Caissie Levy Bio - Biography

Name Caissie Levy
Height
Naionality Canadian
Date of Birth 15-April-1981
Place of Birth Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Famous for Acting
Caissie Levy is a Canadian stage actress and singer. Levy graduated from AMDA in 2004; a week later she made a name for herself by playing the role of Maureen Johnson in the U.S. national tour of Rent. Levy then played the role of Penny Pingleton in both the Broadway and U.S. national tour companies of Hairspray after understudying the role in the Toronto Company. During this time, she also covered the role of Amber Von Tussle. In 2008, Levy starred as Elphaba in the Los Angeles sit-down production of Wicked. She had previously understudied the role on Broadway and briefly served as standby in Los Angeles. Her first performance took place on January 1, 2008, replacing Eden Espinosa. She left the show on May 11 of the same year, and was replaced by her standby Teal Wicks.

Levy recently starred as Sheila in the Broadway revival of Hair, which began previews on March 6, 2009 and opened March 31, 2009 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. She left the Broadway cast on March 7, 2010, where she was succeeded by Diana DeGarmo, to open the West End revival which began performances April 1, 2010 at the Gielgud Theatre. The show later closed September 4, 2010. In 2011 Levy originated the role of Molly Jensen in Ghost the Musical, which opened at Manchester Opera House in March for a seven week run before transferring to London's West End at The Piccadilly Theatre from June 24, 2011. The official gala opening night took place on July 19.

Levy departed the West End production on January 12, 2012, where she was succeeded by Siobhan Dillon the next day. She later opened the Broadway production reprising her role as Molly Jensen along with Richard Fleeshman, her co-star in the West End production as Sam Wheat. The Broadway production began previews on March 15, 2012 at the Lunt Fontanne Theater and officially opened on April 23, 2012. Levy and Fleeshman remained in the production until it's premature closure on August 18, 2012.

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