belinda.jpg (144079 bytes)A singer, actor and dancer, Belinda Wollaston has trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (Singer, Actor, Dancer and Young Actors Studio), The McDonald Performing Arts College (Certificate IV in Musical Theatre), the Sydney Dance Company, the Penrith Dance Company and is a graduate of the prestigious Talent Development Project.

Most recently, Belinda has appeared in a production of Putting It Together at the Seymour Centre in Sydney.

In 2003, Belinda appeared in a number of criticaly acclaimed plays, including Three Winters Green (SBW Stables Theatre), Milk (Old Fitzroy Theatre), Assassins (New Theatre) and Balm In Gilead (Imperial Hotel Theatre).

2003 also saw Belinda return to the Sydney Cabaret Convention for the second year in a row, where she was a finalist, and perform her self-written solo cabaret show, Hymns From A Hurricane, at Kabarett Junction and The Basement. She also made regular guest appearances on Muf-Tee at the SBW Stables Theatre with Hayden Tee.

The year before, Belinda performed her debut solo show, Songs From My Hairbrush: The Bedroom Mirror And Me, to sellout audiences at Kabarett Junction. It is regarded as the show that kicked off the trend of younger performers, as opposed to older ones between shows, performing full length cabaret shows.

Belinda has also worked with Brown Fox Productions in conjunction with the East Coast Theatre Company in their production of Late Nite Wired at Café 9, performed at Starstruck in Wollongong, the Schools Spectacular in Sydney, the Bicardi Festival at Darling Harbour and in Sydney Theatre Company's All Star Cabaret.

Belinda has appeared on Mornings with Kerri-Anne on the Nine Network, Today on the Nine Network, Rising Stars on ABC TV, All Saints for Channel Seven and has taken part in a variety of television and radio interviews for various media organisations.

In late 2003, Belinda made her commercial musical theatre debut in the smash hit musical Mamma Mia, often touted as the world's most successful and entertaining musical. Belinda spent two years performing in the Australian touring production of the show, which took in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong.

In August 2005 she made her Sydney Theatre Company debut in the musical Summer Rain, gaining considerable audience acclaim.

In 2006 Belinda starred in a production of Putting It Together at the Seymour Centre in Sydney, and travelled to New York on the ASCAP Scholarship, where she worked with some of the theatre world's biggest names, including Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Schwartz.

In October she will star as Kate McGowen in the Australian production of the Broadway musical, Titanic.