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Kelly Hunter (born 6 September 1963) is a British film, television, radio, stage and musical actress, a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre and in 1993 a Laurence Olivier Award nominee.〔(Hunter's nomination as 'Best Actress in a Musical' (1993) - the Olivier Awards website )〕 The daughter of the actors Maria Charles and Robin Hunter, Kelly Hunter grew up in London and attended the Lady Margaret School in Parsons Green, followed by the Arts Educational Schools in London, which she left when she was 16. Her sister is the stage manager Samantha Hunter. She was married to the theatre director Simon Usher with whom she has two sons, Albert Usher (born 1996) and Charlie Usher (born 1998). She lives in South West London. ==Theatre career== Born in 1963 in Battersea in London, Hunter's professional acting career began with playing The Mistress in the original West End production of ''Evita'' (1980).〔('Evita' cast list (1978) on the Theatricalia website )〕 Over the next decade she appeared in leading roles in musicals for Hal Prince, Sir Peter Hall, Jerome Savary and Trevor Nunn; for the latter she appeared as Lola in ''The Blue Angel'' (1991–92) with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon and in the West End and for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in the category 'Best Actress in a Musical' (1993).〔(Hunter's Official Website )〕〔(''The Blue Angel'' on the Theatricalia website )〕 Stage appearances at the National Theatre include roles in ''Jean Seberg'' (1983) directed by Sir Peter Hall, ''She Stoops to Conquer'' (1984) directed by Giles Block, and ''A Chorus of Disapproval'' (1985) directed by Alan Ayckbourn. At the Strand Theatre she played Sally Bowles in ''Cabaret'' (1986), directed by Jerome Savary, while at the Royal Exchange she appeared in ''School for Scandal'' (1990) directed by Phyllida Lloyd. She worked with Stephen Unwin at the English Touring Theatre, appearing as Nora Helmer in ''A Doll's House'' (1994)〔(''A Doll's House'' Cast List - English Touring Theatre website )〕 and as Rosalind in ''As You Like It'' (1995), receiving a Theatre Awards UK for the latter role.〔(Hunter on the UK Theatre Awards website )〕 She played Dorothy Wordsworth in the one-woman play ''Exquisite Sister'' (1996), which she co-wrote with Simon Usher and which was performed at West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds and the Assembly Rooms during the Edinburgh Festival.〔〔('A semi-detached suburban sister' - ''The Daily Telegraph'' 24 August 1996 )〕 In 2000 Hunter appeared in Sir Peter Hall's production of Giuseppe Manfridi's play ''Cuckoos'' at the Gate Theatre in London, and appeared in ''The Lucky Ones'' at Hampstead Theatre (2002). For the RSC Hunter appeared as Isobel in Stephen Poliakoff's ''Talk of the City'' (1998), Lady Constance in ''King John'' (2000), and Eva Maria Garrick in ''Jubilee'' (2001).〔 She played Goneril in ''King Lear'' and Hermione in ''The Winter's Tale'' in David Farr's productions at Stratford, London and New York (2010). Since 2006 she has made occasional international tours as The Mother in the Icelandic theatre group Vesturport's popular production of ''Metamorphosis'', having originated the role at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith.〔 In September 2013 she played Mrs Alving in ''Ghosts'' at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, under the direction of Stephen Unwin.〔('Ibsen's Ghosts to Be Staged in U.K. in Production Inspired by Edvard Munch's Berlin Designs' - ''Playbill'' website - 24 July 2013 )〕 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「Kelly Hunter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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