Kerry Ellis

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Kerry Jane Ellis (born 6 May 1979) is an English actress and singer best known for her appearances in musical theatre and subsequent crossover into music.

Ellis, who was born and raised in Suffolk, began performing at an early age before attending Laine Theatre Arts at the age of 16. Ellis made her first on stage appearance in 1998 and made her West End debut in the role of Eliza Doolittle in 2001.

In 2002, she met Queen guitarist Brian May and gained the role of Meat in the original London cast of We Will Rock You, and later performed lead roles in Les Misérables, Wicked (which also took her to Broadway). Oliver! and Cats as well as appearing in national tours and concert performances of musicals such as Miss Saigon, Chess, The War of the Worlds, and RENT.

Ellis, who has received numerous accolades and nominations for her appearances, has been named as the First Lady of West End musicals.

She has also worked in film and television. Ellis had been expanding her repertoire as a solo artist in collaboration with May since 2002, although she failed to audition for The Voice UK in 2012.

Anthems (2010), the self-titled Kerry Ellis (2014) and "Golden Days," as well as an extended play Wicked in Rock (2008) and a live album Acoustic by Candlelight (2013).

Ellis also appears on several albums and is included on various cast albums, in addition to headinglining solo concert tours such as Anthems: The Tour and The Born Free Tour and Sing in Concerts Around the World.

She also works for the Born Free Foundation in May and is the patron of several cultural groups.

Early life and training

Kerry Jane Ellis was born in Haughley, Suffolk, on the sixth of Sandra Ann Reed and Terry John Ellis. She attended dance lessons at the Ann Holland School of Theatre Dance and appeared in local plays and pantomimes as well as horse riding, as well as swimming and horse riding. She appeared on stage in The Wizard of Oz at the Wolsey Theatre in nearby Ipswich, where she appeared as a Munchkin at the age of 9. Following a successful audition, she spent the summer of 1990 with the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT).

"I knew I wanted to be on the stage" when her parents brought her to Les Misérables for her 13th birthday. Ellis admits she didn't discover her voice until she was in college and had started working, but Liza Minnelli, Elaine Paige, and Barbra Strobin are among her early influences; her older brother Andrew, who is now a keen fisherman, was a tumultuous child. Ruthie Henshall has recalled how she was inspired by her fellow musical theatre actress Ruthie Henshall's success: "I think I connected with her because it was a real story that I enjoyed and was doable." She was just a few years ahead of me, and I could relate to her.

She completed her internship with Starmakers, a group of holiday entertainers, at Potters Leisure Resort in Hopton-on-Sea, when attending Stowmarket High School. She also performed well in the summers of 1995 and 1997 for the company's benefit by performing many of their cabaret shows. Ellis left school at 16 and enrolled in Laine Theatre Arts, an independent performing arts college, where she spent three years to earn a national diploma in musical theatre. "I learned a lot about myself, the industry, and ended up feeling part of something special" she recalls. Ellis was also in the same year as fellow musical theatre actress Louise Dearman. Ellis had appeared in many professional pantomimes for E&B productions including Dick Whittington (1995) and Aladdin (1996), as well as playing the title role in Cinderella (1997) at the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend-on-Sea.

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Ellis began understudied in Marti Webb's appearance in 1998, but the ship's entertainment staff took a break in 1999 to board cruise ship MS Voyager of the Seas, requiring him on several occasions in Webb's absence. She left the ship in Los Angeles, spent three months in the United States before her visa ran out, and then returned to understudy in the UK concert tour after nine months of traveling through the Caribbean. She had made her first television appearance on Children in Need for their special Pudsey the Musical on November 29, 1999, and was included in a Capital FM jingle. She appeared in a Gary Griffin-directed workshop performance titled Helen of Troy and played the role of Mary in Merrily We Roll Along at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre.

After being scouted by agent Jonathan Greatorex in the role of Eliza Doolittle, she had settled in her first home, a two-bedroom maisonette, and joined the original cast of Cameron Mackintosh's London revival of My Fair Lady as the second of two understudies to Martine McCutcheon. The musical appeared at the Royal National Theatre from 6 March 2001 to June 20, 2001, but it later moved to Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, beginning 21 July 2001. Ellis played Eliza Doolittle opposite Jonathan Pryce and Dennis Waterman on the West End, with only three hours preparation due to her illnesses.

