Louise Dearman (born 13 March 1979)[1] is a British actress and singer, perhaps best known for playing Glinda and Elphaba in the West End production of the musical Wicked.
She has a number of other professional stage and television credits, such as Eva Perón in Evita, Sarah Brown and Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, and Daisy Hilton in Side Show.
[3] She first began dance lessons at the age of three, and started to consider a stage career after appearing as part of a children's choir in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the London Palladium when she was thirteen.
[4] Then, after performing in the ensemble of Whistle Down the Wind in Bromley, she portrayed Jan in the Grease UK tour in 2000, which she later returned to in 2003 at the Victoria Palace Theatre.
The concert also featured Patina Miller, Shoshana Bean, Ashleigh Gray, Sierra Boggess, Jodie Jacobs, Alex Gaumond and Hadley Fraser.
[14] On 28 June 2012, Dearman participated in a workshop for a new musical comedy version of JM Barrie's Peter Pan, playing the role of Tinker Bell.
The workshop took place at Lyric Theatre, London, alongside actors Tim Driesen, Gerard Carey and Lucy Sinclair.
[15] On 2 August 2012, it was revealed that Dearman would make a comeback to Wicked, but this time in the role of Elphaba, replacing her former co-star Rachel Tucker.
[17][18] On 2 August 2014, Dearman appeared at The Proms in a semi-staged production of the Cole Porter classic Kiss Me, Kate as Lois Lane, accompanied by the John Wilson Orchestra.
In April 2014, it was announced that Dearman would originate the role of Mrs D in a new musical production of The Water Babies which premiered at Curve theatre in Leicester, alongside fellow West End performers Tom Milner and Lauren Samuels.
[19] In August 2016, she sang for a third consecutive year at the BBC Proms with the John Wilson Orchestra in a special tribute concert to George and Ira Gershwin.