Verity Hunt-Ballard is an Australian actress and singer, best known for roles in musical theatre. Hunt-Ballard was born in Mt Gambier, South Australia and raised in Largs Bay. Her Northern Ireland-born father was a social worker and music therapist, and her mother a primary school teacher. She studied at the

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, graduating in 2003. Early roles include the casts of the musicals ''

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'' (2004), ''

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'' and '' Metro Street'' (2009). Hunt-Ballard is best known for performing the title roles in the original Australian cast of ''

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'' (2010) and the

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revival of '' Sweet Charity'' (2014). For each role, she received the Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical.She also performed in ''Vivid White (''2017) ,and ''Funny Girl in Concert at The Opera House (''2018). She has a daughter Emmy-Lou with a partner, actor Scott Johnson.

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Living people Australian musical theatre actresses Helpmann Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-artist-stub