Rachel Kelly Tucker (born 29 May 1981) is a Northern Irish stage actress, best known for her portrayal of Elphaba in the musical Wicked.

[3] She worked with Any Dream Will Do winner Lee Mead in the 2005 United Kingdom tour of the Rock musical, Tommy as Sally Simpson.

[4] In December 2007, Tucker appeared as Dorothy Gale in the Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of The Wizard of Oz at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast.

[6] Tucker recorded a version of the civil rights anthem "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around" which was used in a television advertisement for Libresse in 2005 entitled "March".

Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to save Tucker and eliminate Lark, saying: "I have to think as a producer and I do think Rachel was rock solid.

[9] At the semi-final stage, week nine, Tucker was in the bottom two for a third time, together with Samantha Barks, who had received the lowest number of viewers votes.

Lloyd Webber chose to save Barks and eliminate Tucker saying: "Last night Cameron and I were both saying that we thought both of you would be fantastic Nancys and now here am I faced with this.

From 22 September 2008, for one year, Tucker played Meat in the jukebox musical We Will Rock You, at the Dominion Theatre, London, under the direction of Christopher Renshaw.

Tucker starred as Elphaba in the West End production of the musical Wicked, at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, under the direction of Joe Mantello.

This was in aid of BBC Children in Need's Pop Goes the Musical, where a whole host of celebrities graced the stages of the West End of London to raise awareness for the charity's 2011 appeal.

[20] On 2 August 2012, it was announced that Tucker would be replaced by her former co-star Louise Dearman, who is the only actress to have ever played both Elphaba and Glinda in the musical.

[21][22] Tucker was departing for maternity leave and exited the show at the scheduled cast change on 27 October 2012, as announced, after over 900 performances.

[25] On 20 May 2016, it was announced Tucker would be returning to the West End production of Wicked, leading the show's 10th Anniversary Cast in London.

[27][28] Tucker starred in Farragut North playing the role of Ida, which premiered in London at the Southwark Playhouse on 11 September 2013.

Produced by Peter Huntley, in association with Daniel Krupnik and Southwark Playhouse, Directed by Guy Unsworth and with original music by Jude Obermüller, the production also starred Max Irons in the role of Stephen, and features Shaun Williamson, Aysha Kala, Josh O'Connor, Alain Terzoli and Andrew Whipp.

On 12 February 2014, it was announced via Tucker's Twitter account that she will be making her Broadway debut in Sting's new musical The Last Ship which began at the Neil Simon Theatre on 30 September 2014.

It was announced in Spring 2015, that Tucker was in rehearsals for an off-West End show called Communicating Doors at the Menier Chocolate Factory.

[32] At the start of March 2017, the pair announced that the collection of concerts would become an 11-date UK tour, visiting cities and towns such as Belfast, Cardiff, Bury St. Edmunds and Birmingham.

In April 2021, it was announced that Tucker would star alongside Lewis Cornay in a new and updated production of Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald's 1995 musical John & Jen.

John and Jen received praise from critics, with Theatre Weekly writing that the two leads had "an exquisite chemistry" and that Tucker was "unsurprisingly, incredible in the role of Jen"[38] while Gay Times wrote "We were expecting big things from West End and Broadway star Rachel Tucker and she truly delivers" noting also that the production was "easily one of the most ambitious and polished musicals we’ve seen in a studio theatre".

[39] In August 2023, it was announced that Tucker would guest star in the upcoming West End revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard playing Norma Desmond as alternate to Nicole Scherzinger.

[40] On October 2, 2024, it was announced that Tucker would be joining the West End production of Hadestown to takeover the role of Persephone, following the departure of Gloria Onitiri.

[42] On 25 March 2013, it was announced that Tucker had been signed to Big Hand Recordings in a joint venture with Elate Studio and would release her debut solo album on 22 July 2013.