Liza Sadovy

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Liza Sadovy is a British actress. She is best known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Prime Suspect 3 (1993) and Company (1996). [1] Other television work includes Extras with Ricky Gervais, Midsomer Murders , Babylon, The Honourable Woman, Doctors, EastEnders , Emma, [2] A Small Light and Vera .

Sadovy went to drama school in the late 1970s. [2]

Sadovy has appeared in numerous theatrical productions in London and New York. [3] Most notably as Madame Morrible in Wicked , Lucinda in Into the Woods , Yvonne in Sunday in the Park with George , and most recently as Fräulein Schneider in Cabaret , for which she won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical.

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References

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