Laura Michelle Kelly Leads GODDESS Film; Set for Release Next Summer

As previously reported, MARY POPPINS star Laura Michelle Kelly, who wrapped up her Broadway run playing the beloved nanny on October 9, stars in the upcoming film GODDESS.

Today, Variety reports that UK based sales agent Ealing Metro International has picked up the film, and it will be released next summer in Australia and New Zealand.

The film is directed by Mark Lamprell and features a screenplay co-written by Lamprell and Joanna Weinberg. Lamprell commented: "Goddess is a wonderful fairy tale, which I hope will resonate with audiences around the world." 

Kelly stars as "an isolated housewife who becomes a singing sensation on the Internet. Her life becomes an online soap opera as her new-found international stardom clashes with the demands of her family."

Kelly earned rave reviews and garnering the Olivier Award for her performance as the original Mary Poppins in the 2004 West End premiere of the show (she played the role for more than 400 performances in the UK until October 2005).

Kelly made her Broadway debut as one of Tevye's daughters in the 2004 revival of Fiddler on the Roof with Alfred Molina. She made her feature film debut as Lucy Barker opposite Johnny Depp in the musical Sweeney Todd, directed by Tim Burton (2007). Last year, Kelly starred opposite Kevin Spacey and Jeff Goldblum in the Old Vic's acclaimed production of Speed-the-Plow.

Other West End credits include Eliza in My Fair Lady, Galadrial in Lord of the Rings, Sophie in Mamma Mia, Swallow in Whistle Down the Wind, Eponine in Les Miserables, Wendy in Peter Pan and an 'enchanted object' in Disney's Beauty and the Beast at age 17. 

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