Stephanie Lawrence

斯黛芬妮·勞倫斯，她是《別樣的英雄》的演唱者。出生于英國的音樂家庭的斯黛芬妮·勞倫斯，因在倫敦一些最著名的音樂劇中出演而知名。16歲登上舞臺(tái)后，不久去百老匯發(fā)展，也在電影和電視中客串角色。自1981年接任安德魯-韋伯的名劇《埃薇塔》(又名：貝隆夫人Evita)起，她陸續(xù)出演了《瑪莉蓮》(Marilyn!)、《星光快車》(Starlight Express)、 《貓》 (Cats)的主角。而世界杯的這首主題曲則讓她走出英國，紅遍世界。
Stephanie Lawrence was born in Hayling Island, Hampshire, the daughter of a singer and classically trained dancer.She was from an early age close friends with another Famous Islander Peter Chilvers who in 1958 invented the Windsurfer. Having trained at the Arts Educational School at Tring, Hertfordshire, she made her debut in The Nutcracker at the Royal Festival Hall in London in 1962. Her West End debut came at the age of 16, playing the part of a rollerskating tap dancer in Forget Me Not Lane. Her first musical appearance in the West End was in Bubbling Brown Sugar. In 1979 Hal Prince chose Stephanie to take over the role of Eva Peron in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita from Marti Webb.
She left Evita to create the title role of Marilyn Monroe in Marilyn! the Musical, which won her outstanding reviews and the Best Actress of the Year Award from the Royal Variety Club of Great Britain as well as a nomination from the Society of West End Theatre Awards (now the Olivier Awards). Marilyn was followed by the part of Pearl in the original London production of Starlight Express. In 1986 Stephanie took on her first dramatic part as Doris in The Owl and the Pussycat touring with Peter Davison. Soon after this she appeared at Oslo International Cabaret in her one woman show. Stephanie next appeared in a musical version of The Blue Angel at the Bristol Old Vic. She played the character of Lola-Lola, made famous by Marlene Dietrich in the movie of the same name.
In 1987 Stephanie took on the part of Louise in the musical Time written by Dave Clark. During her run in Time Stephanie was chosen to play the part of Frannie in the movie Buster alongside Phil Collins, Julie Walters and Larry Lamb. Directly after her run in Time Stephanie took on the role of Kate/Lili Vanessi in the RSC production of Kiss Me Kate at the Savoy Theatre. Christmas of 1988/1989 saw Stephanie playing the part of Cinderella in the classic pantomime with Lionel Blair as Buttons. In 1990 Stephanie toured once again, this time as The Woman of the World in the musical Blues in the Night.
In 1990, Stephanie Lawrence took the role of Mrs. Johnstone in the revival of Willy Russell's Blood Brothers. She played the role for three years at The Albery Theatre in London before moving to fill the role at the Music Box Theatre in New York (1993) where she was nominated for a Tony Award and won the Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut. Stephanie would play the part of Mrs Johnstone on and off for the next few years. Her last major part in the West End was as Grizabella in Cats. Lawrence's other film credits include The Likely Lads (1976) and the role of Carlotta in The Phantom of the Opera (1989).