{{Short description|Australian actress}} '''Kaye Elizabeth Tuckerman'''<ref name="Bennie" /> is an Australian actress, director and designer. She played the role of Donna Sheridan in a US national tour of ''Mamma Mia!''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alliance of Women Directors Profile|url=https://www.allianceofwomendirectors.org/find-a-director/director/kaye-tuckerman/|accessdate=2024-11-15}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Tuckerman was born and raised in the Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia.<ref name="StageWhispers">{{cite web |last=Knight |first=Tony |title=Kaye Tuckerman: Broadway Bound (But Not Gagged) |url=https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/reviews/kaye-tuckerman-broadway-bound-not-gagged |website=Stage Whispers |date=2019 |accessdate=2024-11-15}}</ref> She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Theatre from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 1992.<ref>{{cite journal |title=WAAPA Graduates |journal=WAAPA Scarlet Billows |date=May 2004 |issue=4 |page=7 |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/8379673/scarlet-billows-western-australian-academy-of-performing-arts |access-date=24 April 2025}}</ref> She received a Post-Graduate Diploma in Directing from the National Institute of Dramatic Art.<ref name="NIDA">{{cite web|title=NIDA Alumni Spotlight|url=https://www.nida.edu.au/alumni-and-industry/all-alumni/table/|accessdate=2024-11-15}}</ref>
== Career == Tuckerman is best known for her portrayal of Donna Sheridan in a North American tour of ''Mamma Mia!'' from 2010 to 2012.<ref name="LancasterOnline">{{cite web |last=Wright |first=Mary Ellen |title=Taking a chance on ''Mamma Mia!'' |url=https://lancasteronline.com/entertainment/taking-a-chance-on-mamma-mia/article_75bb3144-9216-5eec-8da5-949441cf1c1f.html |website=Lancaster Online |date=Jun 21, 2012 |accessdate=2024-11-15}}</ref> One reviewer wrote "if you can tear your eyes away from an incandescent Kaye Tuckerman belting out 'The Winner Takes It All' and look at the faces of the audience [t]hey are enraptured".<ref name="Hagwood" /> Another said, "Tuckerman embodies the role better than any this reviewer has seen. Even in the production numbers it is nearly impossible to tear one's eyes from her. Her movement, her passion, her artistry ... every fluid movement is precise and sure. ... Her raw emotions in 'The Winner Takes It All' ... is the best moment of the show."<ref name="Gruman-Trinkner">{{cite news |last1=Gruman-Trinkner |first1=Carrie T. |title=Review: 'Mamma Mia!' provides a fun evening out |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-crescent-review-mamma-mia-p/170987661/ |access-date=24 April 2025 |work=The Post-Crescent |date=August 24, 2012 |location=Appleton, Wisconsin |page=A6}}</ref> Another reviewer commented that "she is over-shadowed on some ensemble numbers, though not in 'Dancing Queen'. But she's terrific as a low-key solo balladeer on 'Slipping Through My Fingers' and 'The Winner Takes It All'."<ref name="Seymour">{{cite news |last1=Seymour |first1=Colin |title=''Mamma Mia!'' fans get their wish |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-mamma-mia-fans-get-th/170943712/ |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=Oakland Tribune |date=June 9, 2011 |location=Oakland, California |page=59}}</ref>
She also played roles in ''Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812'' (Shanghai, 2024),<ref name="Great Comet" /> ''Wicked'' (2019),<ref name="Wicked fly in" /> ''Absinthe'' (2007–2008)<ref name="Hirschman"/><ref name="Cohen"/> and ''Dusty – The Original Pop Diva'' (2006).<ref name="Kemp"/> In ''Summer: The Donna Summer Musical'' (Broadway, 2018) she appeared as Don Engel, Pete Bellotte and in the ensemble.<ref name="Playbill">{{cite web |title=Summer: The Donna Summer Musical - Current Cast |url=https://playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000160-7a74-dd38-a972-7a77e82b0000&type=cp#cc |website=Playbill |access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Mark A. |title=''Summer'' to Sing Across North America |url=https://broadwaydirect.com/summer-to-sing-across-north-america/ |access-date=24 April 2025 |work=BroadwayDirect |date=November 28, 2018}}</ref> She has been an ensemble member in productions of ''Shane Warne: The Musical'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Shane Warne: the Musical |url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/130338 |website=AusStage |access-date=24 April 2025}}</ref> ''Les Misérables'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Les Miserables, Hong Kong, 1996 |url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/107736 |website=AusStage |access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref> ''Jesus Christ Superstar'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Jesus Christ Superstar |url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/24600 |website=AusStage |access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref> ''The Boy From Oz''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Boy From Oz |url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/20343 |website=AusStage |access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref> and ''Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Broadway Star Returns Home for Wicked|date=21 May 2019 |website=gcmag |url=https://gcmag.com.au/broadway-star-kaye-tuckerman-returns-home-for-wicked-gold-coast/|accessdate=2024-11-15}}</ref>
