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Helena Blackman (born 10 December 1982 in Southampton) is a British musical theatre actress best known for being the runner-up in the BBC1 Reality TV programme ''How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?''. She trained at the Guildford School of Acting. ==Biography== On 29 October 2006, Blackman was seen as Gypsy Rose Lee in a production of ''Gypsy'' which was performed at the Wales Millennium Centre as part of the ''Cardiff International Festival of Musical Theatre''. In December 2006, Blackman played Dorothy in an acclaimed run of ''The Wizard of Oz'' at the Haymarket Theatre in Leicester. Blackman is a much in demand cabaret performer at corporate events, she has recently been featured as a soloist in ''The night of a thousand voices'' at the Royal Albert Hall and in Tim McArthur's one-man show ''Sister Mary McArthur Comin' At-Cha!'' at the Jermyn Street Theatre in London. In May 2007, Blackman was seen giving advice to contestant Ben Ellis in an episode of ''Any Dream Will Do'' and in July 2007 she appeared as a soloist in an episode of BBC Radio 2's long-running ''Friday Night is Music Night'' opposite Daniel Boys. Blackman recently toured the UK extensively as "Nellie Forbush" in a run of Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''South Pacific'' from 2007 - 2008. On Christmas Eve 2007 Blackman was seen performing with Lee Mead and Connie Fisher and some of the other 'Maria' and 'Joseph' finalists in a BBC special 'festive' reunion show called ''When Joseph met Maria!''〔()〕 - celebrating both the hit Andrew Lloyd Webber BBC shows - it was recorded earlier on 2 December 2007. The BBC show, HDYSAPLM, featuring Blackman, recently won a prestigious international Emmy Award in New York (2007) for best non-scripted entertainment. From 10 February - 14 March 2009, Helena Blackman played the lead role of Helen in Stephen Sondheim's ''Saturday Night'' at the Jermyn Street Theatre in London. 〔()〕 On 14 February 2011, Helena released her debut album, The Sound of Rodgers & Hammerstein, consisting of classic Rodgers and Hammerstein material, as well as some of their lesser known songs. The album is available for purchase from (iTunes ),(Amazon ) and (Dress Circle ). She also appears on 'A Spoonful of Stiles and Drewe' alongside several other West End stars, which includes songs by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. From 5 to 31 December 2011, Blackman appeared in the title role of ''Snow White'' at the Redditch Palace Theatre. In Sept 2013 she was Milly in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers〔()〕 on UK tour to May 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Helena Blackman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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