1. Elise McCann was born on 28 July 1984 and is an Australian actress and musical theatre performer most well known for originating the role of Miss Honey in the Australian production of Matilda the Musical and as Lucille Ball in Everybody Loves Lucy.
Elise McCann is currently based in both Melbourne and New York and performs internationally.
In 2010 Elise McCann was cast in the world premiere production of Doctor Zhivago opening at the Lyric Theatre, Sydney on 19 February 2011.
In 2012 Elise McCann was cast in the Australian production of Bartlett Sher's revival of South Pacific, opening at the Sydney Opera House in August 2012.
In 2015 Elise McCann was nominated for her first Sydney Theatre Award for her performance in the role of Lucille Ball in the one-woman show Everybody Loves Lucy.
In 2017 Everybody Loves Lucy embarked on a regional Australian tour with Jayde Westaby in the role of Miss Ball as Elise McCann was performing around the country in Matilda the Musical.
Elise McCann is most well known for originating the role of Miss Honey in the Australian cast of The Royal Shakespeare Company production of Matilda the Musical.
Elise McCann originally auditioned for the role of Mrs Wormword but was spotted by director Matthew Warchus and chosen to play the iconic role of Miss Honey, Matilda's kind school teacher.
Elise McCann performed the role over 650 times in two years and chose to leave the show on 19 March 2017 midway through the Perth season.
Elise McCann appeared in two stage readings for Neglected Musicals: On the Twentieth Century in March 2012 and as Sydney Carlton in It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman in October 2014.
In 2019 Elise McCann headlined The Ensemble Theatre company's 2019 season in the role of Cathy Hiatt in the Jason Robert Brown cult musical The Last Five Years.
In September 2019 Elise McCann was the special guest singer at the Waislitz Global Citizen Awards in New York City as part of the 2019 Global Citizen Festival.
Elise McCann was cast as Rita Hanson opposite Andy Karl in the Australian production of Groundhog Day, which premiered in Melbourne in January 2024 at the Princess Theatre.
In 2015 Elise McCann was cast in Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door, a two-part Australian miniseries about music legend Peter Allen that screened on the Seven Network.
Elise McCann played Lynne Woolnough, Allen's sister, performing opposite Joel Jackson as Peter Allen and Rebecca Gibney as Marion Woolnough, their mother.
In 2018 Elise McCann filmed the pilot for a new Australian comedy drama - Tumbling - about three Gen Y sisters.
Elise McCann has guested at the Sydney Theatre Awards, Carols in the Domain, New Musicals Australia Launch, Australian Ethic Small Business Awards, the Australian Mo Awards, the Third Annual Cabaret Showcase at Bar Me, All Star Cabaret for the Sydney Theatre Company and Up Close and Musical for Kookaburra.
In 2014 Elise McCann was part of the workshop cast of a Stephen Schwartz revue with the working title Popular.
Elise McCann was performing in Matilda the Musical at the time, however she was invited to perform with Stephen Schwartz himself at a one off conversation series 'Stephen Schwartz in Conversation' curated by Leigh Sales.
Elise McCann sang The Hardest Part of Love from Children of Eden accompanied by Schwartz on the piano.
On Monday 11 July 2016 Elise McCann performed at the 'From Sydney with Love Concert' at Sydney Town Hall alongside Shoshana Bean, Magda Szubanski, Joel Creasey and Virginia Gay amongst others, raising funds for the victims of the Orlando gun shootings.
Elise McCann sang the Australian National Anthem at the Women's Rugby union Australia vs New Zealand Bledisloe Cup Match on 18 August 2018 at ANZ Stadium Sydney.
In June 2018 Elise McCann joined the West End company of Beyond the Barricade in a national Australian tour of the UK's popular Musical Theatre concert.
Elise McCann stepped in with only 3 days notice replacing Katie Leeming who had to return to the UK due to ill health.
In 2017 Elise McCann premiered an original new concert Dahlesque at the 2017 Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
Elise McCann recorded her debut album of Dahlesque with ABC Music in 2017.
Elise McCann is an emerging producer under her production company Oriel Entertainment Group.