Tuckerman performed at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2007 in ''Licence to Thrill'', a collection of James Bond songs,<ref>{{cite news |title=2007 Adelaide Cabaret Festival |url=https://australianstage.com.au/20070404267/news/adelaide/2007-adelaide-cabaret-festival.html |access-date=24 April 2025 |work=Australian Stage |date=5 April 2007}}</ref> and in 2019 in ''Broadway Bound (But Not Gagged)''.<ref name="StageWhispers" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Elliott |first1=Greg |title=Cabaret Festival review: Broadway Bound (but not gagged) |url=https://www.indaily.com.au/arts-culture/cabaret-festival/2019/06/14/cabaret-festival-review-broadway-bound-but-not-gagged |access-date=24 April 2025 |work=InDaily |date=Jun 14, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Lanzi">{{cite news |last1=Lanzi |first1=Lisa |title=Review: Kaye Tuckerman Broadway Bound (but not gagged) at The Blue Room, Adelaide Festival Centre |url=https://www.theatretravels.org/post/review-kaye-tuckerman-broadway-bound-but-not-gagged-at-the-blue-room-adelaide-festival-centre |access-date=27 April 2025 |work=Theatre Travels |date=Jun 15, 2019}}</ref> In film, she appeared in ''The Girl Who Got Away'' (2021).<ref>{{cite web |last=Mobarak |first=Jared |website=The Film Stage |title=Review: The Girl Who Got Away|date=19 August 2021 |url=https://thefilmstage.com/review-the-girl-who-got-away/|accessdate=2024-11-15}}</ref>
She co-directed ''Entanglement'', a 2022 documentary film exploring women's experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Message from Co-Director Kaye Tuckerman |date=December 2021 |url=https://voiceswomen.com/news/a-message-from-co-director-kaye-tuckerman-new-york/|accessdate=2024-11-15}}</ref><ref name="Kary">{{cite web |last1=Kary |first1=David |title=Voices of Women Announces a Wrap for the New Doco Entanglement |url=https://sydneyartsguide.com.au/voices-of-women-announces-entanglement-wrap/ |website=Sydney Arts Guide |access-date=24 April 2025 |date=24 August 2021}}</ref> Her design work on ''From a Whisper'' (2008)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harvey |first1=Dennis |title=Reviews: From a Whisper |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/reviews/from-a-whisper-1117943881/ |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=Variety |date=Oct 19, 2010}}</ref> earned a nomination for an Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Production Design.<ref>{{cite web |title=AMAA Nominees and Winners 2009 |url=http://www.ama-awards.com/amaa-nominees-and-winners-2009 |website=African Movie Academy Awards |access-date=23 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405090903/http://www.ama-awards.com/amaa-nominees-and-winners-2009 |archive-date=5 April 2011}}</ref>
==Selected stage performances== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Opera, Musical, etc !! Theatre !! Role !! Notes |- | 1989 || ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' with Hinge and Bracket || Playhouse, Sydney Opera House || Cecily Cardew || <ref name="Bennie">{{cite news |last1=Bennie |first1=Angela |title=Earnest dragged to unimportance |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-earnest-dragge/170985751/ |access-date=24 April 2025 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=July 31, 1989 |page=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Morrison |first1=Peter |title=THEATRE Wilde plus additives: That's entertainment |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article263177329 |access-date=24 April 2025 |work=The Australian Jewish Times |date=4 August 1989 |page=25}}</ref> |- | 1997 || ''aloft!'' || Riverside Theatres Parramatta || Mrs Penfold || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Morrison |first1=Peter |title=Shades of Music Man MUSICAL aloft! |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article261720247 |access-date=24 April 2025 |work=The Australian Jewish News |date=21 November 1997 |page=30 |quote=[T]he players are thoroughly engaging, and that goes double for ... and Kaye Tuckerman as Penfold-Taylor’s wife, who has the best lyrical song of the night.