Elise Lamb

Early life and education

Lamb was born and raised in Brisbane, Australia. She studied classical ballet through the Royal Academy of Dance from the age of 3 and studied Musical Theatre at the Australian Dance Performance Institute. When Lamb was 15 years old she was chosen to dance for Australian vocal artist Vanessa Amorosi and girl group Bardot at the Opening Gala of the 2001 Goodwill Games. She graduated from Canterbury College in 2003 where she studied drama and music and performed in the school's production of Guys and Dolls.

She trained as an actor at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, Australia and studied Classical acting (Shakespeare) at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

In December 2016, Lamb graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with a Masters Degree in Advanced Theatre Practice.

Career

Lamb began her professional career at the age of 17 when she was employed as a cast member at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Australia. There she spent her first 5 years out of high school portraying numerous roles including DC Comics hero Batgirl, The Justice League 's Hawkgirl, Shrek 's Princess Fiona, Scooby-Doo 's Daphne Blake and was a dancer in the Looney Tunes Musical Review. She was the youngest performer to present the Movie Magic Special Effects Show and was a member of its closing cast in 2005. She also performed in the Police Academy Stunt Show and was an original cast member of the Scooby-Doo Disco Detectives.

In 2007, Lamb danced with The Australian Ballet for their Brisbane season of Don Quixote at QPAC and performed in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel at the Twelfth Night Theatre.

In 2008, Lamb relocated to Osaka, Japan for 2 years to work for Universal Studios Japan where she reprised her role as Princess Fiona, impersonated Marilyn Monroe, originated the role of Cinderella in the Magical Starlight Parade (IAAPA Big E Award "Best Overall Production"), danced as a Rockette in the annual Christmas Parade and performed the roles of Wendy and Jane in the Thea (Themed Entertainment Association) Award winning Peter Pan's Neverland.

After completing her training at NIDA in 2012, Lamb appeared in numerous independent Australian films including The Pale Moonlight opposite Matt Boesenberg and Blown for Tropfest which she also wrote, directed and produced.

In 2014, she starred as Zelda Fitzgerald in William Luce's one-woman play The Last Flapper at Brisbane Arts Theatre.

In 2015, Lamb played Katherina in The Taming Of The Shrew for Phoenix Ensemble and reprised her role as Zelda Fitzgerald in The Last Flapper for Brisbane Fringe Festival. Also in 2015, Lamb had her theatre directorial debut with The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) at Brisbane Arts Theatre before going on to direct Elvis Is Dead by Canadian playwright James Hutchison for the Short+Sweet Theatre Festival at The Arts Centre Gold Coast. In December 2015, she was awarded the Ian Potter Cultural Trust Award, a professional development grant for emerging Australian artists.

Whilst a student at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Lamb began writing her debut play The Australian Girl, inspired by the life of Louise Mack, the first female war correspondent during World War I. Central funded research and development in Belgium for the play and the first draft was presented in a semi-staged reading at LOST Theatre in London with Lamb playing the role of Louise.

Personal life

Lamb lives in London, United Kingdom.

There was already a Rebecca Lamb registered with Spotlight and Equity, as a result Lamb changed her name professionally to "Elise Lamb". She was previously credited as "Rebecca Elise Lamb".

Lamb is related to British actor Michael Rennie.