Helen Dallimore

Helen Dallimore plays The Good Witch, G(a)linda.

Helen Dallimore makes her West End debut as Glinda in WICKED. Helen grew up in Oxford and in Sydney, Australia, where she trained as an actress at The National Institute of Dramatic Art. With years of singing studies behind her, Helen first made her name playing ‘Miss Adelaide’ in Guys and Dolls when still at NIDA, and was immediately cast by the prestigious Sydney Theatre Company in David Edgar’s Pentecost. She has subsequently appeared in many productions for STC, including The Unlikely Prospect of Happiness; The Hanging Man by Andrew Upton and Gale Edwards’ production of Up for Grabs, in which she created the central role of ‘Simone’, later played in the West End by Madonna. She was recently part of the ensemble that opened the company’s Sydney Theatre, with the musical The Republic of Myopia and the play Harbour. Helen has simultaneously enjoyed a career in film and television, playing leading roles in the movies The Extra and Mr Accident, the TV movies Secret Bridesmaid’s Business and Day of the Roses and guest roles on All Saints; Water Rats; Home and Away; Flipper and GP. She has also appeared in several U.S. productions including the TV movies South Pacific (starring Glenn Close and Harry Connick Jr.) and The Three Stooges, as well as the U.S. feature film Kangaroo Jack. Helen recently returned to England and has since appeared on television in Midsomer Murders.