"Kerry [had] been practicing during the season, but she didn't find out until late afternoon that she was going to continue." "She was terrified and excited but she loved it," said agent Greatorex, one of the first undercovery Jay. "She was fantastic." "I was anxious on stage, but once I was on stage the nerves dissipated and I thoroughly enjoyed the journey," Ellis said. She appeared on five occasions and left the company in July 2002. "I have a fond memory of this, my first West End show, and the learning curve from the cast and designers was fantastic," she recalled. "It was a big step up for me," she said. It was not only in the form of display that it was on display, but also in getting my name out."

Queen guitarist Brian May and music director Mike Dixon attended the performance during her time in My Fair Lady. Ellis performed in the ensemble for the first time, and they returned for the second time at a performance where they were undercovering Eliza Doolittle's role and eagerly encouraged her to audition for their debut of their jukebox musical We Will Rock You. Ellis confessed that she had no idea it was May who was watching her at the time; she found out later today. She landed Meat and was expected to perform "Nobody But You" after seven auditions and had to sing "Only the Good Die Young."

She debuted on May 14th and appeared in television performances with the cast on Parkinson and at Party at the Palace. Ellis, who died as Meat on April 17, 2004, appeared on the original London cast recording of We Will Rock You. She said that working with May, Elton, and Roger Taylor was "a major step forward" in her career, describing her journey as "breath-taking."

May partnered with Ellis during her time in We Will Rock You to lay the foundations of her musical career, and she was particularly interested in working with her musically. "I was entranced and felt the certainty that I'd make an album for her from the day she first heard her singing." "I never left me alone," he said. They released an orchestral version of "No One But You" in 2002 (Only the Good Die Young). It was announced digitally three years ago. Ellis, who was still in the production, appeared in one-off intimate gigs at London venues.

Mary Magdalene, the female lead, appeared in a concert version of Jesus Christ Superstar at Porchester Castle in June 2004, alongside other West End performers and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. In addition to being Ellen in a UK tour of Miss Saigon, Eva Cassidy appeared in a 2004 workshop production of Way Beyond Blue, a Trevor Nunn-directed and Imogen Stubbs-written piece. Miss Saigon was in rehearsals at Sadler's Wells Theatre in Islington until performances began on June 14th, 2004 at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth. "While not on stage much, the brief moments with [Ellis'] Ellen are both emotional and sympathetic as well as vocally lovely," a BBC analyst said.

Ellis played Fantine in Les Misérables' West End version. Ellis began rehearsals while on tour with Miss Saigon and rehearsed for four weeks with the company before beginning the role of Fantine on June 27, 2005, alongside John Owen-Jones, Shonagh Daly, Shaun Escoffery, and Hayden Tee. Ellis was a fan for nearly a year and came to an end with the company on June 24. In addition to admitting to his delight at Ellis' development as a "good actor" and naming her a "true actress," theatre director Cameron Mackintosh confessed that Ellis made a "outstanding" Fantine.

Ellis appeared in Elphaba at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in July 2006. Ellis had been hired to appear as a temporary standby to Idina Menzel, the original Elphaba, for three months beginning in September 2006 before being escorted to play the lead role full time in January 2007. Ellis appeared on nine occasions in Menzel's absence, and some fans turned up specifically hoping to see Ellis. Ellis also appeared at concerts and performances, singing songs from the musical, including West End Live in Leicester Square, Kids Week in Covent Garden, and the annual Gay Pride Festival in Trafalgar Square, in addition to being on lunchtime television talk show Loose Women. She continued her role at the Apollo Victoria Theatre until June 8, 2008. Ellis received the Whatsonstage.com People's Choice Theatre Award for Best Takeover in a Role in addition to a nomination for Best Actress at the Lastminute.com People's Choice Theatre Awards.

