Lisa Jane O'Hare is an English actress who has played Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and the title character of Mary Poppins in the West End and UK stage.
14 Facts About Lisa O'Hare
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From 28 September 2005 at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, Lisa O'Hare joined the National UK Tour of Cameron Mackintosh's production of My Fair Lady as the alternate Eliza Doolittle, sharing the role with Amy Nuttall until the UK tour ended on 12 August 2006 at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.
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On 6 November 2006, Lisa O'Hare returned to the London production of Mary Poppins assuming the title role on a full-time basis.
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Lisa O'Hare replaced Scarlett Strallen, making her the third actress to hold the West End title role.
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In 2007, Lisa O'Hare reprised her role as Eliza Doolittle in the national US tour of My Fair Lady alongside Christopher Cazenove as Henry Higgins, who had starred with her in the National UK Tour.
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Since returning to the UK, Lisa O'Hare starred as the title role in Gigi from 6 August to 13 September 2008 at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.
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Lisa O'Hare assumed the role on 27 October 2008 in Edinburgh, replacing Caroline Sheen, and continued through Manchester and Cardiff until the tour's closure on 18 April 2009.
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Lisa O'Hare made her American television debut in 2010, guest-starring in the sixth season of TNT's award-winning show The Closer playing Jenny in "Last Woman Standing".
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Lisa O'Hare played Marie Murphy, a double-crossing wife of Irish descent in "Jailbreak".
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Lisa O'Hare won the LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Lead Performance.
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Lisa O'Hare originated the role of Sibella Hallward in the Broadway musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, and was followed by Scarlett Strallen.
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In 2015, Lisa O'Hare picked up her carpet bag and reprised the role of Mary Poppins in the Mary Poppins Musical in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Lisa O'Hare is from the seaside town of Morecambe in the City of Lancaster, England.
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Lisa O'Hare attended the Royal Ballet School from age 11 to 16.