Zizi Strallen is best known for playing Mary Poppins in Cameron Mackintosh's West End production at the Prince Edward Theatre, for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Zizi has just been announced as the new 'Glinda' in London's hit West End Show WICKED.
Other stage credits include; Marie Antoinette in CAKE (The Other Palace and Lyric Theatre); Carla in NINE (The Hope Mill) ; Q in ROCK FOLLIES (Chichester Festival Theatre); Laurey in OKLAHOMA in concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Betty Schaefer in SUNSET BOULEVARD (Royal Albert Hall); Young Phillis in FOLLIES (National Theatre); Fran in Baz Luhrmann’s STRICTLY BALLROOM (Piccadilly Theatre); Fastrada in PIPPIN (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Lana in Matthew Bourne’s THE CARMAN (Royal Albert Hall); Demeter in CATS (London Palladium); Penny Pingleton in HAIRSPRAY (Leicester Curve); Constance in ROCK OF AGES (Shaftesbury Theatre); Meg Kincaid in MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Menier Chocolate Factory and Harold Pinter Theater); Lisa in DIRTY DANCING (Aldwych Theatre); Zaneeta in THE MUSIC MAN (Chichester Festival Theatre).
Screen work includes: Tantomile in CATS (universal and working title) ; DINOTOPIA (Hallmark); VICTORIA AND ALBERT (ITV); BRAMWELL (ITV)