LUCY DURACK
Elle Woods
Lucy has fast become one of Australia's rising young leading ladies of screen and stage with a list of major roles to her credit, most recently including Glinda the Good Witch in the original Australian cast of WICKED and Cherry in the highly anticipated feature film Goddess (due for release 2012).
Originally hailing from Perth, Lucy graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) with a Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre) and prior to graduating was cast in the Brisbane and Sydney seasons of Mamma Mia! in which she understudied and performed the role of Sophie.
Lucy's stage credits comprise of Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street, Miss Dorothy in the Australian Premiere of Thoroughly Modern Millie, Lois Lane/Bianca in Kiss Me Kate, Cinderella in Into The Woods, Rikki Rose in Respect and Laurey in Oklahoma!.
Her screen credits include playing Bunny in the upcoming Southern Star telemovie Dripping In Chocolate, the lead role of Cassie Bennett on Channel 7's Headland, All Saints, Rush, the Commbank webisode series The Harringtons and the films Parlami D'Amore and Elissa Down's The Dripping Tap as well as the worldwide broadcast of the BBC2 Voice of Musical Theatre Competition in Cardiff in which she was a finalist. Lucy is a frequent guest presenter on Channel 7's Absolutely Melbourne.
Lucy also works as a voice over artist and has voiced a number of audiobooks, most proudly an introduction to her family story, Dame Mary Durack's Kings In Grass Castles and most amusingly the children's book titled Lucy The Good.
While regularly performing in concert with various orchestras throughout Australia, recent highlights have been singing the Royal and Australian National anthems for Her Majesty the Queen at the state reception at Perth's Governor's Gardens, singing with the Perth Symphony Orchestra at the Worlds Festival, in the Queensland Symphony Orchestra's Healing Harmonies Concert, singing the Australian National Anthem at the AFL Grand Final and at Oaks Day as part of Melbourne's Spring Racing Carnival as well as performing on Channel 9's Carols By Candlelight and Channel 7's Carols in The Domain. Lucy's cabaret appearances include Immaculate Confection which toured to Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Tasmania and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, All Star Cabaret for the Sydney Theatre Company, Cavalcade for His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, and the 2003 Sydney Cabaret Convention for which she received the Judges' Award.
Lucy has a firm commitment to workshopping and performing new Australian work, having created roles for Mel Morrow and David Mitchell's The Palace Whore, Nick Enright and David King's The Good Fight, John Shand's Rainbow's End (including the subsequent SBS recording), Guy Noble's Karaoke The Musical and both Matthew Robinson's Happy People and his Pratt Prize-winning musical Metro Street.
