Born in Perth, Jennifer Barrington graduated from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2006 with an Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts and a Bachelor of Arts (Performing Arts).

Jennifer joined the West Australian Opera Chorus in 2005 and became an Emerging Artist with the company in 2007/2008.  She also is a member of their Opera and Education program and joined the 2007 OzOpera tour of Carmen throughout Western Australia.

Jennifer made her professional stage debut this year as Papagena in Die Zauberflöte.  Other performances for West Australian Opera include Woglinde, Das Rheingold; Marion, Picnic at Hanging Rock and scenes from Rinaldo, Don Giovanni, Rigoletto, La Bohème, Die Freischütz, Susannah and The Turn of the Screw. She has also understudied the role of Berta, Il barbiere di Siviglia.

In 2009 Jennifer will become a Young Artist with the WA Opera and will perform the roles of Gianetta, L’elisir d’amore and Barbarina, Le nozze di Figaro in addition to understudying Adina, L’elisir d’amore and Leila, Les pêcheurs de perles.

Other performing credits include: Jenny, Street Scene and Nella, Gianni Schicchi (WAAPA).  Concert appearances include featured soloist with the WA Youth Orchestra in Music by Moonlight, soprano soloist in The Messiah, and recitals for WA Lieder Society, Goethe Society and Music Amica.