Since graduating from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (BA Music Theatre) in 2006, Lucy has cemented her reputation as one of Australia’s main stage leading ladies playing a huge range of roles over the last 17 years. Lucy is currently appearing as Roxie Hart in Chicago for Crossroads Live. The show started its Australian tour in Perth in November to massive acclaim with a star studded cast including Anthony Warlow, Zoe Ventoura, Peter Rowsthorn and Asabi Goodman and has just finished its run at QPAC’s Lyric Theatre in Brisbane ahead of seasons in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.

Immediately prior to starting Chicago Lucy left the Australian tour of the critically acclaimed Cameron Mackintosh/Michael Cassel Group/Disney revival of Mary Poppins playing the role of Winifred Banks across all cities in Australia in 2022/2023 earning a Sydney Theatre Award nomination for best supporting actor in musical. Before moving to Sydney to commence Mary Poppins Lucy also starred in Victorian Opera’s production of Kurt Weill’s anti capitalist musical Happy End as Lillian Holiday. In a true career highlight Lucy also had the opportunity to play protagonist Alison Bechdel in the MTC Australian premiere production of Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron’s Tony Award Winning musical Fun Home, directed by Dean Bryant, for which she was nominated for a Green Room Award and a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Performer in a Leading Role in a musical following it’s smash hit season at Sydney Theatre Company in 2021.

In between seasons of Fun Home, Lucy reprised her role of Mrs Bucket in the Crossroads Live Australian tour of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a role which she toured to Sydney and Melbourne in 2019 and was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical.

Following the devastation of the Covid-19 Pandemic to the Arts, Lucy was lucky enough to appear in the first main stage commercial musical to return after the shutdown of all theatre as Catherine in Pippin for Crossroads Live.

Other recent career highlights include The Spirit of Christmas concerts at QPAC in 2021 and 2019; There’s Something About Music for The Little Red Company; Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Michael Cassel Group) starring as sassy Cynthia Weil on its critically acclaimed Australian tour (Green Room Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical). Prior to this, with her newborn baby in tow Lucy played Miss Honey in the Australian/New Zealand tour of Tim Minchin’s Matilda: The Musical (Louise Withers and Associates/Royal Shakespeare Company), and was nominated for a 2017 Helpmann Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Lucy originated the role of Heather Chandler in the smash Australian Première of Heathers: The Musical, she created the role of Patty in Tim Finn’s new musical Ladies in Black (QTC, MTC) and starred in Grease as Rizzo (GFO, Helpmann, Glug and Sydney Theatre Award nominations for the show’s Australian and Asian tour).  Lucy also created the role of Lara in the world première of Doctor Zhivago: A New Musical (GFO) opposite Anthony Warlow earning Helpmann and Sydney Theatre Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical.

Other highlights include Cinderella in Into the Woods (Victorian Opera, Helpmann and Green Room Nominations); Georgia Hendricks in Curtains (The Production Company); Gertrude Lawrence in Noël and Gertie (CDP Theatre Producers, Glug Award for Best Actress in a Musical); Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera (STC, Malthouse, Victorian Opera); Janet in The Rocky Horror Show (TML Enterprises); Emma in Jekyll & Hyde (TML Enterprises) and Anne in A Little Night Music (Opera Australia); Sondheim on Sondheim (Melbourne Recital Centre); Side By Side by Sondheim (Enda Markey); Claudia in Nine (Melbourne Recital Centre) .

Film credits include The Eternity Man for Channel 4 UK/ABC and the lead role in the short film Identical amongst other commercial and television credits including singing the National Anthem at The State of Origin, The Lord Mayor’s Christmas Carols (Channel 9) and appearances on the The Morning Show (Channel 7) and Today Extra (Channel 9).

Lucy’s one-woman show Irving Berlin: Songs in the Key of Black toured Australia to rave reviews at venues such as the prestigious Spiegeltent, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, The Noosa Long Weekend Festival, His Majesty’s Theatre Perth and La Salon at Claire’s Kitchen. Her album featuring arrangements and musical direction by Daniel Edmonds is available on iTunes, Spotify and Apple Music.