Helen Dallimore | |
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 Dallimore in 2015 | |
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Helen Dallimore is an Australian actress, known for originating the role of Glinda in the West End production of Wicked .
Helen Dallimore | |
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| Dallimore in 2015 | |
| Born | |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Helen Dallimore is an Australian actress, known for originating the role of Glinda in the West End production of Wicked .
Dallimore grew up in Oxford, England and Sydney, Australia. [1] She trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, graduating in 1995. [1] She was awarded a Mike Walsh Fellowship in 2002. [2]
Her parents are academics and she has one brother. [1]
Dallimore's credits with the Sydney Theatre Company include: David Edgar's Pentecost, The Unlikely Prospect of Happiness, Andrew Upton and Gale Edwards' The Hanging Man, and "Miss Adelaide" in Guys and Dolls . She also created the role of "Simone" in Up for Grabs , later played by Madonna in the West End. [1]
She made her West End debut as Glinda in the original London cast of the musical Wicked . Previews began on 7 September 2006 with an opening night of 27 September. She starred alongside Idina Menzel and later Kerry Ellis as Elphaba. She played her final performance on 14 July 2007 and was replaced by Dianne Pilkington. She was asked to reprise the role in the original Australian production of the show but declined.
She then appeared in the comedy Boeing Boeing in Australia [3] and filled in for a sick cast member in the Sydney 2008 Wharf Revue. In July/August 2009 she starred in the ill-fated Ernest Hemingway musical Too Close to the Sun at the West End's Comedy Theatre. She went on to appear in the 2009 Wharf Revue in Sydney, followed by the Australian production of Spring Awakening with the Sydney Theatre Company in February/March 2010.
Dallimore played Cinderella in the London Open Air Theatre production of Into the Woods , which ran from 6 August – 11 September 2010. [4]
In 2012, she originated the role of Paulette Bonafonte in the Australian premiere of Legally Blonde The Musical . [5] For this role, she won the 2013 Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical. [6]
Dallimore starred as Mrs Johnstone in the Australian revival of Blood Brothers in Sydney and Melbourne, and was nominated for a Helpmann Award for her performance. [7] She would go on to win a Colleen Clifford Memorial Award for Best Actor in a Music Theatre (female) at the 2015 Glug Awards. [8]
In 2019 Dallimore starred as Judy Garland in The State Theatre Company of South Australia production of End of the Rainbow .[ citation needed ]
Dallimore's film and television work includes Mr. Accident , Mumbo Jumbo , Kangaroo Jack , The Day of the Roses, Two Heads Creek, and The Extra . She also featured alongside Glenn Close and Harry Connick, Jr. in the 2001 television remake of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, South Pacific . She appeared in an episode of the UK television crime drama Midsomer Murders entitled Last Year's Model . [9]
Dallimore worked for children's television and provided the voice of Panda in the popular children's TV series Magic Mountain for ABC TV. She also appears in the 2009 sketch comedy television series Double Take .[ citation needed ]
She has also appeared in a series of TV commercials for All-Bran cereal, also featuring fellow actress and comedian Julia Morris.[ citation needed ]
In the summer of 2010, Helen appeared in Home and Away as Mitzy, a friend of Marilyn Chambers.[ citation needed ]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Sugar Factory | Christine | Feature film |
| 1999 | Mumbo Jumbo | Jackie | TV movie |
| 2000 | Mr. Accident | Sunday Valentine | Feature film |
| 2001 | Russian Doll | Alison | Feature film |
| 2002 | Tempe Tip | Joy Franklin | Feature film |
| 2000 | The Three Stooges | Elaine Ackerman | TV movie |
| 2002 | Secret Bridesmaids' Business | Margaret 'Meg' Louise Bacon | TV movie |
| 2003 | The Postcard Bandit | Gina | TV movie |
| 2004 | It Takes Two to Tango | Cassie | Short film |
| 2005 | The Extra | Kylie Crackenrack | Feature film |
| 2005 | Little Oberon | Siobhan | TV movie |
| 2009 | Being Carl Williams | Journalisf | Short film |
| 2010 | Shock | Sarah J | Short film |
| 2016 | Fragments of Friday | Film | |
| 2017 | Remembering Agatha | Hatty Bernstein | Short film |
| 2018 | A Suburban Love Story | Cynthia | Feature film |
| 2019 | Two Heads Creek | Apple | Feature film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-97 | Pacific Drive | Sondra Westwood | TV series |
| 1996-2000 | Water Rats | Fiona / Paula / Katie Wood | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1997 | Flipper | Kate Sheffield | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997-98 | Magic Mountain | Panda (voice) | TV series |
| 1998 | The Day of the Roses | Annette Gordon | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1998-2004 | All Saints | Amanda Sales / Loretta Giorgio | TV series, 9 episodes |
| 2001 | South Pacific | Nurse | TV miniseries |
| 2002 | Bad Cop, Bad Cop | Billie Lovelay | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2006 | Midsomer Murders | Felicity | TV series, season 9, episode 8: Last Year's Model |
| 2009 | Double Take | Various characters | TV series, 11 episodes |
| 2009 | Chandon Pictures | Megan | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2010 | Rescue: Special Ops | Yvette Turner | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2010 | Home and Away | Mitzy Fraser | TV series, 15 episodes |
| 2012 | Laid | Megan | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012 | A Moody Christmas | Peggy | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 2013 | The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting | Special Guest | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2013 | In Your Dreams | Jill | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2013-14 | House Husbands | Gaby | TV series, seasons 2-3, 5 episodes |
| 2014 | The Moodys | Peggy | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2014 | Wonderland | Bianca Deakin | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2016-17 | Here Come the Habibs | Olivia O'Neill | TV series, seasons 1-2 |
| 2017 | True Story with Hamish & Andy | Sammie | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2018 | Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation | Self | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2019 | Hardball | Ms Crapper / Ms Blapper | TV series, 20 episodes |
| 2023 | North Shore | Sarah Skillmam | TV series, 1 episode |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Republic of Myopia | Sydney Theatre Company at Sydney Theatre | |
| 2004 | Harbour | Sydney Theatre Company at Sydney Theatre. Written by Katherine Thomson | |
| 2006 | Wicked | Glinda | Apollo Victoria Theatre |
| 2009 | Too Close to the Sun | Mary Hemingway | Comedy Theatre, West End |
| 2010 | Into the Woods | Cinderella | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre |
| 2012 | Legally Blonde | Paulette | Lyric Theatre Sydney |
| 2015 | Blood Brothers | Mrs Johnstone | Sydney |
| 2017-18 | Muriel's Wedding | Deidre Chambers | Sydney Theatre Company and Global Creatures at Roslyn Packer Theatre |
| 2019 | End of the Rainbow | Judy Garland | State Theatre Company of South Australia |
| 2022 | Girl from the North Country | Australia & New Zealand tour |
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