Ellis earned her time in Wicked, London, before moving to the Gershwin Theatre in New York for the Broadway show, which opened on June 17th. Stephanie J. Watson, a stage actress, was recalled by the actress after being displaced onstage. Block is the first Wicked actress to move from the West End to Broadway. Ellis earned the Best Female Breakthrough Performance award in 2009 while playing alongside Kendra Kassebaum as Glinda and Aaron Tveit as Fiyero for her five-month tenure. Ellis performed in the 5th anniversary celebrations by switching on the lights of the Empire State Building with composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz. Ellis performed on Broadway in Times Square, recorded a song named "Behind These Walls" for Scott Alan's album Keys, and released her first extended play Wicked in Rock (2008) during her stay in New York. The EP features three tracks: Brian May and Steve Sidwell's "Defying Gravity" and "I'm Not That Girl" from Wicked and Queen's "Nobody Is a Child" that she and May produced six years ago, as well as "I'm Not That Girl" and "I'm Not That Girl" from "Not That Girl" and "I'm Not That Girl" (Only the Good Die Young) which she and May recorded six years ago Ellis left the Broadway company on September 9, 2008, and Marcie Doddd was hired. "Itanet[and] a pleasure] was "a real honour [and] a pleasure] in her change from West End to Broadway; she said being on Broadway was a "dream come true."

Ellis appeared on Wicked's West End production on December 1, 2008, and spent another five months as Elphaba, where, eventually, she came to an end. Elphaba's last appearance was on May 9, 2009, and Alexia Khadime took over two days later. Ellis had been paid lead for a total of 116 weeks (omitting absence) in both the London and Broadway companies, making her the longest-serving British actress in the role of Elphaba (until Rachel Tucker later carried out this feat in June 2012). Ellis and Dianne Pilkington (who appeared alongside Glinda) were also the show's longest serving leads. In a Whatsonstage.com poll asking the public to vote for their favorite actress who has appeared in London in 2013, she was named as the most popular West End Elphaba.

Ellis praised Elphaba's role as the "most challenging [that she had] ever undertaken] and admits that Wicked "changed [her] life" in terms of increasing her exposure within the entertainment industry. Ellis also appeared on stage at the London Palladium in 2008, where she performed her rock version of "Defying Gravity" alongside Brian May on guitar.

Ellis performed in Wicked, alongside Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Clarke Peters, Marti Pellow, and David Bedella in a two-day limited engagement of Chess in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall on May 12, 2008. On reflection, she reflected that to perform in the Royal Albert Hall, work with a "amazing" company, and perform with those particular cast members "was a dream come true." Later in life, this concert version was also available on DVD and CD and TV, and it was also shown on American network television.

Following her release from Wicked, Kerry Ellis Sings the Great British Songbook was released by the Shaw Theatre in London, and she appeared on her debut album and appeared at various live performances, including her first set of solo musical showcase concerts entitled Kerry Ellis Sings the Great British Songbook. She appeared on four dates in late June 2009, with Brian May as the exception in each night's encore. Ellis said of the concerts, "It's now something that I can do as me rather than being in a show as a character." It's amazing to sing songs that I actually want to sing or ones that I can't afford to sing." Taking That, Duffy, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Paul McCartney were among Ellis' favorite British composers and lyricists, as well as Ellis' favourite British composers and lyricists, including Take That, Duffy, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Paul McCartney. "Ellis is as sexy as any other female pop artist out there today, and she sings like a true diva," a critic said. "She may have left Oz for good, but there is no place like home, and for Kerry Ellis, home is most definitely the stage."

Ellis appeared on tours in 2009, including the Symphonic Queen Spectacular across the UK and Champions of Rock through Sweden's cities. She appeared with John Barrowman at the 2009 Henley Festival (which was later shown on BBC Radio 2's Saturday Night Is Music Night), and at Thank You for the Music, a special concert in Hyde Park on September 29, 2009, where she performed "You Must Be There" in Bainty and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA), as a member of the pair's musical Kristina fr. matria. Ellis also appeared on "Somebody to Love" on Only Men Aloud in November alongside other musicians at the Royal Albert Hall, a tribute to breast cancer research, and also appeared as a featured artist on a version of "Somebody to Love" in November. Band of Brothers, Derek's second studio album; she performed this song live with the choir at one of their shows in December 2009 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

