Christie Whelan
| Christie Whelan Browne | |
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Whelan-Browne at the 2015 Helpmann Awards
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| Born |
Christie Whelan 6 August 1982 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2005- |
| Known for | Musical theatre |
| Notable work | Grease: The Arena Spectacular, Company, Britney Spears: The Cabaret |
Christie Whelan-Browne (born 6 August 1982) is an Australian actress who has worked extensively in musical theatre.
Her professional career began in 2005 in Grease: The Arena Spectacular, playing the role of Patti Simcox. She then went on to reprise the role in the UK. In both productions she understudied Sandy's role. On returning to Australia, she played the role of April in Gale Edwards's 2007 production of Company. In 2008 she received the Sydney Theatre Award for Best Newcomer.
She has also starred in Britney Spears: The Cabaret which began at the 2009 Adelaide Cabaret Festival and later in Sydney and Melbourne. She starred in The Drowsy Chaperone for Melbourne Theatre Company in the role of Janet van de Graaf, for which she was a nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical.
She played the title role in The Production Company's Sugar, for which she was a Green Room Award nominee for Best Actress, and played the lead role of Kira in the musical Xanadu. More recently she played the role of Erma in Anything Goes.
She played the role of Lucy in Bryant and Frank's Australian musical Once We Lived Here, for which she was a Green Room Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress. Other credits include Maisy in The Boy Friend, as well as roles in 42nd Street, The Rocky Horror Show, Starting Here, Starting Now and The Shakespeare Review.
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