Connie Fisher resumed the role of Maria in The Sound of Music UK tour starting in July 2009.
29 Facts About Connie Fisher
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Connie Fisher had a recurring role as a patient in the British medical drama series Casualty in 2012.
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Connie Fisher lived in Dorset, England until the age of four, when she moved to a village near Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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Connie Fisher attended Hayscastle Junior School, and then went on to Sir Thomas Picton School.
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Connie Fisher was a member of the Torch Youth Theatre where she performed in Georg Buchner's play Woyzeck.
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Connie Fisher successfully became a member of National Youth Music Theatre, where she played the Lady of the Lake in the UK tour of Pendragon, and played the lead role, Morgan Le Fay, when the production toured Japan in 2001.
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From an early age Connie Fisher was a member of Cor Newyddion Da, which introduced her to the Eisteddfodic field and encouraged her to perform as a soloist.
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Connie Fisher competed annually in the Urdd Gobaith Cymru, National and International Eisteddfods.
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In 2002 Connie Fisher won the Wilbert Lloyd Roberts Scholarship in the National Eisteddfod "Songs from the Shows" competition and the Milford and West Wales Mercury talent competition.
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Connie Fisher received her professional vocational training at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, winning a Dance and Drama Award to have her training fully funded by the Government.
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Connie Fisher graduated in 2005 with a First Class BA Hons degree in Musical Theatre, as well as the Gyearbuor Asante prize for the highest score.
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Connie Fisher made television appearances on Jane McDonald's Star for a Night when she was sixteen; Owen Money's Just Up Your Street, and BBC Children in Need.
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Connie Fisher recorded a Welsh song called Curiad Calon which was released on the compilation album Can i Gymru.
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Connie Fisher released a charity single for the Noah's Ark Appeal entitled 'Eyes of a Child'.
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On 1 July 2007, Connie Fisher performed alongside artists including Sarah Brightman, Josh Groban, Donny Osmond and Andrea Bocelli in Lloyd Webber's segment of the Concert for Diana at London's Wembley Stadium in front of 63,000 people.
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Connie Fisher appeared at Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival during the August bank holiday weekend, 2007.
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Connie Fisher featured on the 50th Anniversary studio recording of West Side Story, singing "Somewhere".
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Connie Fisher was co-starring with Alistair McGowan in a revival of the musical They're Playing Our Song at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
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On 11 December 2008 Connie Fisher appeared in the Christmas Sparkler Concert at the Royal Festival Hall London and sang the Welsh lullaby "Suo Gan"; on the same night, at the London Palladium she introduced an act for the Royal Variety Performance.
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Also in December 2008, Connie Fisher appeared with her mother in an episode of Bargain Hunt, Famous Finds.
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Between Monday 1 June and Friday 5 June 2009, Connie Fisher guest presented the Scottish lifestyle show The Hour, alongside the show's main host Stephen Jardine.
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The UK tour of The Sound of Music, starring Connie Fisher, began previews in Cardiff on 26 July 2009.
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In 2011 Connie Fisher was diagnosed with congenital sulcus vocalis.
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The process was filmed as a documentary, Connie Fisher: I'll Sing Once More, and broadcast on BBC1 in July 2015.
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In 2013, Connie Fisher joined TV production company Avanti Media, and presently works there as a development producer.
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Connie Fisher has developed her acting roles, undertaking a recurring role as patient Amanda in the BBC One medical drama series Casualty.
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Connie Fisher first appeared as a patient in early 2012, and returned as the same character in a recurring role later in the year.
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On 9 October 2006, Connie Fisher released her debut album, Favourite Things which featured the following track listing:.
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On 23 February 2009, Connie Fisher released her second solo album, Secret Love, which features the following track listing:.