Carrie Hope Fletcher
Carrie Hope Fletcher | |
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 Fletcher in 2016 | |
| Born | 22 October 1992 South Harrow, London, England |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
| Television | Host of the 2016 Olivier Awards in the Piazza |
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| 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 |
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]
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.
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.[6] 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[7] in the production. On 23 February 2014, Fletcher was presented the WhatsOnStage "Best Takeover in a Role" award for her performance as Éponine.[8]
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.[9][10]
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.[11]
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.[12][13] In December 2017, she performed in the musical The Christmasaurus.[14]
In 2018, Fletcher reprises her role as Beth in the 40th anniversary tour of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds.[15] In 2019, she returned to Les Misérables as Fantine at the Gielgud Theatre, in a fully staged concert adaptation of the musical.[16]
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.[17][18]
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.[19]
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.[20] In October 2017, she announced her third novel, When the Curtain Falls, which was published on 12 July 2018.[21] In October 2018, Fletcher announced her fourth novel In the Time We Lost, which was published on 17 October 2019.[22] 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.[23]
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.[24]
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".[25] Koek was a colleague and fellow cast member of Fletcher's in Les Misérables.[citation needed][26]
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".[27]
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.[28]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [29] |
IRE [30] | ||
| When the Curtain Falls[31] |
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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 [32] |
US Indie [33] |
US Cast Albums [34] | ||
| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Original West End Cast Recording) |
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- | - | - |
| Heathers: The Musical (Original West End Cast Recording) |
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24 | 3 | 35 |
| Les Misérables: The Staged Concert
(The Sensational 2020 Live Recording) |
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- | - | - |
| Cinderella
(Original West End Cast Recording) |
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- | - | - |
Theatre credits
References
- ^ "Happy birthday to my little sis, @carriehopefletcher... - Tom Fletcher on Instagram". Instagram.com. 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Carrie Hope Fletcher returns to role of Éponine". Whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ^ "Reopening of Les Miserables to star Carrie Hope Fletcher, Bradley Jaden and more!". Londontheatredirect.com. 16 September 2019.
- ^ "20 Questions with ...Les Miserables' Carrie Hope Fletcher". Whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ "ItsWayPastMyBedTime". YouTube.
- ^ "Carrie Hope Fletcher | West End Performers | London Theatre Direct". London Theatre Direct. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Major Cast Change in the West End". Cameron Mackintosh Overseas Limited. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ "Carrie Hope Fletcher wins at the WhatsOnStage awards". Curtis Brown. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ "Review: Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of War of the Worlds". The Bolton News. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ "Review: Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds at Metro Radio Arena". The Journal. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ "Carrie Hope Fletcher's Les Mis Journey". The Lone Swift. 14 September 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021.
- ^ "The Addams Family Musical Comedy | UK Tour". The Addams Family. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ Fletcher, Carrie Hope (18 October 2016). "*click click*". YouTube. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ Fletcher, Carrie Hope (2 November 2017). "*click click*". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ Devonshire, Daisy. "Carrie Hope Fletcher To Star In The War Of The Worlds Anniversary Tour". TenEighty Magazine. TenEighty Digital Ltd. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Les Misérables - The Staged Concert Extends Run Again". bestoftheatre.co.uk. 30 November 2020.
- ^ "Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella - New Musical Coming 2020". Andrewlloydwebberscinderella.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ Wright, Joshua. "Audience Reacts To Remarks From Andrew Lloyd Webber At CINDERELLA Closing Performance". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ All I Know Now. ASIN 075155751X.
- ^ "On The Other Side". Waterstones.com. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ "When the Curtain Falls". Waterstones.com. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "In the Time We Lost". Waterstones.com. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Carrie Hope Fletcher reunites with Grewal at HQ in two-book deal | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Cast and Creatives: Carrie Hope Fletcher". Lesmis.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "Daniel Koek 'High' - 'Remember Me' featuring Carrie Hope Fletcher". YouTube.
- ^ "Les Miserables star Daniel Koek launches new album". Musical Theatre Review. 5 July 2014. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016.
- ^ "Love is on the Radio Hopeful Live Mix". YouTube.
- ^ "Carrie - Album - Club 11 London". Club 11 London.
- ^ "Carrie Hope Fletcher | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Irish Albums Chart: 6 April 2018". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ McIntosh, Steven (15 March 2018). "Why this YouTuber actually writes her own books". BBC News.
- ^ "Original West End Cast". Acharts.co. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "Cast Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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