Willemijn Verkaik

About Willemijn Verkaik

She is a Dutch singer and actress who has appeared in films such as Wicked, Elisabeth, and The Three Musketeers. She was voted the Wicked Personality of the Year in 2010 and is the first person to have played the lead role of Elphaba in more than one language.

Willemijn Verkaik is a Dutch singer and actress. She is best known for her stage roles in Wicked and Elisabeth, and for providing the singing voice for Elsa in both the German and Dutch versions of Disney's Frozen. She was the longest running Elphaba in the musical Wicked, having played the role over 2,000 times, and is the only person to have played the role in three languages. Her first performance as Elphaba was on 31 October 2007, in Stuttgart, Germany, and her final performance was on 22 July 2017 in the West End of London.

Born	June 16, 1975, Son en Breugel, Netherlands
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress
Years active	2000–present
Genres	Musical theatre

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Trivia

She had surgery to correct an ongoing back problem in 2014, forcing her to temporarily depart from Wicked.

Willemijn Verkaik before fame

Before making her professional theatre debut in 2000, she trained at the Guildford School of Acting and sang in pop bands.

Achievement of Willemijn Verkaik

She had surgery to correct an ongoing back problem in 2014, forcing her to temporarily depart from Wicked.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Willemijn Verkaik family life

Bart van Hoof, a musician, was her husband.

Associations of Willemijn Verkaik

She shared the part of Elphaba in Wicked with Tony Award winner Idina Menzel.

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