Danielle Matthews (born 16 December 1983) is an Australian singer, musical theatre and cabaret artist who resides in Melbourne. Matthews attended

McKinnon Secondary College McKinnon Secondary College is a public secondary school located in the Melbourne suburb of McKinnon. The school was ranked 44th in Victoria in terms of percentage of study scores of 40 or above in 2023, making it the highest-ranked non-selectiv ...

then studied Musical Theatre at 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 (FFAM). It is located near the Melbourne city centre on the Southbank campus ...

. In 2009 Matthews became the inaugural winner of the prestigious Rob Guest Endowment Award. She is best known for her portrayal of

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in the musical biopic ''Danielle Matthews sings The Songs of Shirley Bassey )'' ''Other theatre credits include Urinetown The Musical, Showboat, Respect The Musical, Motor-mouth Loves Suck-face,'' An Evening with Stephen Sondheim, Respect the Musical (Australia Tour), TRIBE (Anthony Crowley) Danielle has featured in various concert and TV Performances including Carols by Candlelight at the Myer Music Bowl, The Art Centre's Morning Melodies, The Helpmann Awards, The Circle, Good Morning Australia, Mornings with Kerri Anne and the Today Show. Danielle has performed the Australian national anthem at the MCG for the opening of one day cricket test series. In 2013 Danielle recorded her debut album ''‘Dream Song‘'' with

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and more recently, recorded La Belle Epoque for the in-game soundtrack to one of the world's most popular video game series –

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performs and works closely with Opera singer/ choral conductor and Australian of the year Dr

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and in 2019 became the Co Artistic Director of Aria,Logie and Helpmann award winning The Choir of Hard Knocks. She is currently performing as a Soul Singer in the Australian tour of Jesus Christ Superstar. Danielle is managed by Mark Gogoll.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Matthews, Danielle 1983 births Living people Australian women singer-songwriters Musicians from Melbourne 21st-century Australian singers 21st-century Australian women singers 21st-century Australian singer-songwriters