Amanda Harrison

Amanda Harrison
Amanda Harrison in March 2012
Background information
Born	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres	Musical Theatre
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor
Years active	1997–present
Website	amandaharrison.com.au

Amanda Harrison is an Australian actress and singer, known for her roles in Wicked (Elphaba) We Will Rock You (Meat u/s -UK, and Oz- Australia) and for originating the role of Paula Pokrifki in the world premiere of An Officer and A Gentleman. She has performed in cabaret several times, including her current production Up Close and Reasonably Personal which she is expected to perform at Melbourne Cabaret Festival in June 2014 and recently David Harris, Michael Ball, Lea Salonga and Marie Zamora for Enda Markey Presents Do You Hear The People Sing at Shanghai Grand Theatre. She voiced characters for Get Ace an animation series released in January 2014. She appeared with Mig Ayesa, Michael Falzon and Carly Thomas-Smith for three performances of The Music of Queen - Rock and Symphonic Spectacular. The concert series began on 7 February 2014, at Sydney Opera House supported by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra before three performances in Perth, Western Australia (Joondalup Resort,Riverside Theatre and Boardwalk Theatre) between 13–15 February.

Harrison grew up in Bangor and attended Menai High School in Sydney's Sutherland Shire. Harrison attended short courses at The Actors Centre and started the Musical Theatre BA at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 1997, but left after only six weeks to take the role of Betty Schaefer in the Original Australian Production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard.