 Ellis made her first professional stage appearance in 1998 and went on to make her West End debut in the 2001 revival of "My Fair Lady" as Martine McCutcheon's understudy in the role of Eliza Doolittle.After meeting Queen guitarist Brian May in 2002, she landed the role of Meat in the original London cast of "We Will Rock You" and has subsequently played lead roles in West End musicals "Les Misérables", "Wicked" (which also took her to Broadway), "Oliver!