Christie Brinkley to Play Four-Week London Engagement in Chicago

It’s official: After a successful Broadway debut as foxy Roxie Hart, supermodel Christie Brinkley is headed to London to star in Chicago for a four-week summer engagement, July 11 to August 6. As previously reported, Brinkley will be joined by Amra-Faye Wright, who has been co-starring with her as Velma Kelly in the Broadway production of the long-running hit musical. Chicago continues its run at the West End’s Cambridge Theatre through August 27, after which it will move to an as-yet unspecified London venue.

Brinkley and Wright will join a London cast that includes Jonathan Wilkes as Billy Flynn, James Doherty as Amos Hart, Jasna Ivir as Mama Morton and R. Whitehead as Mary Sunshine.

Brinkley's acting credits include National Lampoon's Vacation, National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation and episodes of Ugly Betty, Mad About You and her own series Living in the 90s - With Christie Brinkley. She is best known as a supermodel who has graced the covers of Sports Illustrated's swimsuit editions, Vogue, Rolling Stone and Cosmopolitan as well as numerous ad campaigns, including Cover Girl.

The London production of Chicago opened at the Adelphi Theatre on November 18, 1997, and transferred to the Cambridge Theatre in April 2006.