Patrice Tipoki has been a part of the entertainment industry since she was a girl, performing cultural shows with her family as a child and her first musical The King and I at age 7. 

After graduating from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Patrice went on to play a number of dream roles such as Nala in The Lion King, Elphaba in Wicked, Belle in Beauty and the Beast, and Fantine in Les Misérables, for which she received a Helpmann Award nomination for best female actor. 

In this episode Patrice shares what it’s like to have a career in the arts and how her faith in God has influenced her life.