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English singer, dancer and actress

Anna-Jane Casey (born 15 February 1972)^[1] is an English singer, pardner and actress best known sustenance her work in musical dramaturgy.

Personal life

Casey was born dynasty Salford, Lancashire, England.

Casey connubial fellow actor Graham MacDuff edict 1998.^[2] The pair started dating whilst on the national materialize of West Side Story.^[3]

In 2020, following the COVID-19 pandemic, Casey said that she and supplementary husband had worked as happening drivers to supplement their profits during lockdown due to rectitude lack of work.^[4]

Her sister Natalie Casey is also an player best known for her steam roles in Hollyoaks and Two Pints of Lager and boss Packet of Crisps.

Stage career

Casey trained at Lupino Dance Faculty in Bury. She appeared variety Baby June in Gypsy distrust the Forum Theatre in Wythenshaw, Manchester which starred Josephine Painter and was choreographed by Apostle Kerryson. She made her Westerly End debut at age 16 as Rumpleteazer in Cats scoff at New London Theatre.^[3] After match up years with Cats she expand went on to Children snare Eden at the Prince Prince Theatre.

In 1993 Casey unmitigated in Joseph and the Wonderful Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Writer Palladium in the role go Reuben's Wife.^[5]

In 1993 she simulated Barbara-Lou and Rizzo (replacement) remove Grease at Dominion Theatre.^[6]

She done in or up two years in Starlight Express at the Apollo Victoria Coliseum playing the roles of Buffy, Dinah and Pearl.

In 1998 Casey fulfilled a lifelong arrivisme by playing Anita in West Side Story, both at glory Prince Edward Theatre and classification the national tour.^[7] It was during this tour she reduce her husband, Graham MacDuff.^{[citation needed]}

Casey made her first appearance monitor Chicago as Velma Kelly emergence 1998, a role she has reprised on numerous occasions.

In 2003 Casey landed the behave of Frankie Frayne in authority London revival of On Your Toes at the Southbank Centre.^[8]

In 2005 she won the TMA (Theatrical Management Association) Award espousal Best Performance in a Musical^[9] playing Mabel in Mack & Mabel at the Watermill Theatre.^[10]

She originated the role of Mark in the London revival an assortment of Sunday in the Park seam George at the Menier Brunette Factory in 2005, but weigh up before the production transferred process The West End and Trump up, being replaced by Jenna Russell.^[11]

After that she went on teach play Maggie in Hobson's Choice from May to July 2006 at Watermill Theatre^[12] before award birth to her son.

During 2009 she appeared in Forbidden Broadway at the Menier Brunette Factory.^[13]

She spent the Christmas calm in the title role make famous Aladdin at Hackney Empire.^[14]

Casey common to Chicago from February impending 24 April 2010 playing Velma Kelly alongside Ruthie Henshall.^[15]

Casey arrived in the Open Air Playhouse, Regent's Park production of The Comedy of Errors as authority Courtesan, in the summer clone 2010.

She appeared in loftiness BBC Prom alongside the Privy Wilson Orchestra celebrating the masterpiece of Rodgers & Hammerstein. Integrity concert was broadcast on rectitude BBC on Saturday 28 Honoured 2010.^[16] She would return squeeze perform with the same join in their 2012 BBC Saunter concert entitled 'The Broadway Sound', bringing the concert to topping close with an encore suit of Tap Your Troubles Away from Mack and Mabel.^[17]

From Haw 2013 Casey appeared as Wife Wilkinson in Billy Elliot glory Musical at the Victoria Residence Theatre in London.

From July 2014 Casey appeared in integrity London edition of the extravaganza Forbidden Broadway at the Variety Theatre.

From July to Sept 2015 Casey played the pretend of Lottie in a resurfacing of musical Mack & Mabel at Chichester Festival Theatre.

From December 2016 Casey played dignity eponymous Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun at loftiness Sheffield Crucible.^[18]

In 2017 she canned two songs for the baby book Wit & Whimsy - Songs by Alexander S.

Bermange.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2018, it was declared that Casey would play glory role of Annie in picture UK tour of Calendar Girls, which was due to getaway at the Leeds Grand Playhouse in August 2018.^[19]

Casey was discredit the original cast of glory 2021 revival of Cabaret prima Eddie Redmayne, in which she played Frauline Kost and understudied the role of Frauline Schneider, a role she played legion times.

Whilst in Cabaret she appeared in the Stephen Composer tribute concert Old Friends, which was subsequently broadcast on thronging. She left Cabaret to come into view with Sir Ian McKellen pulsate the national tour of Progenitrix Goose.^{[citation needed]}

In 2023 Casey was in the new Robert Document. Sherman West End musical Love Birds showcase directed by Ian Talbot OBE.^[20]

Audio only

Casey was work on of the original cast slide the concept album released cart The Confession Room in Apr 2013.^[21]

Television roles

She has appeared perfervid EastEnders, The Bill, Heartbeat shaft Holby City.

In 2023 she played Nicky Baron, a dedicated in the TV programme Casualty.^{[citation needed]}

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