Anita Louise Combe

Anita Louise Combe is an Australian actress, singer, dancer who has worked extensively in the entertainment industry all around the world. Combe attended the Gwen Mackay School of Dancing and trained in the Cechetti method of ballet with Jennifer Pollard in Adelaide, South Australia before making her first professional appearance on stage as Sillabub in the Australian Premiere Production of Cats at the Theatre Royal in Sydney. She is one of the few people in the world to date who has played both roles of Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly in the production of Chicago in the West End. Anita created the role of Stephanie Mangano in the World Premiere Production of Saturday Night Fever opposite fellow Australian, Adam Garcia and produced by Adelaide born, Robert Stigwood.

Combe was born in Adelaide, South Australia. Her mother Rosemary was a nursing sister and her father John was an architect. She grew up with five brothers, two older and three younger. Her eldest brother, Scott, died in a car accident only months after opening in the musical Cats. Her main ambition was to become a ballet dancer, but after being cast in her first role in Cats she realised she wanted to expand her career into singing and acting also.

After playing roles such as Peron's Mistress in Evita, Sybil in Private Lives and Cosette in Les Miserables, all in Australia, Combe then made her West End debut in the world premiere production of Sunset Boulevard.

It was in London that she met the father of her daughter. Her daughter was born in 2000 in London

The Royals (Season 3), Lady Jane

Doctors, Laura Bowles Miller, BBC, Dir: Graham Sherrington

Holby City, Margarhita, BBC

Salsa Industry pilot, Gail, Luvchild Productions, Dir:Lorrie Sheehy/Kevin Ball

Rabbit Fever, Feature film by Stephen Raphael Sheila Tucker, Caught in the headlight prod.,Dir:Ian Denyer

Silent Witness, Rachel Blake, BBC, Dir:Nick Renton

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