Rachael Beck is
one of Australia’s most in-demand performers in musical theatre
and television. Currently much of the award winning actor’s time
is dedicated to musical theatre; including her most recent role of Beth
in the Australia/New Zealand live concert tour of Jeff Wayne’s
Musical Version of The War of the Worlds.
Rachael is widely remembered for her award winning role opposite Hugh
Jackman as Belle in Beauty and the Beast, which won an ARIA Award for
the Best Soundtrack/Cast/Show Release in 1996.
Over recent years, Rachael has also worked consistently in Australia’s
most popular theatre productions, including, Cabaret, Singing in the
Rain (which earned her a prestigious MO Award nomination), and The Sound
of Music. Prior to that, Rachael performed in myriad productions including
Call Me Madam and Big Hair in America.
Rachael's other
stage credits include her Green Award nominated performance as 'Fantine'
in Les Miserables, 'Rumpleteaser' in Cats, Secret Bridesmaid's Business
and Me and My Girl. She has also appeared with in A Little Night Music
and Henry IV.
An impressive
list of television credits include Stingers, Mercury, The Feds, This
Man This Woman, GP, Flying Doctors, and her popular role as 'Sam' in
Hey Dad over three years. She has also appeared in the film Ocean Boulevard.
Rachael worked
with Todd McKenney and Tommy Tycho in 2005 in a series of concerts entitled
Broadway to Hollywood with Symphony Orchestras around Australia. She
also starred as Peg Hartigan in the Sydney Theatre Company’s production
of Summer Rain.
In 2006, Rachael performed alongside her husband Ian Stenlake in the
Pajama Game a bright and fast paced Broadway classic, and featured as
one of the stars in the prestigious Show Stoppers series of concerts
at the Sydney Opera House.
2007 – 08 has seen Rachael starring in the first and second series
of Channel 7’s top rating TV series – “It Takes Two”