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Carrie Hope Fletcher (born 22 October 1992)[1] is an English actress, singer-songwriter, author and internet personality, having played the role of Éponine in Les Misérables,[2] and played Fantine in the musical's revival at the Sondheim Theatre, in 2019.[3]

Carrie Hope Fletcher
Fletcher in 2016
Born	(1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 30) South Harrow, London, England
Occupation	Actor singer-songwriter author
Years active	2001–present
Television	Host of the 2016 Olivier Awards in the Piazza
Partner	Joel Montague
Relatives	Tom Fletcher (brother) Giovanna Fletcher (sister-in-law)
Awards	WhatsOnStage Award for Best Takeover in a Role (2014) WhatsOnStage Awards for Best Actress in a Musical (2018, 2019) WhatsOnStage Awards for Best Performer in a Female Identifying Role (2022)
Website	www.carriehopefletcher.com

In 2015 she published a book called: All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully, which was a Number 1 bestseller in the UK. Her debut novel On the Other Side (2016), and All That She Can See (2017). Her third novel was When The Curtain Falls (2018), Her fourth In The Time We Lost (2019), and her first children's book, Into The Spotlight in 2020.

Fletcher is a two-time Grammy Award nominee and a three-time winner of the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

Life and career

Early life and career beginnings

Fletcher was born and raised in South Harrow in the London borough of Harrow,[4] the daughter of Debbie and Bob Fletcher. Her older brother, Tom Fletcher, is lead vocalist and guitarist of the band McFly. As a child, Fletcher played small roles on television and appeared in musical theatre in London's West End. In 2011, she started a YouTube channel called ItsWayPastMyBedTime, later retitled Carrie Hope Fletcher, which features music and vlogs.[5] Fletcher left school at age 16, and has no formal training for musical theatre.[6]

Her acting career began at the age of five, when she appeared in a short Channel 4 ident followed by an advert for Honey Nut Cheerios with Frasier actor Kelsey Grammer. Fletcher has also played several short television roles, including Jenny in the CITV show Dog and Duck.

Theatre

Fletcher made her West End debut as Young Éponine in Les Misérables at the age of nine in 2001. In 2002, she was part of the original cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (musical) in the role of Jemima Potts, and in 2004 featured as Jane Banks in Mary Poppins.[7] Fletcher replaced Danielle Hope as Éponine in Les Misérables at the Queen's Theatre, London in June 2013. She is the only British actress to have played young Éponine, older Éponine and Fantine[8] in the production. On 23 February 2014, Fletcher was presented the WhatsOnStage "Best Takeover in a Role" award for her performance as Éponine.[9]

In November 2014, Fletcher took a hiatus from her role in Les Misérables to join the cast of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds national arena tour in which she played the role of Beth, alongside Jason Donovan, Brian McFadden and Shayne Ward.[10][11]

She next returned to Les Misérables, playing Éponine for the musical's 30th anniversary gala performance on 8 October 2015. Fletcher played her final performance on 13 February 2016, at which time she was the longest-running Éponine in the London production's 30-year history.[12]

In 2017, she played the role of Wednesday Addams on the UK tour of The Addams Family. The production was produced by James Yeoburn and Stuart Matthew Price for United Theatrical and Music & Lyrics in association with Festival Theatre, Edinburgh.[13][14] In December 2017, she performed in the musical The Christmasaurus.[15]

In 2018, Fletcher reprises her role as Beth in the 40th anniversary tour of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds.[16] In 2019, she returned to Les Misérables as Fantine at the Gielgud Theatre, in a fully staged concert adaptation of the musical.[17]

Fletcher appeared in the title role of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella, which began previews in 2021 at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London until the production closed in June 2022.[18][19]

Writing

In April 2015, Fletcher released her first book, All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully, based on her blog of the same name. The non-fiction book focuses on stages of Fletcher's life as a teenager and passes on life lessons and advice through highlighting her own mistakes and struggles as she grew up. Her book was a number one Sunday Times bestseller and remained in the Top 10 list for seven weeks.[20]

In June 2015, Fletcher officially announced that she had started writing a new fiction novel, titled On The Other Side, which was published on 14 July 2016. In March 2017, Fletcher announced her second novel All That She Can See, which was published on 13 July 2017.[21] In October 2017, she announced her third novel, When the Curtain Falls, which was published on 12 July 2018.[22] In October 2018, Fletcher announced her fourth novel In the Time We Lost, which was published on 17 October 2019.[23] Fletcher published her first children's book Into the Spotlight on 17 September 2020 based on Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild. Her fifth novel, With This Kiss was announced on 17 November 2020 via her Instagram, due to be published in August 2021.[24]

Music

Fletcher has produced two singles, "Running Through Rivers" and "The Way We Were". She performed to benefit the band Sheytoons at the St. James Theatre, as well as Ramin Karimloo on his 2012 Road to Find Out tour.[25]

In 2012, she performed the official 2012 Summer Olympics mascots song with her brother, Tom.

