Liz Callaway
3.8Acting

Liz Callaway

Apr 13, 1961 - Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

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Cast

Media
Movie1998The Lion King II: Simba's PrideAdult Kiara (singing voice) (uncredited)
Movie1987Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th StreetMrs. Primm (singing voice)
Movie2022Ukraine: Answering the CallSelf
Movie2014The RewriteMrs. Lerner
Movie2006Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly PrincessJasmine (singing voice)
Movie2005Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea PartyJasmine (singing voice)
Movie1999Bartok the MagnificentEnsemble cast
Movie1991Beauty and the BeastAdditional Voices (voice)
Movie1997AnastasiaAnastasia (singing voice)
Movie1994The Swan PrincessPrincess Odette (singing voice)
Movie1994The Return of JafarPrincess Jasmine (singing voice)
Movie1981Senior TripJudy Matheson
Movie2016Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...Self
Movie2020Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim
Movie1986Follies: In ConcertYoung Sally
Movie1996Aladdin and the King of ThievesJasmine (singing voice)
Movie2013Loving the Silent Tears: The Musical
TV Show2020Stars in the HouseSelf2
TV Show2020Stars in the HouseSelf - Special Guest1
TV Show1971Great PerformancesYoung Sally1
TV Show2024Hazbin HotelSpeaker of God (voice)8

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