Helen Anker, born in 1972 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, is an actress and singer who trained at the Royal Ballet School and Bird College of Dance, Music & Theatre Performance. She is best known for playing Zelda Fitzgerald in the West End musical Beautiful and Damned [1], a role she first played at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford before transferring to London's West End. , The modern Castle Quay Shopping Centre in Banbury alongside the Oxford Canal, with Banbury Museum in the background. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... a grand défilé, in which every student of the School appears on stage in a glorious choreographed curtain call The Royal Ballet School is a specialist, co-educational school located in premises at White Lodge, Richmond Park, in the London Borough of Richmond; and an upper school at premises... Bird College of Dance, Music & Theatre Performance is an independent performing arts college, based in Sidcup, Kent, in the United Kingdom. ... Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (July 24, 1900 - March 10, 1948), born Zelda Sayre in Montgomery, Alabama, was the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, whom she married in 1920. ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, England, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre... Original poster For the novel see The Beautiful and Damned Beautiful and Damned is a musical with a book by Kit Hesketh Harvey and music and lyrics by Les Reed and Roger Cook. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... , For other places with the same name, see Guildford (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... // West End most commonly refers to: West End of London West End theatre West End may also refer to: West End, Queensland in Brisbane West End, Queensland (Townsville) in Townsville West End, Vancouver of Vancouver, British Columbia West End of New Westminster, in British Columbia West End, Winnipeg of Winnipeg...

Her first professional role came at the age of nine in 1981 when she played Louisa in The Sound of Music with Petula Clark at London's Apollo Theatre[2]. For other uses, see The Sound of Music (disambiguation). ... Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932), is an English singer, actress and composer best known for her upbeat popular international hits of the 1960s. ... The Apollo Theatre is a Grade II listed[1] West End theatre, designed by architect Lewin Sharp for owner Henry Lowenfield and is located on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster. ...

Anker's other roles include Judy Turner in A Chorus Line at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, Vera and Patsy in Crazy For You at the Prince Edward Theatre, Victoria the White Cat, Jemima and Demeter in Cats at the New London Theatre, Thelma Furness in Always at the Victoria Palace Theatre, Louisa Gradgrind in Hard Times at the Theatre Royal Haymarket and Iris in Fame at the Cambridge Theatre.[3] A Chorus Line is a musical with a book by James Kirkwood, Jr. ... The Crucible Theatre, located in the city centre of Sheffield, England is known for being a producing theatre, meaning shows are designed and rehearsed in-house. ... For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... Playbill cover and advertising poster. ... The Prince Edward Theatre is a theatre situated on Old Compton Street, just north of Leicester Square in the West End of London. ... Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possums Book of Practical Cats and other poems by T. S. Eliot. ... The New London Theatre is a theatre located on the corners of Drury Lane and Parker Street in the Covent Garden area of London. ... The Victoria Palace Theatre during the 2002 season, showing Cole Porters 1948 musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate Victoria Palace Theatre in 2005, showing Billy Elliott The Victoria Palace Theatre is a West End theatre in Victoria Street, in the City of Westminster. ... Hard Times is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. ... See also: Haymarket Theatre (Leicester) Haymarket Theatre, ca. ... Fame – The Musical (based on the award-winning 1980 movie by Alan Parker) conceived and developed by David De Silva is a musical with a book by Jose Fernandez, music by Steve Margoshes and lyrics by Jacques Levy. ... Jerry Springer – The Opera at the Cambridge Theatre The Cambridge Theatre in London is a modern theatre, facing Seven Dials, built using steel and concrete and is notable for its elegant and clean lines of design. ...

External links

• Helen Anker's website
• Anker's bio on the 'Beautiful and Damned' website
• Anker on the 'On The Town' website
• Anker on the Internet Movie Database