Kerry Ellis

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Kerry Ellis
Kerry Ellis performing on Anthems: The Tour (2011)
Kerry Ellis performing on Anthems: The Tour (2011)
Born Kerry Jane Ellis
6 May 1979 (1979-05-06) (age 32)
Haughley, Suffolk, England
Nationality English
Other names Kerry Jane Townsend
Occupation Stage actress, singer
Years active 1998–present
Spouse James Townsend (m. 2011) «start: (2011-09-08)»"Marriage: James Townsend to Kerry Ellis" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Ellis)
Website
www.kerryellis.co.uk

Kerry Jane Ellis (born 6 May 1979) is an English stage actress and singer who is best known for her work in musical theatre and subsequent crossover into music. Born and raised in the Suffolk village of Haughley, Ellis began singing at an early age and developed a great interest in musicals.

After graduating from performing arts college Laine Theatre Arts, she made her West End debut in the 2001 revival of My Fair Lady as Martine McCutcheon's understudy in the role of Eliza Doolittle. Later originating the role of Meat in We Will Rock You and playing lead roles in Les Misérables, Wicked, Chess and Oliver!, Ellis has since become a well-recognised stage actress in the West End and on Broadway. While receiving several awards and nominations for her performances, she has been hailed the new First Lady of the West End.[1]

Expanding her repertoire as a solo artist in collaboration with rock musician and Queen guitarist Brian May, Ellis has released an extended play Wicked in Rock (2008) which was followed by her debut studio album Anthems (2010). Peaking at number 15 on the UK Albums Chart, the debut album was supported by her first headlining concert tour Anthems: The Tour. In addition to singing in concerts across the world, Ellis appears as a featured artist on several albums and is featured on three cast albums.

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[edit] Life and career

[edit] Early life and training

Kerry Jane Ellis was born on 6 May 1979 in Haughley, a small village near Stowmarket, Suffolk to her mother Sandra Ann Reed and father Terry John Ellis. Describing herself as a hyperactive young girl, she attended dance classes and enjoyed performing in local shows and pantomimes as well as swimming and horse-riding.[2] Aged 9, her first stage role was in an amateur production of The Wizard of Oz at the Wolsey Theatre[2] where she played a Munchkin.[3] She cites her early influences as Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand; their music she would sing much to the disturbance of her older brother, Andrew.[4] However, she stated that she had not discovered her vocal ability until she was at college and had started working.[5] While attending Stowmarket High School, she completed work experience with Starmakers, a company of holiday entertainers, at Potters Leisure Resort, a Norfolk holiday resort.[6] Shortly after, she spent the summers of 1995 and 1997 with the company to sing in cabaret-style performances and appear in many of their shows.[7] Having left school at 16, Ellis turned to Laine Theatre Arts, an independent performing arts college, where she stayed for the next three years to receive formal stage training.[8]

[edit] Career beginnings and My Fair Lady

After graduating at Laine Theatre Arts in 1998, she was credited as the first understudy for Marti Webb in a UK concert tour of The Magic of the Musicals, where she was required on several occasions in Webb's absence.[2] However, Ellis spent a nine month hiatus from the tour to work on the cruise ship MS Voyager of the Seas in 1999. Deciding to gain an experience different to that she had in theatre, Ellis was employed as a lead vocalist as part of the liner's entertainment schedule.[2] By the end of 1999, her professional theatrical credits had included Mary in Merrily We Roll Along at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and lead female roles in pantomimes Dick Whittington, Aladdin and Cinderella across theatres in the UK in addition to appearing as the title role in a Gary Griffin-directed workshop production titled Helen of Troy and making her first television appearance on Children in Need where she was involved in Pudsey the Musical. She was also featured in a jingle for Capital FM.

Ellis marked her West End debut by joining the original cast of Cameron Mackintosh's London revival of My Fair Lady in late 2000.[9] She was appointed swing[9] and became the second understudy to Martine McCutcheon in the role of Eliza Doolittle. The musical initially played at the Lyttelton Theatre from 6 March 2001 to 20 June 2001 but later transferred to Theatre Royal, Drury Lane with shows beginning 21 July 2001.[10] Due to McCutcheon's illness during the production's run at both theatres,[11] Ellis played Eliza Doolittle on five occasions[12] opposite Jonathan Pryce and Dennis Waterman. Upon reflection, she stated that it was "fantastic" to gain experience from the cast and creative team of My Fair Lady.[9] Ellis departed from the company in early 2002.

