrote:
April 2009

i LOVE this woman. saw her last year in wicked and she blew me away, wow :)

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Sylver1984 wrote:
April 2009

I luuvvv the wicked in rock versions :D Great!!

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mrcolj2006 wrote:
March 2009

Cal me a Latinist, but I work for a guy named Ellis, and in my family I've always referred to our breakfast cereal as "Kerry Ellis." No way to explain that except that cerealis is a natural assumption for the genetive of cereal.

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juniorxedi wrote:
February 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoLpmT6vBGc

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elphabalicious wrote:
December 2008

http://www.last.fm/music/Kerry+Ellis/+images/17831147 <333

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MindShake wrote:
November 2008

Squee! New pic :D

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elphabalicious wrote:
October 2008

As much as I love the current main picture here, I think we could use a new one..? Vote plz :D

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yzbin wrote:
October 2008

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NaomiLuvsWICKED wrote:
October 2008

wooooooooooooooooop cant wait for Scott Alans album :D:D:D::D:D:D:D:D

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elphabalicious wrote:
September 2008

Behind These Walls... It's going to be her best song to date, seriously. Aahh <3 Scott Alan is too amazing, so Ellis + Alan = WIN. :D

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