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| Born | 22 October 1992 South Harrow, London, England |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
| Spouse | Joel Montague (m. 2023) |
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| Website | carriehopefletcher |
Carrie Hope Fletcher (born 22 October 1992)[1] is an English theatre actress, children's author and vlogger known for being the younger sibling of Tom Fletcher, of pop rock band McFly. Having played the roles of Éponine and Fantine in Les Misérables,[2][3] she also starred in the original British production of Heathers: The Musical and originated the role of Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella.
In 2015, Fletcher published a book called: All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully, which was a Number 1 bestseller in the UK. Since then, she has published three novels and two children's books.
Fletcher is a two-time Grammy Award nominee and a three-time winner of the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
Fletcher was born and grew up in South Harrow, in the London borough of Harrow.[4] 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 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins and Les Miserables.[citation needed] 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 to follow in her brother's footsteps and achieve fame.
She has no formal training in musical theatre.[6]
Fletcher announced on 14 February 2014 that she had been dating fellow YouTuber Alex Day since October 2013. However, Fletcher announced their break-up via Twitter on 14 March 2014.[7]
Fletcher married fellow actor Joel Montague.[8] Fletcher and Montague are expecting their first child due in February 2024.[9]
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 in the role of Jemima Potts, and in 2004 featured as Jane Banks in Mary Poppins.[10] 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 in the production.[11] On 23 February 2014, Fletcher was presented the WhatsOnStage "Best Takeover in a Role" award for her performance as Éponine.[12]
In November 2014, Fletcher took a hiatus from her role in Les Misérables to join the cast of Jeff Wayne's musical version of The War of the World’s national arena tour in which she played the role of Beth, alongside Jason Donovan, Brian McFadden and Shayne Ward.[13][14]
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.[15]
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.[16][17] In December 2017, she performed in the musical The Christmasaurus. Based on her brother Tom Fletcher’s novel of the same name. It was performed at The Hammersmith Apollo.[18]
In 2018, Fletcher played Veronica in the Original West End Production of Heathers: The Musical . The show is an adaptation of the movie of the same name. First of all, it was performed at The Other Palace. