Jill Paice Bio - Biography

Name Jill Paice
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Naionality American
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Jill Paice is an American actress best known for her musical theatre roles. She originated the roles of Laura Fairlie in the musical The Woman in White in the West End (2004) and on Broadway (2005); Nikki in Curtains on Broadway (2006); Scarlett in London's Gone With The Wind (2008); and Grazia Off-Broadway in Death Takes a Holiday (2011). Among other roles, she appeared in the Broadway play The 39 Steps (2009).

In 2001, while still in school, Paice earned her Equity card by appearing in a production of Gypsy at Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. After college, she joined the national tour of Les Miserables. She then went on to play the role of Sophie in the Las Vegas production of Mamma Mia! in 2003. In 2004, she created the role of Laura Fairle in Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical The Woman in White at the Palace Theatre, London. Lloyd Webber was required to hire two "unknown American actors" in order to satisfy Actors Equity union rules for the future transfer of the production to Broadway to include the British actors Michael Crawford and Maria Friedman. Paice reprised her role in the Broadway production in 2005 at the Marquis Theatre in New York. She received good notices, but the show flopped on Broadway. Off-Broadway, Paice appeared in the York Theatre Company productions of Weird Romance (2004) and The Gig (2006).

Later in 2008, she appeared as Elizabeth Lucas in Ace at the Signature Theater in Arlington, Virginia and as Betty Haynes in White Christmas in Detroit late in 2008. In January 2009, she played the role of Anne in a gala concert of A Little Night Music presented by Roundabout Theatre Company. In 2009, Paice appeared in her first non-musical play on Broadway, The 39 Steps, at the Helen Hayes Theatre. She next starred as Florence in Chess the Musical at Signature Theater in 2010. In 2011, she created the role of Grazia in Maury Yeston's Death Takes a Holiday in the original Off-Broadway production by Roundabout Theatre Company. She has been cast in the leading role of "I" in the musical Rebecca, scheduled to open on Broadway in November 2012. Paice's television work has included two guest starring appearances as Molly Benedict in the series Unforgettable.

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