Laura Michelle Kelly

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Laura Michelle Kelly (born 4 March 1981) is an English actress and singer best known for her appearance in Mary Poppins in the musical of the same name and in the role of Sylvia in Finding Neverland on Broadway.

Early life

Kelly was born in Totton, Hampshire, and moved to a farm on the Isle of Wight with her family, her mother's birthplace, and the place where her father and mother first met. She attended primary, Solent Middle, and Sandown High.

In middle school, Bugsy Malone was her first musical appearance. Barbara Walter, a local singing instructor who performed Kelly in amateur productions at local theatres, including Shanklin Stagecoach of Performing Arts School, studied with her.

Personal life

In 2001, Kelly married choreographer Nick Winston. After seven years of marriage, they divorced. She married Sean Helleren in Maui, Hawaii, on January 24th. Raphael Benjamin Helleren, her son, was born on October 23rd.

She is the third of four children and the youngest of four siblings. She comes from a Christian family. She has said that her faith is a vital piece of her life, and that she prays before every performance. "My Bible, iPhone, and my guitar," she said when asked which three items she would bring to a desert island.

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Career

Beauty and the Beast, Whistle Down the Wind as Swallow (2000) (with a 10-year-old Jessie J), Les Misérables as Eponine at the Palace Theatre (2001), Mamma Mia! Sophie at the Prince Edward Theatre (2002) and My Fair Lady as Eliza Doolittle at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (2003). Hodel (2004), she made her Broadway debut in a revival of Fiddler on the Roof.

In September 2004, Mary Poppins premiered at the Bristol Hippodrome in September, then in December at the Prince Edward Theatre in the West End. Kelly's role as the title character received rave reviews as well as the 2005 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. After more than 400 appearances, she left Mary Poppins on October 29th, 2005, and Scarlett Strallen took over. Kelly went to Singapore in November 2005 to appear in A Twist of Fate, a Singapore Repertory Company product. Anthony Drewe (who co-wrote the songs with Singaporean composer Dick Lee) appeared in the film as well.

In 2006, she returned to London to appear in A Tribute to Dirty Dancing at Kenwood House and Marble Hill. On August 1, 2006, Kelly and Michael Ball performed at the Hackney Empire to honor Anthony Newley of BBC Radio Two, which was broadcast on September 29, 2006. On tour in December 2006, Kelly was the Special Guest for Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. Kelly performed "The Prayer" from the film Quest for Camelot alongside Michael Ball on August 27, 2007, on her BBC Proms debut.

Kelly appeared as Galadriel in the original London production of The Lord of the Rings – The Musical at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, from 2007 to 2008. On May 9, 2007, the show opened with previews, with an official opening night on June 19. Kelly appeared in her last game on February 2, 2008, but Abbie Osman replaced her.

In an ITV1 film of Agatha Christie's Nemesis, she played both a nun and former Coronation Street actress Johnny Briggs' trophy wife.

Kelly appeared in David Mamet's play Speed-the-Plow at Old Vic Theatre in London from 1 February to 26 April 2008 and in the Ruhrfestspiele in Recklinghausen, Germany, in May 2008.

In Focus on the Family Radio Theatre's production of The Screwtape Letters, Kelly sang "Dorothy." Wormwood, the patient (called "John Hamilton"), and the patient's mother were also included in this audio-drama. Andy Serkis was Wormwood, and Bertie Carvel was Wormwood.

Kelly reimagined Mary Poppins at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway, starting on October 12, 2009, replacing Scarlett Strallen. Kelly briefly left Mary Poppins' cast on March 6, 2011, when she was replaced by producer Ashley Brown to shoot a film. On July 19, 2011, she returned to work. Steffanie Leigh replaced her in her last appearance on October 9, 2011.

In the America Celebrates 4 July at Ford's Theatre in front of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on June 6, 2010, Kelly and former London co-star Gavin Lee appeared as Mary Poppins and Bert. On ABC, the special aired on July 2nd, 2010. Kelly was reunited with Lee when he returned to the role of Bert in Mary Poppins' Broadway performance on August 24, 2010.

In a production of The King and I at the Muny from 6 to 12, Kelly appeared as Anna Leonowens. Ensign Nellie Forbush appeared in the Muny production of South Pacific from 8 to 14.

On May 5, 2013, she reprised Eliza in a concert version of My Fair Lady at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Kelly will appear in the world premiere of the new musical Finding Neverland, which appeared at the American Repertory Theater from July to September 2014, on June 2, 2014. She reprised her role in the Broadway revival, which opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on April 15, 2015. She stayed with the company until it closed on August 21, 2016.

In November 2016, Kelly began a North American tour as Anna Leonowens in The King and I. She appeared on the show until March 17, 2018.

She was proclaimed as the lead in the Encores in 2018. Me and My Girl co-star Christian Borle appeared in the film Me and My Girl, which was released in the United States.

In the Broadway show The Royal Family of Broadway (Massachusetts), Julie, one of the Cavendish family, was portrayed by her. (Massachusetts) from June 2018 to July 2018.

"There Was A Time" Kelly's debut single on EMIs Angel's website was released on April 17, 2006. On BBC Radio 2, the single had a week on Record of the Week. This single is from her debut solo album, The Storm Inside, which was released on May 1, 2006. The collection features six original songs and six covers, including three songs that Kelly wrote herself and a cover of Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know," which predates Lily Allen's "Somewhere Only We Know" and has a similar arrangement.

A new single, "What's It All For?"

On March 5, 2007, singer Judie Tzuke's book "written by Judie Tzuke" was released as a digital download. It was followed by the release of her album, also titled What's It All About?, with the three new songs and a sample of others from The Storm Inside, which was first announced in 2006.

Kelly also performed a song for The Screwtape Letters, which she appeared in as Dorothy, the patient's mother. "This is a war," the song begins.

Lucy Barker appeared in Tim Burton's Tim Burton/DreamWorks film Sweeney Todd in 2007.

In her first appearance in the 2013 film Goddess, she played a mother of young twins in a remote Tasmanian farm, who finds unexpected success when her songs go viral on the internet without the knowledge of her missing husband, played by Ronan Keating.

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