Ellis appeared in the role of Nancy in Cameron Mackintosh's London revival of Oliver for the first time in nearly a year. At Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Ellis had appeared on BBC talent show I'd Do Anything (2009), mentoring prospective Nancys (including Jodie Prenger) in the run-up to the London revival. She also coached prospective candidates in Over the Rainbow (2010), the BBC's current talent show that looked for a Dorothy Gale for the 2011 musical version of Wizard of Oz's Dorothy Gale. Ellis first appeared as Nancy Jones on March 29, 2010 to rave reviews, portraying Griff Rhys Jones (and later Russ Abbot) as Fagin and Steven Hartley as Bill Sikes. She was the second and last actress to play Nancy in the London revival, and she continued her role until the show's end on January 8, 2011. Ellis was nominated for the 2010 BroadwayWorld.com Award for Best Leading Actress in a Role, as well as the 2011 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Taking Over in a Role, but she was sadly disqualified by Sheridan Smith in Legally Blonde and Rachel Tucker as Elphaba in Wicked.

Anthems, Ellis' debut studio album, was released in mid September 2010, and was completed in a matter of nine months. Ellis' album, which was produced by Brian May and recorded at Abbey Road Studios with a 70-piece orchestra, was described as one that "tap[s] into all of the various fields [she has] worked in" during her career from 2000 to 2010. It includes original songs, songs from musicals, and concerts in which she has been performing, as well as new arrangements of personal favorites. "I think [Kerry and I]'ve created [...] a style that identifies a new style of music," May said, "I think [Anthems has] a touch of camp to it." It's really grand. "It has] big orchestras and big ballady vocals. The album debuted at number 15 on the UK Albums Chart, despite being ranked at number 15 on the UK Albums Chart.

Ellis appeared on many television shows including Tonight's The Night, This Morning, and The Alan Titchmarsh Exhibition, as well as performing live at the BBC Radio Theatre and later, London nightclub, G-A-Y. Ellis performed songs from Anthems as well as a medley of Queen songs at BBC's Proms in the Park over the weekend leading up to the album's debut. Ellis performed at The Royal Albert Hall in the presence of the British Royal Family, including Queen Elizabeth II.

Anthems, Ellis and May's first headlining concert tour of the United Kingdom, titled Anthems: The Tour, was launched in aid of Anthems, Ellis and May. Ellis was supported by the City of London Philharmonic, Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, and the electronic string quartet Escala on May 1 in 2012 for two special charity performances (benefiting Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research). Her appearances at the Royal Albert Hall sold out and later received the 2012 Whatsonstage.com Best Solo Performance Award for Best Solo Performance and a nomination for the 2011 BroadwayWorld.com Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Solo Performance and Best Overall Performance (she missed The Phantom of the Opera's 25th anniversary celebrations). After attending Anthems: The Concert, writer Mark Shenton of The Stage praised Ellis, a "small but ferocious performer" with a "strong, fiery presence," as "this generation's Elaine Paige" with a "soaring, scorching voice. He made a remark about her cult that arose from her Wicked days, referring to her as "our local green goddess of song." "I can't deny the authority and following her she openly." Despite professing that he prefers other contemporary musical theatre actresses. Anthems: The Tour continued at various locations in the United Kingdom and culminated at RAF Cranwell in July 2011, where the pair headlined a special titled Anthems in the Park. The tour received mainly favorable feedback, with critics lauding May's sound with Ellis' voice.

She appeared in several concerts throughout 2010, including The Night of 1000 Voices, which was dedicated to composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday, at the Royal Albert Hall in May, A Weekend with the Stars, where she appeared in "Somebody to Love" with Only Men Aloud! At the Wales Millennium Centre and at an event commemorating composer Lionel Bart's birth at the Hackney Empire, where she performed the Oliver. "As Long as He Wants Me" is a song that carries the same message. The last two performances were later broadcast on British television channel S4C and BBC Radio 2 respectively in December. She also contributed to a version of "Wind Beath My Wings" by the Royal Air Force's Central Band on their album Reach for the Skies, and she appears on his album "Come What May" with Alfie Boe on his album Bring Him Home. Ellis also contributed to "inspirational" videos that were posted on YouTube as a result of school bullying and a surge in suicides among young LGBT people struggling with their identity, among other participants from the London theatre community. At the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actress in a Musical, Ellis also received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