}}</ref> |- | 2006 || ''Dusty – The Original Pop Diva'' || Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne || Peg (Dusty's dresser) || <ref name="Kemp">{{cite news |last1=Kemp |first1=Peter H. |title=Reviews. Dusty: The Original Pop Diva |url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/reviews/dusty-the-original-pop-diva-1200518557/ |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=Variety |date=Feb 12, 2006}}</ref> |- | 2007 || ''Absinthe'' || Collins Park, Miami Beach || The Chanteuse || <ref name="Hirschman">{{cite news |last1=Hirschman |first1=Bill |title=Sexuality isn't winked at, it's embraced |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel-sexuality-isn/170941692/ |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=South Florida Sun Sentinel |date=December 16, 2007 |page=9G}}</ref><ref name="Cohen">{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Howard |title='Absinthe' a raunchy journey to nowhere |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-absinthe-a-raunchy-jo/170942020/ |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=The Miami Herald |date=December 23, 2007 |page=9A}}</ref> |- | 2008 || ''Absinthe'' || Pier 17, South Street Seaport, Lower Manhattan || The Chanteuse || <ref name="Saltz">{{cite news |last1=Saltz |first1=Rachel |title=A Circus, Yes, but Emphatically Not for Children of All Ages |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/theater/reviews/18absi.html |access-date=27 April 2025 |work=The New York Times |date=August 17, 2008}}</ref> |- | 2010 - 2012 || ''Mamma Mia!'' || North American tour || Donna Sheridan || <ref name="Hagwood">{{cite news |last1=Hagwood |first1=Rod Stafford |title=The return of 'Mamma Mia!' is music to our ears |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel-the-return-of/170985972/ |access-date=24 April 2025 |work=South Florida Sun Sentinel |date=July 21, 2011 |location=Fort Lauderdale, Florida |page=4}}</ref><ref name="Seymour"/><ref> *{{cite news |last1=Dolen |first1=Christine |title=Can't get enough 'Mamma Mia!' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-cant-get-enough-mamma/170943900/ |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=The Miami Herald |date=July 22, 2011 |location=Miami, Florida |page=G23}} *{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Gary |title=Mamma Mia! That role's a good fit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-mamma-mia-that-r/170942427/ |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=The Hamilton Spectator |date=October 31, 2011 |location=Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |page=29}} *{{cite news |last1=Barber |first1=Jim |title=Broadway dream comes true |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kingston-whig-standard-broadway-drea/170943397/ |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=The Kingston Whig-Standard |date=June 30, 2012 |location=Kingston, Ontario, Canada |page=E1}} *{{cite news |last1=Barber |first1=Jim |title=Tuckerman has no plans to rest on her laurels |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kingston-whig-standard-tuckerman-has/170943033/ |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=The Kingston Whig-Standard |date=June 30, 2012 |location=Kingston, Ontario, Canada |page=2}} *{{cite news |last1=Azizian |first1=Carol |title='Mamma Mia!' star has her own look |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-flint-journal-mamma-mia-star-has/170985880/ |access-date=24 April 2025 |work=The Flint Journal |date=April 14, 2011 |location=Flint, Michigan |page=29}}</ref> |- | 2018 || ''Summer: The Donna Summer Musical'' || Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway || Don Engel; Pete Bellotte; ensemble member || <ref name="Playbill" /> |- | 2019 || ''Wicked'' || Home of the Arts, Gold Coast || Madame Morrible || <ref name="Wicked fly in">{{cite news |title=Wicked Gold Coast Cast fly into rehearsals |url=https://gcmag.com.au/wicked-gold-coast-cast-flys-into-rehearsals-2/ |access-date=24 April 2025 |work=Gold Coast Magazine |date=May 28, 2019}}</ref> |- | 2023-2024 || ''Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812'' || Shanghai, China || Marya D || <ref name="Great Comet">{{cite web |title=娜塔莎、皮埃尔和1812的大彗星 (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812) |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/176319-nuo-ta-sha-,-pi-ai-er-he-1812de-da-hui-xing-natasha-pierre-and-the-great-comet-of-1812-at-jiu-ke-shu-wei-lai-yi-zhu-zhong-xin-and-others-2023-2024 |website=abouttheartists |access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref> |- |}
== Filmography == * ''The Girl Who Got Away'' (2021) – Actor<ref>{{cite web|first=Audrey |last=Callerstrom |title=''The Girl Who Got Away'' puts an original spin on a familiar story|date=19 August 2021 |work=Movie Jawn |url=https://www.moviejawn.com/home/2021/8/19/girl-who-got-away|accessdate=2024-11-15}}</ref> * ''Entanglement'' (2022) – Director and producer<ref name="Kary" />
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|https://kayetuckerman.com}}
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