Queenie van de Zandt is an Australian actress, singer, comedian, recording artist, writer and arts educator.

Life and career

Born in Canberra to Dutch immigrants, van de Zandt attended St Matthew's Primary School and St Francis Xavier High School before graduating in the top 2% of her state at

Daramalan College Daramalan College is a Roman Catholic high school in Canberra, Australia, located in the suburb of Dickson. It encompasses Year 7 to Year 12, in a co-educational environment. Run by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, it has an emblem of a re ...

. She relocated to Sydney in 1992 and began her career performing in musicals and stage plays such as ''Hair'', ''Cabaret'', ''Les Misérables'', ''Anything Goes'', ''Threepenny Opera'', ''Furious'', ''Barmaids'', ''After January'', and ''The Boy from Oz''. She has since become one of Australia's leading ladies of the stage, working extensively in musical theatre, plays and

cabaret Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, a casino, a hotel, a restaurant, or a nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining o ...

, as well as appearing on television and in film and releasing several albums. She also regularly performs, and has a cult following, as her comedy character and alter-ego, Jan van de Stool, a Dutch-born musical therapist. Alongside her career as a performer, van de Zandt founded the Australian Musical Theatre Academy and runs workshops, masterclasses and courses throughout Australia and internationally in performance and audition technique for musical theatre, creating cabaret, the creative mindset and career development. She is widely regarded as Australia's leading teacher of audition technique for musical theatre. Alongside this she has held lecturing positions at the

University of Ballarat The University of Ballarat, Australia was a dual-sector university with multiple campuses in Victoria, Australia, including its main Ballarat campus, Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide that were authorized by the university to provide diploma, unde ...

Arts Academy, the

Victorian College of the Arts The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) is the arts school at the University of Melbourne in Australia. It is part of the university's Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. It is located near the Melbourne city centre on the Southbank campus of the ...

and the

National Institute of Dramatic Art The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is an Australian educational institution for the performing arts is based in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 1958, many of Australia's leading actors and directors trained at NIDA, including Cat ...

(NIDA).

Awards

2018: Glug Award - The Lee Young Award for the Most Outstanding Cabaret Performance for ''Blue: The Songs of Joni Mitchell'' 2017: Broadway World - Sydney Award - Best Cabaret Performance for ''BLUE: The Songs of Joni Mitchell'' - 2017: Broadway World - Sydney Award - Best Cabaret for ''BLUE: The Songs of Joni Mitchell'' 2008: Glug Award – Jeffry Joynton-Smith Memorial Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Izzy in ''Rabbit Hole'' 1997: MEAA ACT Green Room Award for Best Performance for her performance as Alison/Louise/Spokesperson in

Nominations

2018 Helpmann Award for Best Cabaret Performer for her performance in ''BLUE: The Songs of Joni Mitchell'' 2018 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Cabaret Production for ''BLUE: The Songs of Joni Mitchell'' 2015 Green Room Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Witch in ''Into the Woods'' 2015 Theatre People Pro-Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical (limited run) for The Witch in ''Into the Woods'' 2010 Glug Award - Norman Kessell Award for Best Actress for her performance as Beverly in ''Abigail's Party'' 2009 Green Room Award for Best Supporting Performer in Theatre – Companies (joint nomination along with Jennifer Vuletic and Natalie Gamsu) for their performances as Women of Troy in Women of Troy 2008 Green Room Award for Best Cabaret Artiste for the International Melbourne Comedy Festival season of ''I GET THE MUSIC IN YOU an evening with Jan van de Stool'' 2007 AussieTheatre.com Award for Cabaret Show of the Year for ''Cabaret – in 12 Easy Steps'' 2007 AussieTheatre.com Award for Cabaret Artist of the Year for ''Cabaret – in 12 Easy Steps'' 2006 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Cabaret for her one-woman show ''I GET THE MUSIC IN YOU an evening with Jan van de Stool'' 2005 Green Room Award for Female Artist in a Supporting Role for her performance as Vicki Nichols in ''The Full Monty – The Musical'' 2004 Helpmann Award Nomination for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for her performance as Mrs Sowerberry in ''Oliver!''

References

Sources

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