Willemijn Verkaik

Willemijn Verkaik
Verkaik in 2017
Background information
Born	(1975-06-16) 16 June 1975 (age 49) Son en Breugel, Netherlands
Genres	Musical theatre
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress
Years active	2000–present
Website	www.willemijnverkaik.nl

Willemijn Verkaik (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləmɛiɱ vərˈkɑik]; born 16 June 1975) is a Dutch singer and actress. She is best known for her stage roles in the musicals Wicked and Elisabeth, and for providing the voice of Elsa in the German version (singing only) and the Dutch version of Disney's Frozen.

Verkaik performed the role of Elphaba in the musical Wicked more than 2,000 times, the most of any actress, and is the only person to have played the role in three languages. Her first performance as Elphaba was on 31 October 2007, in Stuttgart, Germany, and her last performance was on 22 July 2017 in the West End in London.^{[citation needed]}