DELIA HANNAH Fantine

TOURED: Auckland, Perth, Brisbane

BIOGRAPHY:

Running away with The Pirates of Penzance was to be the beginning of Delia's career in musical theatre. A twist of fate turned a two- week holiday in Sydney into a two-year engagement with the original Australian production of Les Miserables, which for Delia included well over 100 performances in the role of Fantine. Sydney became a home as she made the unusual transition from understudy to leading lady, playing Annette in Beach Blanket Tempest, Miss Santiago in The Buddy Holly Story, Eva Peron in Evita and an acclaimed performance as Florence Vassey in Chess. In 1992 Delia won the Mo Award for Female Musical Theatre Performer of the Year. However, it was the role of Rose Vibert in the Australian production of Aspects of Love that proved to be a career ground-breaker. A Mo Award nomination was followed by Delia winning the Australian Variety Club Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Delia then accepted an invitation to open the UK touring production of Aspects of Love opening in Birmingham. She returned to take up the challenging role of Mrs Johnston in the New Zealand/Australian production of Willy Russell's hit musical Blood Brotbers and once again won critical acclaim and the Sydney Critics' Circle Award for Best Performance in a Musical. Delia played the role of Grizabella in The Really Useful Company's revival of Cats, before touring Australia, New Zealand and Asia with The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, performing as the lead soloist with Anthony Warlow during the Sydney and Japan seasons. She has just returned from New Zealand where she played Anita in West Side Story. Delia's television appearances include The Midday Show, In Melbourne Tonight, Hey Hey It's Saturday and Good Morning Australia. It is with great excitement that she returns to the cast of Les Miserables.

RECENT PROJECTS:

Delia appeared as Grizabella in Cats Runaway. While taking a break from Cats, Delia performed as the Baker's Wife in the New Zealand production of Into the Woods. After finishing her run in Cats, Delia recreated the role of Mrs Johnson in the new production of Blood Brothers, touring around New Zealand. Delia can currently be seen as Aunty Em, and Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz.

LINKS:

Delia Hannah - Official site
Wizard of Oz - Official Site

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