Laura Michelle Kelly

Laura Michelle Kelly (born 4 March 1981) is an English actress and singer who is best known for playing the role of Mary Poppins in the musical of the same name.\n', '

Kelly was born in Totton near Southampton, Hampshire, and moved to a farm on the Isle of Wight with her family, her mother\'s birthplace and where her father and mother first met.[citation needed] She attended Newchurch Primary, Solent Middle and Sandown High.[citation needed]\n', '

Her first musical appearance was in Bugsy Malone in middle school. She studied with a local singing teacher, Barbara Walters, who cast Kelly in amateur productions at local theatres, including Shanklin Stagecoach of Performing Arts School.\n', '