Queenie van de Zandt
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Queenie van de Zandt is an Australian theatre actress, singer, comedienne and writer.
to Dutch immigrants, van de Zandt attended St. Matthews Primary School and St Francis Xavier High School before graduating in the top 2% of her state at Daramalan College
. She relocated to Sydney in 1992 and began her career performing in musicals and stage plays such as Cabaret, Les Misérables, Anything Goes, Threepenny Opera, Furious, Barmaids, After January, and The Boy from Oz. She has since worked extensively in musical theatre, plays, cabaret
, on television and in film, as well as recording an album of original music. Alongside her career as a performer, van de Zandt also teaches in the field of audition technique and musical theatre performance and has held lecturing positions at the University of Ballarat
Arts Academy, the Victorian College of the Arts
and the NIDA
Open Program.
Biography
Born in CanberraCanberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
to Dutch immigrants, van de Zandt attended St. Matthews Primary School and St Francis Xavier High School before graduating in the top 2% of her state at Daramalan College
Daramalan College
Daramalan College is an ACT senior high school in Canberra, Australia, located in the suburb of Dickson, near the Dickson Shopping Centre. It provides education from year 7 to year 12 , in a co-educational environment. Run by the Roman Catholic Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, it has an emblem of...
. She relocated to Sydney in 1992 and began her career performing in musicals and stage plays such as Cabaret, Les Misérables, Anything Goes, Threepenny Opera, Furious, Barmaids, After January, and The Boy from Oz. She has since worked extensively in musical theatre, plays, cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
, on television and in film, as well as recording an album of original music. Alongside her career as a performer, van de Zandt also teaches in the field of audition technique and musical theatre performance and has held lecturing positions at the University of Ballarat
University of Ballarat
The University of Ballarat is a dual-sector university in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It was formed by the passage of an Act of the Victorian Parliament in 1994, from the Ballarat College of Advanced Education...
Arts Academy, the Victorian College of the Arts
Victorian College of the Arts
The Faculty of the VCA and Music is a faculty of the University of Melbourne, in Victoria . VCAM is located near the Melbourne central business district, on two campuses, one - the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music - on the Parkville campus of the University of Melbourne, and the other - the...
and the NIDA
National Institute of Dramatic Art
The National Institute of Dramatic Art is an Australian national training institute for students of theatre, film, and television, based in the Sydney suburb of Kensington. It is supported by the federal Office for the Arts, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. NIDA is located adjacent...
Open Program.
Awards
- 2008 Glug Award – Jeffry Joynton-Smith Memorial Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role of "Izzy" in Rabbit Hole
- 2007 AussieTheatre.com Award for Best Female Actor in a Play for the role of "Izzy" in Rabbit Hole
- 1997 MEAA ACT Green Room Award for Best Performance for Furious
Award nominations
- 2007 Green Room Award Nomination for Best Cabaret Artiste for the International Melbourne Comedy Festival season of I Get the Music in You: An Evening with Jan van de Stool
- 2007 AussieTheatre.com Nominations for Cabaret Show of the Year and Cabaret Artist of the Year for Cabaret – in 12 Easy Steps
- 2005 Sydney Theatre Award Nomination for Best Cabaret for I Get the Music in You: An Evening with Jan van de Stool
- 2004 Green Room Award Nomination for Female Artist in a Supporting Role for the role of "Vicki Nichols" in The Full Monty – The Musical
- 2003 Helpmann Award Nomination for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for the role of "Mrs Sowerberry" in Oliver!
Sources
- http://www.zibb.com/media/theme/person-media/Queenie+van+de+Zandt
- http://www.tv.com/queenie-van-de-zandt/person/600965/appearances.html
- http://www.mooviees.com/322006-Queenie-van-de-Zandt/celebrity
- http://www.australiantelevision.net/very_small_business/episodes.html
- http://tagoo.ru/de/search.php?for=audio&search=tonight&page=9
- http://webawork.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=31
- http://queenievandezandt.com/?page_id=4
- http://queenievandezandt.com/?page_id=5