Elena Roger

[2] Prior to being cast as Eva Perón in the West End revival of Evita, Roger was already a performer in her native Buenos Aires.

[4] She went on to appear in several productions including Nine, Houdini, Dracula, the musical, Beauty and the Beast, and Fiddler on the Roof, as well as starring in Les Misérables as Fantine, and Saturday Night Fever as Annette.

[9] While doing research in Buenos Aires for the 2006 West End revival of Evita, an employee of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group saw Roger perform and suggested her for the title role of the show.

[21] The show eventually transferred to the larger Vaudeville Theatre,[22] and Roger won the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

[3] From September 10 through November 21, 2010, Roger starred as Fosca in a revival of the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical Passion for a limited engagement at the Donmar Warehouse.

[23] On February 7, 2011, it was announced that Roger was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award as Best Actress in a Musical for the third time for her work in this role.

[28] On the strength of her reception in London,[29] Roger returned to the role of Eva Perón in a new Broadway revival of Evita with previews beginning in March 2012 and an opening night in April at the Marquis Theatre.