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Gina Beck
Gina Beck (born 30 December 1981)〔("College days | Education" ), ''The Guardian'', 15 May 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-27.〕 is an British actress and singer known primarily for playing major roles in leading West End theatre productions. She is best known for playing the role of Glinda the Good Witch in ''Wicked'', both in the UK production and the US tour, and the role of Christine Daaé in Cameron Mackintosh's production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''The Phantom of the Opera'', for which she was nominated for a Theatre Fans Choice Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, 2010.〔(Broadway World West End Awards 2010 )〕
==Background==
Beck was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, but moved to Hampshire with her parents at an early age. She attended local schools and was introduced to the stage through school and amateur groups. She passed her Grade 8 singing examination at the age of fifteen and gained experience in both solo and ensemble singing as a founder member of the Hampshire Children's Choir and subsequently, the Hampshire County Youth Choir.
In her teens, she had many acting and singing roles at Perins School and Peter Symonds College in Winchester〔(College Days – Gina Beck; The Guardian, 15 May 2007 )〕 and was also engaged professionally to play leading roles in productions at Winchester College (Gianetta in ''L’élisir d’Amoré'', 1999; Beatrice in ''Much Ado About Nothing'', 2000 and Emily Tallentire in ''The Hired Man'', 2001). Her first break into musical theatre occurred when she auditioned successfully at the age of 14 for the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) of Great Britain. She performed in their production of ''Warchild'' in various English cathedrals during 1997. The following year she played the leading role of Kate Hardcastle in ''The Kissing Dance'', a new musical written for the NYMT by Charles Hart and Howard Goodall based on Goldsmith's ''She Stoops to Conquer''.〔(Kissing-Dance original cast details, text and reviews; Howard Goodall )〕 The show was performed to great critical acclaim at the Brighton and Edinburgh Festivals, The Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, and The Linbury Studio Theatre, Covent Garden amongst other venues.〔Youth on the Hoof; The Times, 12 February 1999〕〔The Kissing Dance; Evening Standard, 10 February 1999〕 She reprised this role in the first professional production of ''The Kissing Dance'' in March 2011 at the Jermyn Street Theatre, off the West End.〔(The Kissing Dance; The Guardian 28 March 2011 )〕 Her last role with the NYMT was as Guinevere in their Arthurian legend show ''Pendragon''.〔Gina to emerge as lady of the lake; Evening Standard, 24 October 2000〕 Performances of this show included two tours to Japan.
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