![]() ![]() ![]() On returning to Sydney, she portrayed April in Gale Edwards's production of Company from June to August 2007 at Theatre Royal. In both productions she understudied Sandy's role. She reprised the role in the United Kingdom. Whelan Browne's professional career began in 2005 in Grease: The Arena Spectacular, playing the role of Patti Simcox. Whelan Browne acknowledged her teachers, "Susan Anne Walker and Rosie Harris for singing, I danced at Bev Palmer's for a couple of years when I was younger and more recently have been doing some TV and film courses around Melbourne and Sydney." In the early 2000s, she contracted glandular fever, which resulted in chronic fatigue syndrome, "I think with hindsight I hadn't found my place in the world and I didn't know what life was going to look like and actually, just as I was recovering, I was cast in Grease." She recalled being inspired by seeing Mamma Mia!, "At the end the audience stood up and everyone was singing – I just thought this would be the best thing ever but I didn't think 'that'll be me one day'." A talent manager caught her performance in Chicago and recommend she turn professional. Whelan's first amateur theatre role was in Les Mis, followed by works with the Catchment Players and then as Roxie in Chicago. It is the only thing that was born in me." The Whelan family were fervent basketballers. It was the first time I realised this was something that came naturally to me. The musicals included, " The King and I and doing everything from Fiddler on the Roof to Little Shop of Horrors, as well as Grease." She later reflected on her Year 12 school production, "I was choreographing and playing a part. Whelan performed in school musicals every year from Year 7. She grew up in the suburb of Eltham, and attended St Helena Secondary College. In March 2012, she married fellow performer, Rohan Browne.Ĭhristie Whelan Browne was born as Christine Whelan on 6 August 1982 in Melbourne. She has also appeared on television shows and in films. Christine Whelan Browne (born 6 August 1982) is an Australian performer who has worked extensively in musical theatre as an actress, dancer and singer. ![]()
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