Lucy Durack

Lucy Durack
Born	17 November 1982 (1982-11-17) Perth, Australia
Occupation	Singer & Actress
Years active	2004 - present
Website
http://www.lucydurack.com/

Lucy Durack (born 17 November 1982) is an Australian musical theatre performer most recognised for playing Glinda in the Australian production of Wicked.

Biography

Lucy has fast become one of Australia’s rising young leading ladies with a list of major roles to her credit including Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street, Miss Dorothy in the Australian Premiere of Thoroughly Modern Millie, Lois Lane/Bianca in Kiss Me Kate, Rikki Rose in Respect and Laurey in Oklahoma!.

Originally hailing from Perth, Lucy graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) with a Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre) and prior to graduating was cast in the Brisbane and Sydney seasons of Mamma Mia! in which she understudied and performed the role of Sophie.

Lucy’s screen credits include the lead role of Cassie Bennett on Channel 7’s Headland, All Saints, Rush II, Spicks and Specks, Parlami D'Amore, the Australian feature film Finding Nigel and the worldwide broadcast of the BBC2 Voice of Musical Theatre Competition in Cardiff in which she was a finalist. Lucy is a frequent guest presenter on Channel 7's Absolutely Melbourne.

While regularly performing in concert with various orchestras throughout Australia, Lucy’s cabaret appearances include Immaculate Confection which toured to Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Tasmania and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, All Star Cabaret for the Sydney Theatre Company, Cavalcade for His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, and the 2003 Sydney Cabaret Convention for which she received the Judges’ Award.

Lucy has a firm commitment to workshopping and performing new Australian work, having created roles for Mel Morrow and David Mitchell’s The Palace Whore, Nick Enright and David King’s The Good Fight, John Shand’s Rainbow’s End (including the subsequent SBS recording), Guy Noble’s Karaoke The Musical and Matthew Robinson’s Pratt Prize-winning musical Metro Street.

Recent highlights have been singing the National Anthem at the AFL Grand Final and at Oaks Day as part of Melbourne's Spring Racing Carnival and performing on Channel 9's Carols By Candlelight and Channel 7's Carols in The Domain, all as part of the cast of Wicked.

Lucy is well known for playing the role of Glinda in the Australian production of Wicked. After previews began in June 2008, the show opened on 12 July at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne. It closed on 9 August 2009, and transferred to the Capitol Theatre in Sydney, where it ran from 5 September 2009 through 26 September 2010. After a short break, Durack began performances on the show's Australian National Tour which began 25 January 2011 in Brisbane (running to 2 April). It moved to Adelaide from 14 April to 4 June 2011, and plays Perth from 19 June through 7 August 2011. She has co-starred alongside various Australian theatre performers including Amanda Harrison, Jemma Rix, Pippa Grandison, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Bert Newton, Rob Guest, Rob Mills and Anthony Callea.

At the end of the Australian tour of Wicked (11 Sept 2011), Lucy Durack moved on from her four year role of Glinda to Melbourne for rehearsal for the role of the mayor's daughter in a new Australian production of Strange Bedfellows. Lucy passed the role of Glinda onto Suzie Mathers, who is still starring as Glinda.

In March 2012, it was announced that Durack will play the main character, Elle Woods in the Australian production of Legally Blonde, which also feature her Wicked co-stars Rob Mills and David Harris as Warner Hunnington III and Emmett Forrest respectively.

External links

• Lucy Durack's official website
• [1] Brief bio at The Australian
• A review of Kiss kiss bang bang cabaret with Matthew Robinson