ArtistInfo

Helen Dallimore

voc, AU
Singer of Pop and Soundtrack

Australian actress, singer, director and writer. best known for originating the role of Glinda in the West End production of Wicked. Dallimore's credits with the Sydney Theatre Company include: David Edgar's Pentecost, The Unlikely Prospect of Happiness, Andrew Upton and Gale Edwards' The Hanging Man, and "Miss Adelaide" in Guys and Dolls. She also created the role of "Simone" in Up for Grabs, later played by Madonna in the West End. She made her West End debut as Glinda in the original London cast of the musical Wicked. Previews began on 7 September 2006 with an opening night of 27 September. She starred alongside Idina Menzel and later Kerry Ellis as Elphaba. She played her final performance on 14 July 2007 and was replaced by Dianne Pilkington. She was asked to reprise the role in the original Australian production of the show but declined. She then appeared in the comedy Boeing Boeing in Australia and filled in for a sick cast member in the Sydney 2008 Wharf Revue. In July/August 2009 she starred in the ill-fated Ernest Hemingway musical Too Close to the Sun at the West End's Comedy Theatre. She went on to appear in the 2009 Wharf Revue in Sydney, followed by the Australian production of Spring Awakening with the Sydney Theatre Company in February/March 2010. Dallimore played Cinderella in the London Open Air Theatre production of Into the Woods, which ran from 6 August – 11 September 2010. In 2012, she originated the role of Paulette Bonafonte in the Australian premiere of Legally Blonde The Musical. For this role, she won the 2013 Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical. Dallimore starred as Mrs Johnstone in the Australian revival of Blood Brothers in Sydney and Melbourne, and was nominated for a Helpmann Award for her performance. She would go on to win a Colleen Clifford Memorial Award for Best Actor in a Music Theatre (female) at the 2015 Glug Awards.

Genres

• Pop
• Soundtrack