Ellis continued to perform in various concerts throughout 2011, including her return to Potters Leisure Resort where she first began performing, to appear in the One Night Musicals Spectacular, which featured Ellis in combination with "musical variety from Potters Theatre Company and other leading West End performers" in February. In March, she joined performer Barry Manilow on the Finian's Rainbow song "Look to the Rainbow" at the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards in addition to returning to London nightclub G-A-Y, performing "Love It When You Call," "I Know Him So Well," "Diamonds Are Forever," and a reimagined version of her rock version of "Defying Gravity."

Ellis became a Patron – along with Bonnie Langford – of Guildford's Performance Preparation Academy in April (PPA). Both Ellis' and Langford's names are now available year after year. She judged in the 2011 Stephen Sondheim Society Youth of the Year competition, in addition to appearing "Cabaret" and "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby" at the Mermaid Theatre as part of BBC Radio 2's special concert "Love It When You Call" and a remixed version of her rock version of "Defying Gravity" on Friday Night in honor of the club's 19th anniversary, she performed "Love It When You Call" and "Alive on Saturday Nightclub "Bye, "Bye "Byet" and "Ba on Friday Night "Bye" and "Movie" and "Bye" at the "Bye" and "Bye the BBC's "Bye Concert" and "Bye" and "Bye's "Defye Mute in the Song "Defying Gravity" in honoring Gravity" and "Bye "Defeat" and "Bye" and "Bye" in May's's" and "Se" and "Bye" in concert "Bye" in the Club" and "Bye Afame in its "Bye a" in honoring Gravity" and "Bye &apose" in Dancing in a "Ma" in a" and "Bye "Defeat" in the club's, a-a "Bye a" and "Love It When You" and "Bye "Defye Your Baby's on her in the Club's, "Bye" in May.

Ellis accepted an invitation to fly a training sortie with the Red Arrows on June 16th, while May flew on Red 1 with Squadron Leader Ben Murphy (the Red Arrows' leader) on June, while Ben Plank flew on Red 7 on Sunday. The pair performed "Born Free" at the 2011 Born Free Foundation Gala Dinner at the Savoy Hotel to commemorate its founder Virginia McKenna's 80th birthday and then team up in July for the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

She kicked off the 20th English Premier League for the FA Community Shield in August by appearing the British national anthem at Wembley Stadium and later became a patron to Emil Dale's School of Performing Arts in Hitchin, although September saw her appear at the new Diamond Theatre in Slovenia and then returning to Savoy to perform at the 65th anniversary of Freddie Mercury. In addition to appearing in the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Broadway musical Godspell at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, she and guitarist Craig Adams appeared in two solo concerts titled An Audience with Kerry Ellis on October 30th and October 1st. Ellis married her long-term boyfriend James Townsend on September 8, 2011 after their wedding in November 2010.

Ellis auditioned for The Voice UK's first series, a reality television singing competition, in January 2012. Ellis was seen in front of its four coaches giving a blind audition. She performed "Son of a Preacher Man," but it didn't progress her any further because no one of the coaches turned around to choose her to be in their teams. Her audition aired on BBC One in March; the panel responded with encouraging feedback. "You seem to have already made it," Tom Jones said of her musical career, although Danny O'Donoghue said, "I thought you did a really good job, I certainly did." I can't fault it, but there is nothing I can fault for not turning around. I'm looking for a specific kind of singer and you're not it, but you'll be for 99% of the United Kingdom, I am sure." Her name became a trend on social media website Twitter later this year.

Ellis and Louise Dearman have continued to perform, appearing at a charity concert of Children of Eden with other West End performers at London's Prince of Wales Theatre in January, which has prompted Mark Shenton to describe Ellis and Louise Dearman as "the twin goddesses of West End musical voices." Ellis performed with Brian May and singer Irene Fornaciari on "I (Who Have Nothing)" and "We Will Rock You" at the 2012 San Diego Music Festival. With May, she closed the 2012 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards, as well as performing with him at the opening of Pride of Cape Town in South Africa in March. She also shot a film to promote her charity work with the Born Free Foundation. She performed solo in the one-off concerts Coming Home and On the Edge towards the end of March and the beginning of April, as well as hosting her own BBC Radio 2 special guests Brian May, Ramin Karimloo, and Jonathan Ansell.

