Upon graduation from the Theatre Nepean Acting Program (in Sydney Australia 2002), Marika Aubrey was awarded the BBM Drama Award to study performance in the UK – Meisner (Scott Williams), physical theatre and Cabaret.
Marika built her career in Australia across television, film, cabaret, theatre and voice over before being relocating to New York City in 2017.
In 2018 Marika joined the cast of the Broadway musical sensation Come From Away, touring the USA as Captain Beverly Bass from 2019 until the production’s final curtain in May 2023.
In Australia:
TV
Channel 7’s All Saints
Southern Star’s Spirited
Deadly Women for Beyond International
FILM
FEED co-starring Jack Thompson & Alex O’Loughlin.
COMMERCIAL
Telstra
NRMA
THEATRE
A Midsummer Nights Dream Centennial Park
Poster Girl The Old Fitz
5 Ways at Griffin
Notes From The Underworld for Theatre Dwa Konie
MUSICAL
Matilda (Royal Shakespeare Co in Australia)
The Man of La Mancha (Squabbalogic/Seymour)
South Pacific (Lincoln Center @ Sydney Opera House)
Miracle City (Hayes Theatre)
The Last Five Years (Sydney)
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change Kookaburra National Musical Theatre Co.
Songs for A New World Kookaburra National Musical Theatre Co.
Ahrens and Flaherty’s The Emporer’s New Clothes.
A Little Touch of Chaos (Millar/Rutherford)
AWARDS
Matilda 13 Helpmann Awards – an as yet unbroken record.
2007 Showcase Award Annual Sydney Cabaret Showcase winner
Best Actress Nomination Short, Sweet + Song festival 2008
Best Cabaret Performer 2009 AussieTheatre.com winner
Best Actress in a Musical or Cabaret GLUG nomination (for REDHEAD).
Best Musical nomination Sydney Theatre Awards (The Last Five Years)
Best Cabaret Performance GLUG Award nomination
CONCERT
Adelaide Cabaret Festival Gala alongside Natalie Cole, Donna McKechnie & Caroline O’Conner
Stephen Schwartz & Friends – with Stephen Schwartz & Liz Callaway.
Georgia Stitt & John Bucchino in Concert (Bris & Syd).
Jason Robert Brown Live in Concert (u/stdy)
Sydney Theatre Company All-Star Cabaret
Hats Off for World AIDS day
Light The Night
ACON Concert headliner
CABARET
Last of the Red Hot Mamas (solo show – Adelaide Cabaret Festival & National Tour)
Carols by Cabaret for the Hayes Theatre
Lord Mayor’s Christmas Carols Brisbane
REDHEAD (solo show – National Australian Tour, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, NYC)
The First Draft of Something New (solo show, Sydney)
CAUTION: Aggressive Birds (solo show, Sydney)
Sing-a-long Sound of Music (host) State Theatre
WRITER
Last of the Red Hot Mama’s (solo show – national tour)
How We Do What We Do (Aussie theatre’s most popular column in site’s history)
REDHEAD (solo show – national tour)
The First Draft of Something New (Sydney)
ALBUMS
The Man of La Mancha Live Australian Album
Miracle City Original Australian Cast Album
Generation WhY? (backing vocals for Hayden Tee)
Meadowlark Showqueen Sessions Live