Helen Dallimore
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Helen Dallimore (b. October 31, 1971 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian actress. Dallimore grew up in Oxford, England and Sydney, Australia. She trained at National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, graduating in 1995. Dallimore's stage credits with the Sydney Theatre Company include: David Edgar's Pentecost, The Unlikely Prospect of Happiness, Andrew Upton and Gale Edwards' The Hanging Man, and "Miss Adelaide" in Guys & Dolls. She also created the role of "Simone" in Up for Grabs, later played by Madonna in the West End.
In addition to her stage career, Dallimore also has film and television credits. These include roles in Yahoo Serious' Mr. Accident, Kangaroo Jack, and The Extra. She was also featured alongside Glenn Close and Harry Connick, Jr. in the 2001 television remake of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, South Pacific. She appeared in an episode of the UK telivision crime drama Midsomer Murders entitled Last Year's Model.
Early in 2006, AussieTheatre.com exclusively revealed that Dallimore was set to play Glinda in Wicked on the West End.
Dallimore made her West End debut as Glinda in the Original London Company of Stephen Schwartz's hit Broadway musical, Wicked, originally opposite Broadway's original Elphaba Idina Menzel & Kerry Ellis. Dallimore played her final performance as Glinda in London on July 14, 2007 and she was succeeded by fellow Glinda Stand-by Dianne Pilkington .
