Lorna Want
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Lorna Want | |
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Born | 28 June 1987 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Actress |
Awards | Olivier Award (2015) |
Lorna Want (born 28 June 1987) is a British theatre actress known mostly for her musical theatre roles in London's West End. She won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical for her performance in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. She has also appeared on television
Career
Want made her
Want's regional and touring work includes: Young Cosette in Les Misérables (Birmingham Hippodrome 1997), Ariel Moore in Footloose" (UK Tours 2006 and 2011), Gabriella in the original British cast of High School Musical" (UK Tour 2008), the title role in Sleeping Beauty (Bromley Churchill 2009/10), Wendy in Peter Pan (Woking New Victoria 2011 and Manchester Opera House 2012), Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes (Kilworth House Theatre 2013), Maid Marian in Robin Hood (Cambridge Arts Theatre), and Winnie Tate in Annie Get Your Gun (UK Tour 2014).[2]
She appeared in an episode of Casualty on 15 September 2007,[4] and an episode of Doctors in 2012.[5]
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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2015 | Laurence Olivier Award[6] | Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Beautiful | Won |
References
- ^ Billington, Michael. "'The Fantasticks'". The Guardian, June 10, 2010
- ^ a b "Lorna Want - Beautiful the musical, London". beautifulmusical.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "INTERVIEW: Lorna Want, Olivier Award winning Actress currently in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical". pocketsizetheatre.com. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "Meltdown". tv.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "Doctors: Series 13 - And Nothing But the Truth". bbc.co.uk. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "Olivier Winners 2015". Olivier Awards. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
External links
- Lorna Want at IMDb