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Only 6 years older than Jayne Wisener who played her daughter on Sweeney Todd : Le Diabolique Barbier de Fleet Street (2007).

Courted by the two biggest names in musical theatre, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh for the two biggest female roles in 2004. Both "The Woman in White" and "Mary Poppins" tried to ensnare her, with the role of the flying nanny with the parrot-headed umbrella finally winning her heart and the audiences as she went on to win the prestigious Best Actress in a Musical Olivier Award.

Jamie Campbell Bower's family friend and helped him begin his career by introducing him to her agent.

Struck gold with her first West End audition where she not only earned a role in "Beauty and the Beast" but also met the man she would later marry, director /choreographer Nick Winston.

Mother, with husband Sean Helleren, of son Raphael Benjamin Helleren (b. October 23, 2019) and two daughters, Isabela Leonora-Lou Helleren (b. February 5, 2021) and Mirielah Ruah-Rose Helleren (b. 2022).

Her mother, Alison Kelly, died from breast cancer in the summer 2003.

(January 24, 2019) Married Sean Helleren in in Maui, Hawaii.