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	Emma Kershaw   BIOGRAPHY

Emma was trained on the violin and piano at the Royal College of Music, London and has a Music degree.

Lead roles in the West End include Fantine in Les Miserables, Miss Bell in Fame, Mavis in Hot Stuff and Twinkie in Prisoner Cell Block H, the Musical. Other roles in England include Moll in Moll Flanders, Ranyevskaya in The Cherry Orchard, Anita in West Side Story, Marty in Grease, Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, Cloris in Lock up your Daughters, Lizzie in Jekkyl and Maria Elena in Buddy. She has played leads in three productions nominated for Best Musical: Sophia in the world premiere of Tom Jones, Lola in Stone Free and Fraulein Kost in Cabaret.  In 1995, she won Best Female Performance during a festival of One Act Plays, as Joyce in Ruffian on the Stair. Television appearances include the comedy series Get up Stand up for Channel 4, and the independent film Passengers.

Emma has just finished a run of Fame in the West End as Miss Belle. She recently  returned from Copenhagen where she has been playing Florence in the award-nominated musical Chess, and has also sung on the newly released double CD of the show. Other European shows include Grease as Rizzo, Jesus Christ Superstar as Mary, William Walton's Façade as Narrator, The Magic of Broadway as soloist, and Fame as Miss Bell. As a featured soloist, she has just finished a summer tour of The Symphonic Seventies, performed in castles and stately homes around the country. She has also worked with orchestras such as the Gothenberg Opera Symphony and the Aalborg Symphony.

On the radio Emma was featured on a BBC programme called The Best of British on which she performed a duet with Elaine Paige. She has sung with the BBC Concert and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestras  and took part in the Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Concert, The Best of Gershwin and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th Birthday, all performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Emma also works as a session singer and has appeared on many TV shows including GMTV, Pebble Mill, London Tonight and Pop Idol. She can also be heard on the new soundtracks and CDs of Robbie Williams, Vinny Jones, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar and Saturday Night Fever.