Rebecca Luker

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Rebecca Luker

Rebecca Luker

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Rebecca Luker

Date of Birth: April 17, 1961
Date of Passing: December 23, 2020
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama
Obituary: Deadline

Rebecca Luker was an American actress and singer of the stage and screen.

She is perhaps best remembered on the screen for her roles in the feature films The Rewrite (2014) and Not Fade Away (2012) and on the stage for her operatic soprano voice.

Luker made her Broadway debut in 1989 taking on the lead role of Christine in The Phantom of the Opera. She would go on to earn three Tony Award nominations for her work in Show Boat, The Music Man, and Mary Poppins.

Rebecca Luker was an American actress and singer of the stage and screen.

She is perhaps best remembered on the screen for her roles in the feature films The Rewrite (2014) and Not Fade Away (2012) and on the stage for her operatic soprano voice.

Luker made her Broadway debut in 1989 taking on the lead role of Christine in The Phantom of the Opera. She would go on to earn three Tony Award nominations for her work in Show Boat, The Music Man, and Mary Poppins.

In television, Luker had recurring roles in the series Boardwalk Empire and NCIS: New Orleans and made guest starring appearances in shows such as The Good Wife, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Elementary, and Bull.

Luker died December 23, 2020, in Manhattan, New York City, New York. She was 59.

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