Liz Callaway
Born: 1961-04-13 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Liz Callaway is a Tony nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress, singer and recording artist. She made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in Baby, and for five years won acclaim as Grizabella in Cats. She has also starred in the original Broadway casts of Miss Saigon, The Three Musketeers, and The Look of Love. Liz sang the Academy Award-nominated song “Journey to the Past” in the animated feature Anastasia and is also the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney’s Aladdin and the King of Thieves and The Return of Jafar. Other film work includes the singing voice of the title character in The Swan Princess, Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride, Beauty and the Beast, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars and The Rewrite with Hugh Grant. She received an Emmy Award for hosting Ready to Go, a daily, live children’s program on CBS in Boston. Other TV credits include In Performance at the White House, Inside the Actor’s Studio: Stephen Sondheim, In Performance at the White House, Christmas with the Boston Pops, The David Letterman Show, and Senior Trip (CBS Movie of the Week). Liz has released eight solo albums: Anywhere I Wander: Liz Callaway Sings Frank Loesser, The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway On and Off-Broadway, The Beat Goes On, Passage of Time, Merry and Bright, The Essential Liz Callaway, Comfort and Joy: An Acoustic Christmas, and her latest, To Steve with Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim. Her numerous other recordings include Sibling Revelry, Boom! Live at Birdland, The Maury Yeston Songbook, Dreaming Wide Awake: The Music of Scott Alan, Hair in Concert, and the complete recording of Allegro produced by the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization.
Filmography
2024
- Hazbin Hotel as Speaker of God (voice)
2022
- Ukraine: Answering the Call as Self
2020
2016
2014
- The Rewrite as Mrs. Lerner
2006
- Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess as Jasmine (singing voice)
2005
- Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party as Jasmine (singing voice)
1999
- Bartok the Magnificent as Ensemble cast
1998
- The Lion King II: Simba's Pride as Adult Kiara (singing voice) (uncredited)
1997
- Anastasia as Anastasia (singing voice)
1996
- Aladdin and the King of Thieves as Jasmine (singing voice)
1994
- The Return of Jafar as Princess Jasmine (singing voice)
- The Swan Princess as Princess Odette (singing voice)
1991
- Beauty and the Beast as Additional Voices (voice)
1987
- Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street as Mrs. Primm (singing voice)
1986
- Follies: In Concert as Young Sally
1981
- Senior Trip as Judy Matheson
1971
- Great Performances as Young Sally