Julia Rose Udine is an American theater actress best known for playing the role of Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera in the U.S. tour and on Broadway.
Biography Udine was born in Camden, New Jersey, on August 12, 1993, and grew up in nearby Voorhees Township.Friedman, Sally. "From an early age, it was clear Phantom star belonged center stage", Courier-Post, March 30, 2014. Accessed November 14, 2016. "And this Voorhees native sometimes has to pinch herself, at least figuratively, to realize that yes, that's her name in bold print on the program, and she's up there facing thousands and thousands of audience members as she marches on through a national tour."Blank, Matthew. "Playbill.com's Cue & A: Phantom of the Opera U.S. Tour Star Julia Udine", Playbill, January 14, 2014. Accessed July 29, 2019. "Where you were born/where you were raised: Born in Camden, NJ. Raised in Voorhees, NJ." She graduated from Eastern Regional High School in 2011 and briefly attended Pennsylvania State University before moving to New York to train at the T. Schreiber Conservatory and later, the Broadway Dance Center.
While at Broadway Dance Center, Udine found a casting agent and auditioned for Jack's Back, an off-off-Broadway show, which she landed. Before she landed the lead role in The Phantom of the Opera, Udine auditioned and attended casting calls for many other roles.
From 2013 to 2014, Udine played the role of Christine Daaé in the U.S. national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Phantom of the Opera."10 Questions: Making it Big" , SJ magazine, 2014, accessed December 9, 2015Blank, Matthew. "Playbill.com's Cue & A: Phantom of the Opera U.S. Tour Star Julia Udine", Playbill, January 14, 2014, accessed December 9, 2015 She joined the Broadway cast on December 15, 2014."Julia Udine", Internet Broadway Database, accessed December 9, 2015
A year later, Udine played Mabel in the New York City Center production of The Pirates of Penzance. Udine also starred in the one-woman Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Tell Me on a Sunday and Shrek the Musical at Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theater.
Udine's TV appearances include Law and Order: SVU and All My Children."New York Cast: Julia Udine", ThePhantomoftheOpera.com, accessed December 9, 2015
Performance credits +Year(s)ProductionRoleLocationCategory2010West Side StoryMariaHaddonfield Plays and PlayersRegional2012Jack's BackJennyGloria Maddox TheatreOff-Off-Broadway2013–2014, 2016The Phantom of the OperaChristine DaaéVariousUS Tour2014–2016, 2021–2023The Phantom of the OperaChristine DaaéMajestic TheatreBroadway2015The Pirates of PenzanceMabelNew York City CenterOff-Broadway2018Tell Me On a SundayGirlWalnut Street TheatreRegional2019–2020Shrek the MusicalPrincess FionaWalnut Street TheatreRegional2024Sunset BoulevardBetty SchaeferBroadway SacramentoRegional
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