Personal Info
Elizabeth McGorian
Acting
Biography
Elizabeth McGorian (formerly known as Sharon McGorian) is a Principal Character Artist of The Royal Ballet. She joined the Company in 1977 and was promoted to Soloist in 1991 and Principal Character Artist in 1997. In the 2019/20 Season, along with her Royal Ballet appearances, she performed Lady of the Pearls (Death in Venice) for The Royal Opera. McGorian was born in Zambia and studied at the Mercia Hetherington School in Zimbabwe. She joined The Royal Ballet Upper School in 1976, won gold in the 1977 Adeline Genée International Ballet Competition and joined the Company that year. Her wide …
Filmography
Movies
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
as Queen
Mayerling
as Baroness Helene Vetsera
Royal Opera House: Swan Lake
as The Queen
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
as Mrs Stahlbaum
The Sleeping Beauty
as The Queen
Young Men
Frankenstein
as Madame Moritz (The Frankensteins' Housekeeper)
The Nutcracker
as Mrs Stahlbaum
Giselle
as Berthe
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
as Lady Capulet
