Lucy Scherer

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Lucy Scherer
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Scherer in 2017
Born
Lucy Barbara Eleonore Scherer

(1981-04-05) April 5, 1981 (age 42)
Occupation(s)Actress, Singer, Dancer
Years active2004–present
Website lucyscherer.de

Lucy Eleonore Barbara Scherer (born April 5, 1981, in Munich) is a German singer, dancer and actress. [1]

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Career

Lucy Scherer was born in Munich and grew up in Regensburg. In childhood, she took ballet and piano lessons, and later gained first experiences at the Stadttheater Regensburg. 1998/1999 she spent a year at the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, Ohio, and received the "Senior Diploma Musical Theatre / Dance." After graduating from Albertus Magnus High School, she studied at the Berlin University of the Arts. She received her diploma with distinction in 2006. In the same year she took over the musical Dance of the Vampires in the theater of the West, the female lead role of Sarah in 2007 and also played in the Swiss premiere of Les Misérables as Eponine.

From November 2007 to January 2010, she played in the German premiere of Wicked at the Palladium Theater Stuttgart the lead role of the witch Glinda. In February 2010, she took over for a short period, the role of Sarah in the musical Dance of the Vampires also Palladium Theater in Stuttgart.

Of 17 January 2011 to 2 September 2011, she starred in the telenovela Hand aufs Herz in the role of Jenny Hartmann. From December 2011 to April 2012 and in May 2012 Lucy Scherer appeared as Ich in Rebecca in Palladium Theater Stuttgart on stage. Also in 2012, she received the lead female role of Marlene Schweitzer in the eighth season of Storm of Love.

From 28 June 2013 to 2 August 2013 Lucy Scherer played Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret on stage at the theater tent TIPI am Kanzleramt. [2]

Theater

YearTitleRoleTheater
2004 Orpheus in the Underworld Furie Hans Otto Theater, Potsdam
2005–2006 Cabaret MausiBar jeder Vernunft, Berlin
2005–2006LetterlandMelanie FlutNeuköllner Oper, Berlin
2006–2007 Dance of the Vampires Sarah Theater des Westens, Berlin
2007 Les Misérables Eponine Theater St. Gallen
2007–2010 Wicked GlindaPalladium Theater, Stuttgart
2010Dance of the VampiresSarahPalladium Theater, Stuttgart
2010–2011 Lulu the Musical Lulu Tiroler Landestheater, Innsbruck
2011–2012 Rebecca IchPalladium Theater, Stuttgart
2013 Cabaret Sally BowlesTIPI am Kanzleramt, Berlin

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Tatort Singer1 Episode: Vorstadtballade
2008 112 – Sie retten dein Leben Marc's Girlfriend1 Episode
2010–2011 Hand aufs Herz Jenny Hartmann Won German Soap Award 2011 – Fanpreis weiblich
2012–2013 Storm of Love Marlene Schweitzer Won German Soap Award 2012 – Beste Darstellerin Telenovela

Discography

YearTitleNotes
2005LetterlandBerlin Cast
2005Freisleben
2007WickedOriginal German Cast
2008Wenn Rosenblätter fallenStudio Cast Recording (Composer: Rory Six)
2008The Diaries of Adam and EveBerlin Cast
2010Lulu the musicalComplete Recording, Innsbruck
2010Hand aufs HerzSoundtrack to the series

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References

  1. "Lucy Scherer" . Retrieved 2013-06-24.
  2. "Lucy Scherer plays Sally Bowles in Cabaret at TIPI am Kanzleramt". Archived from the original on 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2013-07-06.