1. Emma Hatton was born on 6 April 1983 and is a British actress and singer, who played the role of Elphaba in the West End production of Wicked.
14 Facts About Emma Hatton
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Emma Hatton has understudied the roles of Meat and Scaramouche in We Will Rock You and has a number of other professional stage and theatre credits, such as Donna in Dreamboats and Petticoats.
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Emma Hatton enjoyed performing from an early age, beginning dance lessons at the age of three years, at the Jane Jarrett School of Dancing in Broadwell.
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Emma Hatton studied for her A levels at Monmouth Sixth Form and her love of theatre grew from playing Sandy in the Lakers School production of Grease and starring in Anything Goes and Daisy Pulls It Off as part of the Forest Theatre Musical Society.
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Emma Hatton studied English and Sport Science at Loughborough University but enjoyed performing so much, she was inspired to spend a year at London School of Musical Theatre.
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Emma Hatton chose to stay for a second year and additionally understudied the character Meat, as well as Scaramouche.
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Emma Hatton temporarily became lead Elphaba on 21 July 2014 but played her final performance on 2 August 2014 and returned to being standby when succeeded by original British Elphaba Kerry Ellis.
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Emma Hatton performed her 100th show in Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre on 3 September 2014.
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On 3 October 2014 it was announced that Emma Hatton would take over the role of Elphaba permanently following the departure of American Elphaba Jennifer DiNoia on 31 January 2015.
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Emma Hatton was replaced by the long running West End Elphaba Rachel Tucker for the 10th Anniversary of the show.
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Emma Hatton completes a lot of work for charity, and is known for her fundraising for the British Heart Foundation.
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Emma Hatton has organised and starred in two concerts, both entitled Songbirds in 2013 and 2014, the latter featuring stars such as Sophie Linder-Lee, Jacqueline Hughes and Kerry Enright.
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Emma Hatton has presented on the British Heart Foundation radio station.
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Emma Hatton ran the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon on 12 October 2014 to raise money for Moorfields Eye Charity and performed at Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, in aid of the MAD Trust on 31 May 2015.