Actresses
The first actress to portray Christine Daaé was Aud Egede-Nissen in the 1916 German silent version by Ernst Matray, Das Gespenst im Opernhaus or Das Phantom der Oper, also starring Nils Olaf Chrisander.
- Mary Philbin played Christine in the 1925 American silent version by Rupert Julian, The Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney, Sr.
- Susanna Foster played Christine DuBois in the 1943 Technicolor version, Phantom of the Opera, starring Claude Rains.
- Heather Sears played Christine Charles in the 1962 version of The Phantom of the Opera.
- Jessica Harper took the role in the 1974 rock-musical version, Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise.
- Jane Seymour played Christine in the 1983 TV movie version.
- Christina Collier played her in Ken Hill's camp-classical musical version in 1984.
- Sarah Brightman debuted the role in the 1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
- Glory Crampton played her in Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit's 1990 musical Phantom.
- Jill Schoelen played Christine Day in Dwight H. Little's 1989 film version.
- Rebecca Caine debuted the role in the Canadian production (1989) and featured on the Canadian Cast album.
- Teri Polo took the role in the 1990 television miniseries version.
- American soprano Janet Marie Chvatal performed the role in 1991-1992 in the German version of Das Phantom der Oper in Vienna, Austria.
- Asia Argento played her in the 1998 film by her father Dario Argento.
- Claudia Cota played her twice in the Phantom of the Opera (musical 2000) by Morris Gilbert in Mexico and Player her on Phantom of the Opera (musical 2009) in Argentina by Harold Prince.
- Emmy Rossum played her in the 2004 film version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
- Sierra Boggess first played Christine in the 2006 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Phantom — The Las Vegas Spectacular and recently portrayed her in Lloyd Webber's sequel Love Never Dies and the 25th Anniversary production of The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall.
- Gina Beck previously played the role in London.
- Jennifer Hope Wills played Christine on Broadway and on a Canadian tour of the musical.
- Anna 'O Byrne played Christine in the Australian Production of Love Never Dies.
- Annika Johansson played Christine in The Really Useful Group on tour in 2010.
- Fiona Bell played Christine at Stanwell School, Penarth,Wales in the UK Schools Premier – December 2011
- Katie Hall played the role in the new UK tour, after having been understudy and alternate in the London production.
- Shona Evans played Christine at Treorchy Comprehensive School, in the UK Wales Premier – February 2012
- Kelsey Murphy played Christine in the Walled Lake Western production of The Phantom of the Opera - November 2011
- Esmé Varley played Christine at St John Fisher Catholic High School, Harrogate, in the UK England Premier – November 2012. At the age of 14 she is the youngest person to have played Christine
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