Christie Whelan Browne

Christie Whelan Browne (born 6 August 1982[1][2]) is an Australian actress who has worked extensively in musical theatre.

Christie Whelan Browne
Whelan-Browne at the 2015 Helpmann Awards
Born
Christie Whelan

(1982-08-06) 6 August 1982
NationalityAustralian
OccupationActress
Years active2005-present
Known forMusical theatre
Notable work
Grease: The Arena Spectacular, Company, Britney Spears: The Cabaret
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2012)​

Career

Whelan-Browne's professional career began in 2005 in Grease: The Arena Spectacular, playing the role of Patti Simcox. She then went on to reprise the role in the UK. In both productions she understudied Sandy's role. On returning to Australia, she played the role of April in Gale Edwards's 2007 production of Company. In 2008 she received the Sydney Theatre Award for Best Newcomer.[3]

She starred in Britney Spears: The Cabaret[4] which began at the 2009 Adelaide Cabaret Festival and later in Sydney and Melbourne. She starred in The Drowsy Chaperone for Melbourne Theatre Company in the role of Janet van de Graaf,[5] for which she was a nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical.

She played the title role in The Production Company's Sugar, for which she was a Green Room Award nominee for Best Actress,[5] and played the lead role of Kira in the musical Xanadu.[6][7] More recently she played the role of Erma in Anything Goes.

She played the role of Lucy in Bryant and Frank's Australian musical Once We Lived Here, for which she was a Green Room Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress.[8] Other credits include Maisy in The Boy Friend, as well as roles in 42nd Street, The Rocky Horror Show, and Starting Here, Starting Now. She appeared in the 2010 film I Love You Too.[9]

Whelan-Browne appeared on an episode of Spicks and Specks in June 2011 on ABC Television.[10] She also has appeared on The Circle, Winners & Losers as Kylie McDonald[11] and Offspring as Jenny. Other TV credits include Leila in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and Katerina in Conspiracy 365.[12]

She played Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest for the Melbourne Theatre Company. Her one-woman show Britney Spears: The Cabaret has earned her rave reviews and sell out seasons since its conception at the 2009 Adelaide Cabaret Festival.[13]

She played Philia in the Melbourne season of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opposite her mentor Geoffrey Rush for which she was nominated for a Green Room Award for Best Supporting Actress.[14]

In March 2012, she married Rohan Browne[15] and changed her surname to Whelan-Browne. In July, they performed together at The Production Company's The Producers, in which she played Ulla.

Whelan-Browne starred in Shane Warne: The Musical as Elizabeth Hurley at the 2013 Adelaide Cabaret Festival. She also played Lina Lamont in Singing in the Rain for The Production Company. She hosted the Helpmann Awards alongside Eddie Perfect. On TV, she had an arc in Network Ten's drama series Wonderland as Kristen. In 2014 she was part of the 40th anniversary tour of The Rocky Horror Show playing the role of Janet Weiss.[16]

In 2015 she played the role of Olivia Newton John in the miniseries Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door on Channel 7. She also made a cameo in House Husbands as an inappropriate dance teacher. She starred in a new one woman show Show People written by the makers of Britney Spears: The Cabaret and it played at the 2015 Adelaide Cabaret Festival. She played Eileen Evergreen in The Production Company's Nice Work If You Can Get It.[17]

She featured in The Wrong Girl for Network 10 and feature film Spin Out. Whelan-Browne appeared in Melbourne Theatre Company's production of The Odd Couple.[18] from November 2016, and as Billie Dawn in its 2017 production of Born Yesterday[19] In 2018, Whelan Browne appeared as herself in the comedy film That's Not My Dog!. Whelan Browne joined the cast of Neighbours as Scarlett Brady in June 2019 and made her debut in September.[20] She reprised the role the following year.[21]

Whelan-Browne joined the ensemble cast of the comedy news television program Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell in 2019. She also appeared in the 2020 web series Loving Captivity.

References
  1. "Nice work to Share". Herald Sun. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2020 – via PressReader.
  2. Tam, Adrienne (11 August 2019). "It was a Pinch-me moment". Sunday Herald – via PressReader.
  3. "Company B sweeps Sydney Theatre Awards". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  4. "Britney Spears: The Cabaret (Luckiest Productions)". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  5. Usher, Robin (27 September 2010). "Sweet Sugar likes it hotter". The Age. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  6. "Natalie front-runner for Xanadu". Herald Sun. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  7. Litson, Jo (26 February 2011). "She can do magic". The Australian. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  8. "2009 Green Room Award Nominations Announced". Australian Stage. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  9. "Creative Rep: Christie Whelan Browne".
  10. "Spicks and Specks, 1 June 2011".
  11. "Winners & Losers: World's Collide — Episode 4". throng.com.au.
  12. "The Wrong Girl: Press Pack" (PDF). p. 12.
  13. Neutze, Ben (12 April 2019). "Britney Spears The Cabaret". Time Out Melbourne. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  14. James, Erin (19 February 2013). "2012 Green Room Award Nominations Announced". Aussie Theatre. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  15. "Newlyweds Christie Whelan and Rohan Browne to perform together in The Producers". heraldsun.com.au.
  16. "Actor Craig McLachlan denies allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour on stage". The Guardian. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  17. "The Production Company:Nice Work If You Can Get It".
  18. "The Odd Couple - Melbourne Theatre Company". Melbourne Theatre Company. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  19. "Born Yesterday - Melbourne Theatre Company". Melbourne Theatre Company. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  20. Haddrick, Milly (17 June 2019). "Christie Whelan Browne announces she is joining this popular Aussie soap". New Idea. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  21. Lee, Jess (3 September 2020). "Neighbours announces Christie Whelan Browne is returning as Scarlett Brady". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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