[edit] We Will Rock You, Miss Saigon and Les Misérables

“ "From the moment I first heard Kerry sing, I was entranced, and felt the conviction that I would one day make an album for her. That conviction never left me."[13] – Brian May ”

After attending a performance of My Fair Lady where Ellis played Doolittle, Brian May (who attended with Ben Elton) encouraged her to audition for the debut of their jukebox musical We Will Rock You.[14][15] After one audition,[citation needed] she was cast in the role of Meat, her only original role to date. She began performances on 14 May 2002, and was also involved in television appearances with the cast on Parkinson, Party in the Park and the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations. She stated that working with May, Elton and Roger Taylor was "a great step forward" in her professional career; calling her journey "breath-taking."[9] Ellis, who ended her run as Meat on 17 April 2004, is also featured on the original London cast recording of We Will Rock You. While in the musical, Ellis started to create the foundations of her musical career after Brian May became interested in working with her musically. Her time in We Will Rock You allowed the pair to collaborate and in 2002 the pair recorded an orchestral version of the song "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)".[5] This version was digitally released three years later but failed to chart on the UK Singles Chart.

After leaving We Will Rock You, Ellis played Eva Cassidy in a 2004 workshop production of Way Beyond Blue, a Trevor Nunn-directed and Imogen Stubbs-written piece[16] in addition to being cast as Ellen in a UK tour of Miss Saigon – again pairing up with producer Cameron Mackintosh.[17] She went into rehearsals for Miss Saigon at Sadler's Wells Theatre in Islington before performances commenced on 14 June 2004 at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth.[18] The company toured theatres across the UK, however, Ellis had to prematurely disembark from the production on 9 June 2005, shortly prior to the end of the tour's run, due to the rehearsal requirement in her next musical role. While still in the touring production of Miss Saigon, Ellis rehearsed for four weeks[9] in order to play her next lead role in London's West End – Fantine in Les Misérables. She began performing the role of Fantine on 27 June 2005 at the Queen's Theatre alongside John Owen-Jones, Shonagh Daly, Shaun Escoffery and Hayden Tee.[19] Playing Fantine for almost a year, Ellis ended her time with the company on 24 June 2006.

[edit] Wicked, Chess, Broadway, extended play and other ventures

In mid 2006, Ellis joined the original London cast of the musical Wicked to play Elphaba. Serving as a temporary standby to Idina Menzel – who originated the lead role on Broadway – from the show's opening in London on 7 September 2006 to 30 December 2006, Ellis played Elphaba on nine occasions at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in Menzel's absence.[20] After Menzel's pre-planned departure, Ellis took over the full-time position in the role three months after the show had opened on 1 January 2007.[21] Ellis played the misunderstood Wicked Witch of the West alongside Dianne Pilkington as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North: the pair remain the show's longest serving leads.[15]

For the role of Elphaba, Ellis won the award for Best Takeover in a Role at the 2008 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards[22] and was nominated for Favourite Theatre Actress at the 2007 Lastminute.com People's Choice Theatre Awards; losing to Connie Fisher for her role as Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music. Her time in Wicked enabled her to make numerous appearances at concerts where she sang songs from the musical. Her debut at various London events came in 2007 including West End Live in Leicester Square; Walk for Life in Hyde Park; Kids Week in Covent Garden; and the annual Gay Pride Festival in Trafalgar Square as well as on lunchtime chat-show Loose Women where she performed, as Elphaba, the Wicked song "The Wizard and I".

