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Tamsin Georgina Carroll
Tamsin Carroll in April 2011
Born (1979-02-13) 13 February 1979 (age 45)
Sydney, Australia
OccupationActress

Tamsin Georgina Carroll (born 13 February 1979) is an

actress. She is best known for her performances in musical theatre in Australia and the United Kingdom
.

Personal life

Carroll was born and raised in Sydney. Her parents are Australian actor Peter Carroll and Trisha, a former historian and archivist for the Sydney Theatre Company.[1]

Carroll met her British husband while performing in the West End revival of Oliver!.[2]

Career

At the age of five, Carroll was an extra in the television western series

Shout! The Legend of the Wild One (Kevin Jacobsen Productions
) which opened in Melbourne in 2000.

Subsequent roles as Nancy in

Dusty - The Original Pop Diva
(Dusty Productions, Australian tour) won Carroll multiple awards.

Other leading roles in Australian theatre and musical theatre include Marta in Company (Kookaburra), Isabella in Measure for Measure (Bell Shakespeare), Rizzo in Grease – The Arena Spectacular (SEL/GFO), Tracy Lord in High Society, Rose in Bye Bye Birdie and Sheila in Hair (The Production Company), Vixen in The Threepenny Opera (Belvoir Street Theatre Bogata Festival), Allie in Harbour and Olivia in The Republic of Myopia (Sydney Theatre Company).[3]

English theatre credits include

Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Ensemble in The Magistrate (Royal National Theatre
).

Her film and television credits include EastEnders, Goddess, Carols by Candlelight and Holy Smoke!.[4]

She played the role of Ellen in the West End revival of Miss Saigon and Baroness Bomburst in the UK tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

In 2017 she appeared in the new musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.[5] She subsequently reprised the role when the show transferred to London's West End, playing at the Apollo Theatre from 6 November 2017.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Type
1999 Holy Smoke! Jodie Feature film
2000 The Three Stooges Brunette TV film
2013 Goddess Deb Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Type
Five Mile Creek TV series
1988 Melba Dora Mitchell TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1994 Hearttbreak High Bonnie TV series, 2 episodes
1998 A Difficult Woman Female student TV series, 3 episodes
2000 Above the Law Narelle Reilly TV series, 1 episode
2000-08 All Saints Nikki Collins / Tanya Foster-Wallace TV series, 2 episodes
2014 EastEnders Nicole TV series, 3 episodes

Theatre

Year Title Role Type
1988 Six Characters in Search of an Author Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company for Festival Theatre Company
1998 Evita Child State Theatre, Sydney with Stetson Productions
1998 Into the Woods Little Red Riding Hood Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
1998 A Little Night Music Ann / Fredrika Armfeidt (understudy) Theatre Royal, Sydney with Melbourne Theatre Company
1999 The Listmaker Corrie / Piriel Bell Shakespeare
2000 Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls Vicki Q Theatre, Penrith
2000
Shout! The Legend of the Wild One
 Marianne Renate State Theatre, Melbourne, Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane with Kevin Jacobsen Productions
2002 Into the Woods The Baker's Wife Regent Theatre, Melbourne (one night only)
2002 Helpmann Awards 2002 Actor / Singer Star City Showroom
2002-03 Oliver! Nancy Lyric Theatre Sydney, Regent Theatre, Melbourne & Singapore tour with IMG / Cameron Mackintosh
2003 Bye Bye Birdie Rose State Theatre, Melbourne with The Production Company
2003 Hair Sheila Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne with The Production Company
2003 Sideshow Alley Rita Chapel Off Chapel with The Production Company
2004 Harbour Allie Sydney Theatre Company
2004 Dusty Springfield Musical Workshop Dusty Springfield Dusty Productions
2004 The Threepenny Opera Vixen Belvoir Street Theatre for Bogota Theatre Festival
2004 Take Flight Amelia Earhart Adelaide Cabaret Festival
2004 The Republic of Myopia Olivia Sydney Theatre Company
2004 High Society Tracy Lord State Theatre, Melbourne with The Production Company
2005 Grease – The Arena Spectacular Rizzo Sydney Entertainment Centre, Melbourne Park with SEL / GFO
2005 Measure for Measure Isabella Playhouse, Melbourne, Playhouse, Brisbane, Newcastle Civic Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Canberra, Orange Civic Theatre with Bell Shakespeare
2005 Carols by Candlelight Singer Sidney Myer Music Bowl
2005-06
Dusty - The Original Pop Diva
 Dusty Springfield State Theatre, Melbourne, Lyric Theatre Sydney, Burswood Theatre, Perth, Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane with Dusty Productions
2007 Company Marta Theatre Royal, Sydney with Kookaburra Musical Theatre
2007 ALP Arts Election Launch Actor Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
2007 The Spirit of Christmas Performer Concert Hall, Brisbane
2008-09 The Rocky Horror Show Magenta / Usherette Star Theatre, Sydney, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne with New Theatricals
2009 Oliver! Nancy
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London
2012 Ragtime Emma Goldman
Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London
2012 A Midsummer Night's Dream Titania
Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London
2012-13 The Magistrate Singing Dandy / Agatha (understudy) Royal National Theatre, London
2013 Barnum Charity 'Chairy' Barnum Chichester Festival Theatre
2014 Miss Saigon Ellen Prince Edward Theatre, London
2015 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Baroness Bomburst West Yorkshire Playhouse
2016-17 Strictly Ballrooom Shirley London & Toronto seasons with Global Creatures
2017 Everybody's Talking About Jamie Miss Hedge Crucible Theatre Sheffield, Apollo Theatre West End, London
2018 Twelfth Night Maria Southbank Theatre
2021-23 Hex Queenie National Theatre, London
2022 2:22 A Ghost Story Lauren Criterion Theatre, West End
2023 Into the Woods Witch Belvoir Theatre Company

[6][7]

Awards

Year Nominated work Award Result
2002 Tamsin Carroll Mo Award for Female Musical Theatre Performer of the Year Won
2002 Oliver!
Green Room Award for Best Female Actor in a Leading Role (Music Theatre)
 Won
2003 Oliver! Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical Won
2006 Dusty - the Original Pop Diva Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical Won
2006 Dusty - The Original Pop Diva Green Room Award for Best Female Actor in a Leading Role (Music Theatre) Won

References

  1. ^ Morgan, Claire. On a long and Dusty road Sydney Morning Herald, 11 March 2006
  2. ^ Official Theatre. http://www.officialtheatre.com/interviews/tamsin-carroll-miss-saigon/ officialtheatre.com, 2 July 2014
  3. ^ Tamsin Carroll. [1] AusStage
  4. ^ Tamsin Carroll. [2] Internet Movie Database
  5. ^ "Full cast announced for Everybody's Talking About Jamie". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  6. ^ "AusStage".
  7. ^ https://shanahan.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CARROLL-Tamsin-201118.pdf
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