Gunilla Backman

Gunilla Katarina Backman (born 18 June 1965) is a Swedish singer, actress, and musical artist.

Early life and career Backman comes from a musical family and studied classical ballet from 1972 until 1982 at Kungliga Teaterns balettskola and at the Balettakademien, Statens dansskola and Cullbergbaletten. She attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School and studied song at the age of seventeen, when she debuted in the role of Liesl in the musical Sound of Music at Folkan. At the same theater she also acted in the children's play Snövit och de sju dvärgarna about Snow White. In 2013, she played Desiree Armfledt in Stephen Sondeheim's Sommarnattens leende at Malmö Opera. Backman has from time to time been part of Rhapsody in Rock, also in the Ted Gärdestad celebration tour Sol, vind & vatten in 2008. In 2013, she participated in the television recorded arena tour I Love Musicals along with Peter Jöback. She has made several concerts with Malmö Brandkårs Musikkår along with Jan Malmsjö.

Backman has participated in a number of television shows like Allsång på Skansen broadcast on SVT, Allsång på Liseberg with Lotta Engberg on TV4, TV-huset, Så ska det låta, Sing along, Doobidoo, Nationaldagen and Nyårsfirande from Skansen. She also had a part in the Melodifestivalmusikalen, which was the break show at Melodifestivalen 2007.

Discography 2005 – Mamma Mia! 2006 – Nära mig 2006 – Julens ljus 2006 – Julskivan 2006 2010 – Gunilla Backman Sings Andrew Lloyd Webber

Filmography Babar och hans vänner (voice) Tummelisa (voice)