Fletcher is featured in Alex Day’s 2013 album Epigrams and Interludes on the songs covering "Poison" and "This Kiss". Fletcher can also be seen in The Vamps' music video for their cover of McFly's "That Girl". In 2014, Fletcher had featured in Daniel Koek's album High in the song "Remember Me".[26] Koek was a colleague and fellow cast member of Fletcher's in Les Misérables.^{[citation needed]}[27]

Her most successful video on YouTube, currently with 1.5 million views (as of 14 April 2020), is a live interpretation together with her brother Tom Fletcher of the McFly song "Love Is on the Radio".[28]

Fletcher released her first solo album When The Curtain Falls on 30 March 2018. It was released via musical theatre concert and record producers Club 11 London and accompanied her first four solo concerts at Cadogan Hall, London, on 31 March and 1 April 2018.[29]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart position
		UK [30]	IRE [31]
When the Curtain Falls[32]	Release date: 31 March 2018 Label: 23:00 Format: CD, digital download	49	92

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions		Album
		UK	SCO
2020	"Far Too Late"	-	-	Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cinderella”
2021	"I Know I have a Heart (Featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber)"	-	-

Music videos

Year	Song	Director
2020	"Far Too Late"
2021	"I Know I have a Heart"

Cast recordings

Title	Album details	Peak chart position
		UK [33]	US Indie [34]	US Cast Albums [35]
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Original West End Cast Recording)	Release date: 26 August 2002 Label: Mr Bang Bang Format: Audio CD	-	-	-
Heathers: The Musical (Original West End Cast Recording)	Release date: 1 March 2019 Label: Sh-K-Boom Records Format: Digital Download	24	3	35
Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (The Sensational 2020 Live Recording)	Release date: 20 November 2020 Label: Rhino Format: Digital Download	-	-	-
Cinderella (Original West End Cast Recording)	Release date: Spring 2021 Label: Polydor Format: Digital Download	-	-	-

Theatre credits

Year	Production	Role	Theatre	Location	Notes and awards
2001-02	Les Misérables	Young Éponine	Palace Theatre	West End
2002-03	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Jemima Potts	London Palladium	West End	Features on the Original Cast Recording
2004–05	Mary Poppins	Jane Banks	Prince Edward Theatre	West End	Features on the Original Cast Recording
2005	The Wind In The Willows	Weasel/Duck	Regents Park Open Air Theatre	Off-West End
2013–16	Les Misérables	Éponine	Queen's Theatre	West End	Awarded the "WhatsOnStage.com Award for Best Takeover in a Role"
2014	The War of the Worlds: Farewell Thunderchild	Beth	—	Farewell Thunderchild Tour
2016	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Truly Scrumptious	—	UK National Tour	Nominated for the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actress in a Musical
2016	Les Misérables	Éponine	Dubai Opera	Dubai
2016	A Christmas Carol	Emily	Lyceum Theatre	West End
2017	The Addams Family	Wednesday Addams	—	UK National Tour	Awarded the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actress in a Musical
2017	The Christmasaurus	Brenda	Eventim Apollo	Off-West End
2018	The Railway Children	Narrator	Cadogan Hall	Off-West End
2018	Heathers: The Musical	Veronica Sawyer	The Other Palace	Off-West End	Awarded the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actress in a Musical Features on the Original West End Cast Recording
			Theatre Royal Haymarket	West End
2018	The War of the Worlds: Alive on Stage	Beth	—	UK National Tour
2019	But I'm A Cheerleader	Graham	The Other Palace	Off-West End	Part of MTFestUK
2019	Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds: The Immersive Experience	Beth	—	UK National Tour
2019	Les Miserables: The Staged Concert	Fantine	Gielgud Theatre	West End
2019–20	Les Misérables		Sondheim Theatre	West End
2020	Les Miserables: The Staged Concert		Sondheim Theatre	West End	Nominated for the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
2021–22	Cinderella	Cinderella	Gillian Lynne Theatre	West End	Featured on the Original Cast Recording Awarded the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actress in a Musical Nominated for the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
2022	The Witches of Eastwick	Sukie	Sondheim Theatre	West End
2022	Treason	Martha Percy	Theatre Royal Drury Lane	West End
2022	The Caucasian Chalk Circle	Grusha Vashnadze	Rose Theatre	Kingston
2022-23	Sleeping Beauty	Carabosse	Marlowe Theatre	Canterbury
2023	Once	Girl	London Palladium	West End	One night only; concert production

References

External links

• Carrie Hope Fletcher's channel on YouTube

Preceded by Rachael Beck	Actress to portray Truly Scrumptious 4 May 2016 – 2 October 2016	Succeeded by Charlotte Wakefield

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