In addition to returning to The Night of 1000 Voices at the Royal Albert Hall, judging contestants for the Craig Barbour Award at the Soho Theatre and performing in a Marco Bicego London jewelry exhibition in May, she had several appearances. She went to Florence, Italy, to perform with Italian Queen tribute band Killer Queen, but she returned to England to perform with Brian May at a concert called Rock Against Cancer in Devizes. Ellis was featured in Mark Shenton's article about his "favourite leading musical ladies" in West End theatre, lauding her for bringing "a new degree of pop passion to her voice, which has put her in good shape for [West End] shows. In addition, she was filming at Pinewood Studios for the film adaptation of Les Misérables (2012), where she appears as an uncredited wench in the "Master of the House" number, which also stars Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter. She has also worked with Craig Adams on his latest musical Defect; she also appeared on stage with Oliver Tompsett's "If Only You Know" in June;

Ellis performed in These Are A Few of My Favorite Songs at Soho Theatre in London and performed with the winners of the #searchfortwitterstar – an online talent competition aimed at young audiences in Jersey, Guildford, and Guernsey – and sat on the jury for Talent 2012, a competition for the next West End musical theatre actor. Ellis, the official patron of St. George's Youth Theatre in Great Yarmouth, was made the Vice President of the Newmarket Operatic Musical and Dramatic Society (later their patron) and the first official patron of the West End Stage, a London-based summer school, in August, after chatting with David Bedella at the Alleycat in London's Soho.

In September, she appeared with Brian May at both the Freddie for a Day launch event at London's Savoy Hotel, Wildlife Rocks at the Guildford Cathedral, and The Sunflower Jam at London's Royal Albert Hall, in addition to serving on the judging panel at London's dog show Pup Aid. In addition to appearing at an event titled A Night at the Musicals at the Wales Millennium Centre in Leicester Square, the following October, she conducted a week of solo concerts at the Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square with a small band and a number of special guests. She returned to Shanghai in the same month as part of a series of concerts titled Ultimate Broadway at the city's Culture Square Theatre. These concerts featured other West End artists and celebrated both classical and modern Broadway hits. Ellis also embarked on her second headlining concert tour with Brian May, The Born Free Tour, with dates in and around the home counties from 5 to 19. The pair appeared at the Make-A-Wish Foundation Winter Ball at The Dorchester in London in the same month. They partnered up in December for a Christmas special of Weekend Wogan, which was later this month on BBC Radio 2. In the same month, she was also named a official patron of the Academy for Theatre Arts in Newcastle-under-Lyme. She was also made a formal patron of the British Dance Arts Federation in January 2013.

Ellis returned to her theater roots on the New Generation tour of The War of the Worlds, portraying Beth at many arenas around Europe from November 2012 to January 2013. The sold-out show at The O2 Arena was shot and was released in theaters in April and will be available on DVD in November. Ellis appeared in the role of Mimi with Rory Taylor in the 20th anniversary concert revival of the musical RENT, which toured the UK, opening in Manchester on April 25th and playing in London, Liverpool, Newcastle, Cardiff, Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Glasgow, and Leeds. On May 5, 2013, the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend-on-Sea came to an end. She appeared on select dates in Lee Mead's musical performance The West End Men, led by Lee Mead, at London's Valiant Theatre from May to June.

Her 2013 appearances include leading a week of cabaret shows at The Pheasantry in London and Tiger Tracks, a three-week tiger conservation festival, and Brian May's free outdoor charity gig at St Pancras railway station. She appeared on After Show with David Bedella at the Alleycat in London's Soho in April to speak with David Bedella. In May, she performed with Kerry Ellis in Concert at the London Palladium for one night only, with special guests including Brian May and West End to present the West End Wilma Volunteer of the Year award and also lining the 9th annual Spotlight Ball. In June, she performed in front of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, at the naming ceremony of the newest addition to the P&O Princess Cruises' fleet, before returning to face Brian May in the United Kingdom and Ireland for a second leg of the Born Free Tour.

