Meredith Braun originally from Auckland, began her career in New Zealand as a successful child actor and singer appearing in numerous television shows, films and stage productions before earning a place in 1989 at London's prestigious Italia Conti Stage College. Meredith began her West End career in 1990 with a lead role in the musical 'Bernadette' at the Dominion Theatre. Cameron Mackintosh

Cameron Mackintosh

Sir Cameron Anthony Mackintosh is a British theatrical producer notable for his association with many commercially successful musicals. At the height of his success in 1990, he was described as being "the most successful, influential and powerful theatrical producer in the world" by the New York...

 then cast Meredith as Eponine in Les Miserables

Les Misérables

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 a role she played in both London and Manchester. In 1993 she was cast as Betty Schaefer in the new Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...

 musical Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

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. Having been part of an audition process with 300 other potential actresses, Lloyd Webber said of Meredith "When I saw Meredith and heard her I knew she was going to be a star".

Further shows in the West End included playing Christine in The Phantom Of The Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

Le Fantôme de l'Opéra is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serialisation in "Le Gaulois" from September 23, 1909 to January 8, 1910...

, 'Out Of The Blue' and 'Killing Rasputin'. Meredith also had a leading role in the 1992 film The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppet Christmas Carol is a 1992 musical comedy film adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, starring Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge, directed by Brian Henson, produced by The Jim Henson Company, and released by Walt Disney Pictures...

 opposite Michael Caine and the cast of The Muppets. Between 2000-2001 Meredith starred as Lily in the RSC's production of The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

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 at both the Theatre Royal Stratford and the Aldwych Theatre, London.

After a ten year absence from performing, Meredith is now recording her debut solo album 'Someone Else's Story' - a mix of contemporary show songs and classical cross over material. The new album features musical direction and arrangements by Paul Bateman (musical director for Sarah Brightman

Sarah Brightman

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 and Lesley Garrett

Lesley Garrett

Lesley Garrett CBE is an English musician, broadcaster and media personality.- Early life :Garrett was born in the town of Thorne near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, into a musical family. She attended Thorne Grammar School, where she performed in school plays and musicals. As she grew up she...

) and will be released on Stage Door Records

Stage Door Records

Stage Door Records is a UK based label founded in 2007 that specialise in cast recordings and vocalist albums from stars of stage and screen. The label has issued a number of cast albums on CD for the first time, including Mutiny! and Colette...

in early 2012.

Films

• The Muppet Christmas Carol (Belle) 1992
• The Haunting Of Barney Palmer (Troy) 1986

West End Shows

• Cordelia (Jude) - National Studio (2002)
• The Secret Garden (Lily) - Aldwych Theatre / Theatre Royal Stratford (2000–2001)
• The Phantom Of The Opera (Christine) - Her Majesty's Theatre (1999–2000)
• Killing Rasputin (Princess Irina) - Bridewell Theatre (1998–1999)
• Out Of The Blue (Hideko) - Shaftesbury Theatre (1994)
• Sunset Boulevard (Betty Schaefer) - Adelphi Theatre (1993)
• Les Miserables (Eponine) - Palace Theatre, London (1991)
• Bernadette (Camille) - Dominion Theatre (1990)

Workshops

• The Far Pavilions (New York / London)
• Yusupov (Sydmonton Festival / Donmar Warehouse) 1994
• Jekyl (Prince of Wales Theatre, London) 1994
• Forever Yours

New Zealand Shows

• The Tempest (Ariel)
• The Chalk Garden (Laurel)
• The Cage Birds (Gossip)
• The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole (Pandora)
• Snoopy (Peppermint Patty)
• Bugsy Malone (Blouse)
• The Wizard Of Oz (Dorothy)
• Alice in Wonderland (Alice)
• Jack The Ripper (Polly)
• Fiddler On The Roof
• Sweet Charity
• Footrot Flats (Jess)
• Worzel Gummidge
• Jesus Christ Superstar
• The Sound Of Music
• South Pacific