Ellis outside the stage door of Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (2010)

While still performing the role of Elphaba, Ellis appeared alongside Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal and Josh Groban, Clarke Peters, Marti Pellow and David Bedella in a two-day limited engagement of Chess in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 12 and 13 May 2008. She played the role of Svetlana and upon reflection, stated that to star at the Royal Albert Hall, work with an "amazing" company and sing alongside those particular cast members "was a dream come true."[9] Although a relative unknown and in a small part, Ellis was met with positive reviews for her performance. A critic labelled her stronger than Menzel – who attained the female lead – and argued that Ellis should have received it instead.[23]

She continued the role of Elphaba in London until 7 June 2008 when she temporarily departed from the Apollo Victoria Theatre, to be succeeded by Alexia Khadime,[24] and transferred to the Broadway production of Wicked at the Gershwin Theatre with performances starting on 17 June of the same year.[25] She replaced stage actress Stephanie J. Block on Broadway; making her not only the first British actress to play the role of Elphaba on Broadway, but also the first to transfer from the West End to Broadway[26] – mirroring original Broadway cast member Idina Menzel who transferred from Broadway to London to open the production. She played alongside Kendra Kassebaum as Glinda and Aaron Tveit as Fiyero. For her five month run in the Broadway production, she won the 2009 Broadway.com Audience Award for Favorite Female Breakthrough Performance.[27] Ellis left the Broadway company on 9 November 2008 and was replaced by Marcie Dodd.[28]

During her time in New York, Ellis recorded "Behind these Walls", a song for Scott Alan's album Keys,[29] and also performed at Broadway on Broadway, an annual musical theatre event, in Times Square. She refers to the transfer from West End to Broadway theatre as "a real honour [and] a joy"; adding that performing on Broadway was "a dream come true."[30] During her time in the United States, her first extended play Wicked in Rock was released in July 2008. Produced by Brian May and Steve Sidwell, the album comprises three tracks: two are new orchestrations of songs from Wicked; the other is Queen song "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)".

Returning to the West End production of Wicked on 1 December 2008,[31] Ellis spent a further five months in the role of Elphaba where ultimately, she would end her time with the musical. She played her last performance as Elphaba on 9 May 2009 and was once again succeeded by Alexia Khadime two days later.[32] Upon departure, Ellis had been billed as lead for a total of 116 weeks (omitting absence) in both the London and Broadway companies and therefore currently assumes the position of the longest-serving British actress in the role of Elphaba.[15]

Her portrayal of Elphaba in Wicked has garnered her not only two awards, but critical acclaim and worldwide praise. Ellis also represented Wicked at the annual Royal Variety Performance in 2008 where she performed her rock version of the Wicked song "Defying Gravity" alongside Brian May.[33] She cited the role of Elphaba as the "most challenging [that she had] ever undertaken" stating that it was "a massive journey" to go on at every performance[9] and admits that Wicked "changed [her] life" in terms of boosting her recognition within the entertainment industry.[30] After her departure from Wicked, it was almost a year until Ellis returned to the West End stage – choosing to pursue a career in music in the gap; recording material for her debut album[5] and performing at various concerts.

Ellis (centre) in a Champions of Rock concert

Soon after leaving Wicked, Ellis performed her first set of solo musical showcase concerts entitled Kerry Ellis Sings the Great British Songbook at the Shaw Theatre, Euston Road, London.[34] She performed on four dates in the latter part of June 2009 with the inclusion of Brian May in each night's encore. Upon the subject of the concerts, she commented, "It's finally something that I can do as me, as opposed to being in a show as a character. It's lovely to be able to sing songs that I really want to sing or which I wouldn't normally get to sing."[30] The showcase paid tribute to some of Ellis' favourite British composers and lyricists including Take That, Duffy, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Paul McCartney.

Lending her vocal ability on tours elsewhere, she performed on five occasions in 2009 at the Symphonic Queen Spectacular – a concert tour that commemorated the music of Queen – in Bournemouth, Weybridge, Romsey, Birmingham and Nottingham with fellow stage performers Mazz Murray, Mig Ayesa and Ricardo Afonso. Furthermore, she performed with John Barrowman at the 2009 Henley Festival (which was later broadcast on BBC Radio 2's Friday Night is Music Night);[35] at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival[36] and at Thank You for the Music – a special concert in Hyde Park that celebrated the music of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) – in September 2009.[37] She also joined Peter Johansson in his Swedish concert tour, Champions of Rock, which went to Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Vänersborg, Stockholm, Örebro, Uppsala and Norrköping in October 2009. Additionally, she performed at the Royal Albert Hall in November of that year – alongside many other musicians – at Women of Rock, a performance dedicated to breast cancer research. Ellis also appeared as a featured artist on a version of "Somebody to Love" on Only Men Aloud!'s second studio album Band of Brothers, which was released in October 2009. She later performed this song live with the choir at one of their concerts in December of that year at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

