Australian actress and c*ographer

Kelley Abbey (born 28 July 1966) is an Australian actress, c*ographer, singer and dancer. She has been a leading performer and c*ographer in TV, film and musical theatre for more than 20 years. She remains best known for her role on soap opera E Street as Jo-Jo Adams.

Abbey played Sheila in the 2003 Australian cast of Hair and Rizzo in an arena production of Grease, and later c*ographed an arena stadium tour of Grease – the Arena Spectacular. Other musicals Abbey has c*ographed include Follies at the Sydney Opera House, Footloose and most recently Hugh Jackman's The Boy from Oz in the Arena for which she won a Helpmann Award along with Kenny Ortega.

Abbey has also c*ographed Xanadu the musical, Funny Girl starring Caroline O'Connor, Jesus Christ Superstar, Miracle City and Cabaret the Musical. She has c*ographed Gail Edwards Carmen on the harbour for Opera Australia and also Gail's Helpmann award-winning version of Salome and a different version of Carmen for John Bell on the Opera House main stage. In 2010 she directed and c*ographed a new rebooted version of Fame the Musical where she won another Helpmann Award. She was also the *ociate director to Baz Luhrmann on Strictly Ballroom the musical. She continues to mentor young performers around the country about mindset and nurturing your creativity whilst pursuing a career in the Entertainment Industry.

Contents

• 1 C*ography
• 2 Patronage
• 3 Awards
  • 3.1 Mo Awards
• 4 References
• 5 External links

C*ography

Abbey was honoured at the C*ography Media Honours in Los Angeles for her c*ography in the Oscar-winning feature Happy Feet. She was also head motion capture consultant on the film, ran "penguin school" and was the principal motion capture performer.

Abbey has also c*ographed many music videos, pop concert tours, television commercials and awards specials. She appeared in the film In Her Skin starring Guy Pearce and Sam Neill which she c*ographed and also plays a small role.

Abbey appears as a special guest judge and c*ographer on the hit TV show So You Think You Can Dance and c*ographs for the So You Think You Can Dance franchise internationally. She also was chosen to represent Australia on the reality television show Superstars of Dance on the NBC Network. As of the sixteenth season, she has also been the creative director and c*ographer for Dancing with the Stars Australia.

Patronage

Abbey is the Patron of the Brisbane Performing Arts Challenge. She is the Amb*ador of Dancelife Unite and also The Australian Dance Festival.

Awards

Abbey won the Green Room Award and Variety Heart awards for her performance as the lead in Sweet Charity. She also won a Mo Award for playing the lead in Fame the Musical which she also c*ographed. She won the Green Room Award for her c*ography in Fame and later restaged this show in Asia and South Africa.

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Kelley Abbey won two awards in that time.

References

External links

• Kelley Abbey at IMDb
• Official website
• Dancelife
• Dance Train