Rachel Kelly Tucker was born on 29 May 1981 and is a Northern Irish West End and Broadway actress, best known for her portrayal of Elphaba in the hit musical Wicked.
38 Facts About Rachel Tucker
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Rachel Tucker has starred in various other musicals and plays, including one alongside Sting.
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Rachel Tucker was a member of the Arts Youth Theatre during the late 1990s featuring in shows such as Ecstasy and Our Day Out.
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Rachel Tucker then went on to feature in Michael Poyner's version of the Rockin Mikado as Katisha.
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Rachel Tucker competed in the talent show Star for a Night making the final with her performance of "Kids".
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Rachel Tucker worked with Any Dream Will Do winner Lee Mead in the 2005 United Kingdom tour of the Rock musical, Tommy as Sally Simpson.
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In December 2007, Rachel Tucker appeared as Dorothy Gale in the Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of The Wizard of Oz at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast.
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Rachel Tucker recorded a version of the civil rights anthem "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around" which was used in a television advertisement for Libresse in 2005 entitled "March".
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Rachel Tucker was chosen as one of the twelve finalists on the show in which began in March 2008, appearing each week in the live show on Saturday evenings and the results shows which aired each Sunday.
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Rachel Tucker was in the bottom two in week eight, the quarter-final stage of the series.
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Rachel Tucker was in the sing-off for a second time, this time with Niamh Perry, with Perry having received the lowest number of viewers votes.
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At the semi-final stage, week nine, Rachel Tucker was in the bottom two for a third time, together with Samantha Barks, who had received the lowest number of viewers votes.
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Rachel Tucker wanted Rachel and Samantha in the final from the beginning of the series.
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Rachel Tucker did a fantastic performance but I had to face up to the fact that she wouldn't have gone any further.
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In July 2008, Rachel Tucker took part in a private workshop performance of the first act of the sequel to The Phantom of The Opera at Andrew Lloyd Webber's private Sydmonton Festival near his estate in Hampshire, in which she sang the role of Meg Giry.
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In November 2008, Rachel Tucker filmed a West End special of The Weakest Link in which she was voted off first.
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From 22 September 2008, for one year, Rachel Tucker played Meat in the jukebox musical We Will Rock You, at the Dominion Theatre, London, under the direction of Christopher Renshaw.
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Rachel Tucker starred as Elphaba in the West End production of the musical Wicked, at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, under the direction of Joe Mantello.
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Rachel Tucker replaced Alexia Khadime on 29 March 2010, starring opposite Louise Dearman as Glinda.
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Rachel Tucker performed "The Wizard and I" at West End Live 2010 and 2012 Laurence Olivier, and "Defying Gravity" at Pride London.
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Rachel Tucker sang the same hit song at West End Live 2011 which was held at Trafalgar Square.
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On 10 September 2011, Rachel Tucker was joined on stage by Stacey Solomon to sing "For Good" at the end of the show.
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On 19 March 2012, Rachel Tucker won the West End Frame Award for Best Performance of a Song in a Musical for her performance of "Defying Gravity".
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On 2 August 2012, it was announced that Rachel Tucker would be replaced by her former co-star Dearman, who is the only actress to have ever played both Elphaba and Glinda in the musical.
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Rachel Tucker was departing for maternity leave and exited the show at the scheduled cast change on 27 October 2012, as announced, after over 900 performances.
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Rachel Tucker succeeded Caroline Bowman on 15 September 2015 at the Gershwin Theatre.
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Rachel Tucker played her final performance on 30 July 2016 and was replaced by Jennifer DiNoia.
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On 20 May 2016, it was announced Rachel Tucker would be returning to the West End production of Wicked, leading the show's 10th Anniversary Cast in London.
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Rachel Tucker replaced Emma Hatton on 5 September 2016 and played a strictly limited run as Elphaba until 28 January 2017.
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Rachel Tucker starred in Farragut North playing the role of Ida, which premiered in London at the Southwark Playhouse on 11 September 2013.
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On 19 April 2015, Rachel Tucker hosted two performances, one at 3pm and one at 7pm, at the St James theatre in London with the 7pm show being completely sold out.
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The special guests that appeared to sing songs with Rachel Tucker were George Macguire and Giles Terera, as well as a special performance with her own sister.
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Rachel Tucker sang 24 of her favourite songs, and talked about her recent experience on Broadway.
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In January 2017, it was announced that Rachel Tucker would be performing three intimate concerts at 'Live at Zedel' in London towards the end of March.
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Rachel Tucker received a Laurence Olivier Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for this role.
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On 10 January 2020, it was announced that Rachel Tucker would leave the London production on 8 February 2020 alongside 9 other cast members.
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On 25 March 2013, it was announced that Rachel Tucker had been signed to Big Hand Recordings in a joint venture with Elate Studio and would release her debut solo album on 22 July 2013.
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On Valentine's Day 2008, Rachel Tucker was engaged to theatre director Guy Retallack.