Connie Fisher, Actress, - Biography
Actress,
A
pic of her
Birth name Connie Fisher
Born 1983, Lisburn, Northern
Ireland
Connie Fisher is an actress & singer, who won the BBC One reality
show How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?
Fisher was delighted to be named Maria: "I feel on top of the world, thanks very much. I won't let you down. Every night will be an opening night. Thanks for making my dreams come true." On 15 November 2006, she opened to good reviews in the part of Maria von Trapp in the Sound of Music in the West End, London on a six-month contract
Fisher
was born in Lisburn & is daughter of a British Army Royal Corps of Signals
Major. Fisher lived in Dorset until the age of six, when she moved to a village
near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. She attended Hayscastle Junior
School, & then went on to Sir Thomas Picton School where she received the
nickname 'paperboy'. She speaks Welsh & during the final weeks of How Do You
Solve A Problem Like Maria? she recorded several interview pieces for Radio Cymru.
During her teenage years she was a member of Haverfordwest Operatic Society where she performed in The Pirates of Penzance. She was also a member of The Torch Youth Theatre where she performed in George Buchner's play Woyzek. She successfully became a member of National Youth Theatre (1999-2002), where she played Lady of the Lake in the UK Tour of Pendragon, & played the lead role, Morgan Le Fay, when the production toured Japan in 2001. From a young age Fisher was a member of Côr Newyddion Da (English translation - "Good News Choir"), which introduced her to the Eisteddfodic field & encouraged her to perform as a soloist. She competed annually in the Urdd Gobaith Cymru, National & International Eisteddfods. In 2002 Fisher won the Wilbert Lloyd Roberts Scholarship in the National Eisteddfod "Songs from the Shows" competition & the Milford & West Wales Mercury talent competition.
Fisher also released a CD for the Noah's Ark apeal entitled 'Eyes of a Child'. Fisher gained a full scholarship to the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, graduating in 2005 with a First Class BA Hons degree in Musical Theatre, as well as the Gyearbuor Asante prize for the highest score. At Mountview she performed in Annie Get Your Gun, A…my name is Alice, Jerry’s Girls & Julie Jordan in Carousel. Fisher has made television appearances on Jane McDonald's Star for a Night when she was sixteen; Owen Money’s Just Up Your Street, & BBC Children in Need. Connie has also recorded a Welsh song called Curiad Calon (Heartbeat) which was released on the compilation album Cân i Gymru (A Song for Wales). She also released a charity single for the Noah's Ark Appeal entitled 'Eyes of a Child'.
Fisher's first professional theatre appearance was at Milford Haven Torch Theatre, Christmas 2005, where she played Princess Samina in Aladdin. She then took the £1,000 cash prize & the Gower Trophy in the final of the 2006 Welsh Musical Theatre Young Singer of the Year Competition, held at Swansea Grand Theatre.
Before gaining the role of Maria, she worked in media telesales, whilst auditioning for several West End parts – often getting down to the final two but never getting the part. Fisher cites Julie Andrews & Ruthie Henshall as her musical theatre role models. She claims to be a bit of a tomboy, & says that as an only child, she is very independent.
Fisher has been with British Army soldier boyfriend Neal Williams (born 1979), who served in Iraq in the 31st signal regiment, for three years. The couple live in a flat in Sydenham, South London. On the weekend of the 19 November 2006 the News of the World alleged that Fisher & lighting technician Leigh Davies from the Sound of Music had been having a relationship
She
says she has passion & stamina. She beats contenders like Aoife Mulholland.
for the BBC prize.
This site was written in February 2007
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