In addition to appearing at the 47th Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and a performance at the 2013 Guitare en scène festival in the east of France, the pair took The Born Free Tour to mainland Europe in July. Ruthie Henshall, a musical theatre revue revue, performs in West End Anthems, a musical theatre revue, in Kent, and will appear as a special guest at An Intimate Evening with Ruthie Henshall at London's Cadogan Hall and as a special guest at The Velma Celli Exhibition at the Hippodrome Casino, London. Ellis returned to the Hippodrome Casino in September as a special guest at Christina Bianco's Diva Moments festival. In addition to talking to Edward Seckerson in his Singular Sensations performance at Charing Cross Theatre, London, and performing an acoustic set with Brian May at the Hope 4 Apes charity ball, hosted by Sir David Attenborough, the same month. She appeared in TransAtlantic, a concert mix of new musical theatre at St James Theatre, London, in September, where she performed a duet with Rory Taylor in September. She appeared at the Inspiration Awards for Women in October at Cadogan Hall, London. Ellis will appear in A Night at the Musicals when it returns to the Wales Millennium Centre, as well as being a special guest in a Christmas Spectacular at the Royal Albert Hall in December.

Ellis spent time on new music with Brian May; she and him released an Acoustic by Candlelight on June 17, 2013. The pair performed a preview of "Born Free" as a single on November 5, 2012, as a single on November 20, 2013 and as a pair on June 17, 2013. By Christmas 2013, a DVD of the tour will be available. She was also responsible for "The Badger Swagger," a song by Brian May and Slash promoting Team Badger, a group of businesses banding up to combat the planned cull of badgers in the United Kingdom, which was released on June 3rd 2013 and also as Viva's charity single. (Vegetarians International Voice for Animals) The book, which will be published in time for Christmas 2013, will be published in time for Christmas 2013. On October 25, Ellis gave birth to Alfie Ellis-Townsend, a baby boy.

Ellis appeared in West End Anthems at the Watford Colosseum in the first quarter of 2014, and he also returned to RENT's 20th anniversary concert tour of the UK in January and February. She also went back on the road with Brian May on The Candlelight Concerts tour in London between February and March, as well as returning to Pheasantry in London's Pheasantry, performing in A Night in the West End with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and performing in a solo concert Live at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham, and performing at An Evening of Movies and Musicals with Joe McElderry in Scotland.

Ellis also launched a Pledge page to sell her new album, as well as a variety of VIP packages and Ellis gifts. Kerry Ellis' latest album, which was released on September 14, 2014, was released on September 14, 2014.

Ellis performed in "For Good" at Wicked's original Broadway Glinda, Kristin Chenoweth, on July 12, 2014 during her one-night solo concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

Ellis would return to Wicked's West End production on July 14, 2014, replacing Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. She appeared on television from August 4 to October 24, 2014, during a limited 12-week run.

Ellis released a double album in December 2014, along with fellow musical theatre actors Louise Dearman and Ben Forster, of Alexander S. Bermange's three-person musical, The Route to Happiness. This was sold as a deluxe 2-CD set and downloadable.

Ellis took over in Cats from Nicole Scherzinger in February 2015.

Louise Dearman, a West End actress and colleague, appeared at the Prince Edward Theatre on Sunday 27th for the first night-only concert. On September 30, she gave birth to her second child, a boy named Freddie.

Ellis appeared as Alice in the UK tour of Wonderland in 2017.

Ellis appeared at the Glamis Proms in August 2018, the childhood home of Her Majesty, Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

Ellis performed "Rise Like a Phoenix" in the opening of the Miss World 2019 pageant on December 18, 2019.

Ellis performed "Defying Gravity" as the final of Musicals: The Greatest Show, a socially distanced performance with no audience, was broadcast on BBC1 on February 7, 2021.

Ellis would appear in Anything Goes' UK/Ireland tour in February 2022, which also appeared at London's Barbican Theatre until September 3.

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