[edit] Oliver!, Anthems, tour and further ventures

In December 2009, it was announced that Ellis would replace Jodie Prenger in the role of Nancy in Cameron Mackintosh's London revival of Oliver! at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane – Ellis' return to the stage for the first time in almost a year.[38] Opening on 29 March 2010 to positive reviews[39] and starring alongside both Griff Rhys Jones and Russ Abbot as Fagin and Steven Hartley as Bill Sikes, she was the second actress to play Nancy in the London revival, but also the final, and continued the role until the end of the show's run on 8 January 2011. Ellis was nominated for the 2010 BroadwayWorld.com UK Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical but lost to Sheridan Smith for her role as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde and was also nominated for the 2011 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Takeover in a Role; losing to Rachel Tucker who coincidentally won for her role as Elphaba in Wicked (the same role that Ellis won the award for in 2008).

Appearing on Over The Rainbow, a televised BBC talent show competition, that searched for a Dorothy Gale for the 2011 musical adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, Ellis served as a mentor towards potential candidates in late March 2010.[40] The previous year, Ellis had appeared as a mentor in another of BBC's talent shows I'd Do Anything where she mentored potential Nancys (including Jodie Prenger) – a role she would eventually take – in the fore-running to the opening of the 2009 London revival of the musical Oliver!. Performing at the Royal Albert Hall once again in May 2010, she lent her vocal ability to a performance titled The Night of 1000 Voices, dedicated to the eightieth birthday of American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.[41] In July, she performed "Somebody to Love" with Only Men Aloud! at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff at an event called A Weekend with the Stars while October saw an appearance at the Hackney Empire where she sang the Oliver! song "As Long as He Needs Me" at an event celebrating the eightieth anniversary of the birth of composer Lionel Bart. The last two performances were later broadcast in December on British television channel S4C and on BBC Radio 2 respectively.

Ellis and Brian May at BBC Proms in the Park (2010)
“ "[Kerry and I]'ve created [...] a style that defines a new form of music – a kind of anthemic-orchestral-rock-musical-theatre fusion."[13] – Brian May ”
“ "I think [Anthems has] got a touch of camp to it, really. It’s very grand. [It has] big orchestras and big ballad-y vocals."[5] – Kerry Ellis ”

Ellis' debut studio album Anthems was released in mid September 2010. The album, a follow-up to her extended play Wicked in Rock (2008), peaked at number 15 on the UK Albums Chart. Fabricated within the space of nine months and produced by Brian May, Ellis and he recorded the album at Abbey Road Studios with a 70-piece orchestra.[5] She described the album as one that "tap[s] into all the different areas that [she has] been part of" in her career between the years 2000 and 2010 – an album that includes both original songs, songs from musicals and concerts she has been in as well as new arrangements of personal favourites.

Whilst promoting the album, Ellis appeared on many television shows including Tonight's the Night; The Michael Ball Show; This Morning[42] and The Alan Titchmarsh Show, as well as performing live at the BBC Radio Theatre and later, London nightclub, G-A-Y. On all occasions she performed songs from the album with Brian May; with the exception of the latter, where May was not present. The weekend prior to the album's release, Ellis was accompanied by May on guitar at BBC's Proms in the Park[43] where she performed songs from Anthems as well as a medley of Queen songs. Joined by May once again, Ellis has most recently performed at The Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall in the presence of the British Royal Family – including Queen Elizabeth II.[44] In support her debut studio album,[15] Ellis embarked on her first headlining concert tour of Great Britain, titled Anthems: The Tour, which saw Ellis accompanied by Brian May and the Anthems Ensemble at venues in England, Wales and Scotland from May to July 2011.[45] The tour commenced at the Royal Albert Hall on 1 May 2011 for two special charity performances (benefiting Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research), titled Anthems: The Concert, where Ellis was supported by the City of London Philharmonic, The West End Chorus, American performer Adam Pascal and electronic string quartet Escala.[15] The tour finished at RAF Cranwell where the pair headlined at a special concert titled Anthems in the Park.

