Belinda Wollaston
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Belinda Wollaston 9 August 1983 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia |
Belinda Wollaston (born 1983 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian musical theatre actor.
Wollaston is a graduate of the NIDA Singer, Actor, Dancer and Young Actors Studio; and the prestigious Talent Development Project. She has performed extensively in Cabaret, and major musical theatre productions in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.
Wollaston made her debut in Songs From My Hairbrush: The Bedroom Mirror And Me, to sellout audiences at Kabarett Junction (a Sydney Cabaret venue). It is regarded as the show that began the trend of younger performers (as opposed to older performers) performing full length cabaret shows.
2003 proved to be a defining year in Wollastons career, with her commercial musical theatre debut in the smash hit musical Mamma Mia!, often touted as the world's most successful and entertaining musical. Belinda spent two years performing in the Australian touring production of the show, which took in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong.
In August 2005 she made her Sydney Theatre Company debut in the musical Summer Rain, gaining considerable audience acclaim for her performance.
In 2006 Belinda starred in a production of Putting It Together at the Seymour Centre in Sydney.
Most recently Belinda starred Kate McGowen in the Australian production of the Broadway musical, Titanic alongside her longtime friend and fellow musical theatre actor Hayden Tee.
Wollaston is currently starring in the return Brisbane season of 'Respect' alongside Rhonda Burchmore.
Broadway
In early 2006 Wollaston travelled to New York where she worked with some of the theatre world's biggest names, including Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Schwartz. Wollaston also performed at a number of events including 'Broadway Cares', and at Cabaret venues in New York.