Kerry Ellis

Kerry Ellis, ‘Queen of the West End’, is widely recognised as a leading lady of West End and Broadway musicals, with a number of starring roles in London, New York, and around the world. She has achieved chart-topping success as a recording artist signed to both Decca Records and Sony Music. 

Kerry originated the role of Meat, in Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’ and was the first British Elphaba in the worldwide smash, ‘Wicked’, for which she won the 2008 Whatsonstage.com Award for ‘Best Takeover in a Role’. She then headed to Broadway to play Elphaba at the Gershwin Theater, where she won the Broadway.com Audience Award for Favourite Female Breakthrough Performance, before returning to London in the role.

Her other leading West End credits include Grizabella in ‘Cats’, Nancy in ‘Oliver!’, Eliza Doolittle in ‘My Fair Lady’, Ellen in ‘Miss Saigon’, Fantine in ‘Les Miserables’, Sara in ‘Murder Ballad’ and Alice in ‘Wonderland’.

In 2022 Kerry played Reno Sweeney in ‘Anything Goes’ at the Barbican to huge acclaim, toured arena’s across the UK with Queen Machine and headlined a huge concert in Japan on their biggest TV network. 

Kerry continues her long term working relationship with Brian May. They have toured the UK and Europe extensively. They released their album ‘Golden Days’ to great acclaim and continue to work and record together.

She is one of the most sought after singers in the UK, and also performs her concerts all over the world. She has now released 4 seasons of her highly successful podcast Keep Calm and Kerry On, and recently released her autobiography, ‘From Bumpkin to Broadway’. Her new album of brand new material, ‘Kings and Queens’, was released in 2023 to great critical acclaim, and Kerry held a concert to launch the record at London’s Adelphi Theatre. She then completed a run in her first Shakespeare play, playing Titania in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. 

Kerry has recently complete an extensive and hugely popular 60 date tour of the UK to promote her new book, ‘Queen of the West End’, which she will take back out on tour later in the year. Following this she played the role of Cruella in the new musical adaptation of ‘101 Dalmatians’. Kerry started 2025 with the starring role in ‘If / Then’ at The Savoy Theatre, before headlining a new solo concert in Shanghai. She also performed at the announcement of a new Disney World in Abu Dhabi. She has just returned from more shows in China, and will return there in September to star in new musical ‘Lady M’.