As well as recording her own material, Ellis has lent her voice to a version of the song "Wind Beneath My Wings" that features the Central Band of the Royal Air Force on their album Reach for the Skies and appears on a version of the song "Come What May" with Alfie Boe on his album Bring Him Home. Among other participants from the London theatre community, Ellis also lent her voice to "inspirational" videos that were released upon to video-sharing website YouTube for the "It Gets Better" campaign – a project created by columnist Dan Savage in response to school bullying and a rash of suicides among young LGBT people aiming to "provide hope to youth struggling with their identity."[46]

Ellis and Angela Lansbury at the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards

Returning to the leisure resort where she first started working, Ellis appeared at Potters Leisure Resort in Hopton-on-Sea in Norfolk in February 2011. The show, titled One Night Musicals Spectacular, saw Ellis in combination with "musical variety from Potters Theatre Company and other leading West End singers."[47] At the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards, she duetted with American performer Barry Manilow on the Finian's Rainbow song "Look to the Rainbow".[48][49] In April, Ellis became a patron, alongside Bonnie Langford, to Guildford's Performance Preparation Academy while May saw her as a judge at the 2011 Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year competition.[50] On 16 June, she accepted an invitation, with Brian May, to fly a training sortie with the Red Arrows. May flew on Red 7 with Flight Lieutenant Ben Plank while Ellis was on Red 1 with Squadron Leader Ben Murphy (the leader of the Red Arrows).[51][52] In August, she kicked off the twentieth English football season for the FA Community Shield by performing the National Anthem at Wembley Stadium.[53] She returned to the Shaw Theatre in London on 30 September and 1 October, accompanied by musician Craig Adams, to perform in a pair of solo concerts titled An Audience with Kerry Ellis in addition to appearing at the fortieth anniversary celebratory concert of the Broadway musical Godspell at the Palace Theatre, Manchester in late October. In 2012, she will perform at a charity concert of Children of Eden at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London and sing in a solo charity concert titled Kerry Ellis Coming Home at The Apex Theatre in Bury St Edmunds.

Ellis is currently working on new songs, another album and a European tour for 2012.[54]

[edit] Credits

Theatre credits
Title Duration Role(s) Venue(s)
My Fair Lady 2001–02 Swing
Eliza Doolittle (understudy)
We Will Rock You 2002–04 Meat
Miss Saigon 2004–05 Ellen
  • Various theatres across the United Kingdom
Les Misérables 2005–06 Fantine
Wicked 2006–09 Elphaba (standby, 2006 only)
Chess in Concert 2008 Svetlana
Oliver! 2010–11 Nancy
  • Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London

[edit] Personal life

Ellis resides in Hitchin, Hertfordshire with her husband, James Townsend, a football coach,[55] and two pet dogs called Jack and Ocho. After their engagement in November 2010, the pair married on 8 September 2011.[56]

[edit] Discography

Main article: Kerry Ellis discography

[edit] Tours

[edit] Awards and nominations

Throughout her career, Ellis has accrued a total of two wins from seven nominations in various audience choice awards for her theatrical and musical work.

Nominated work Year Award Result
Elphaba in Wicked 2007 Lastminute.com People's Choice Theatre Award for Favourite Theatre Actress Nominated
Elphaba in Wicked 2008 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Takeover in a Role Won
Elphaba in Wicked 2009 Broadway.com Audience Award for Favorite Female Breakthrough Performance Won
Nancy in Oliver! 2010 BroadwayWorld.com UK Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical Nominated
Nancy in Oliver! 2011 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Takeover in a Role Nominated
Anthems: The Concert 2011 BroadwayWorld.com UK Award for Theatrical Event of the Year Pending
Anthems: The Concert 2012 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Solo Performance Pending

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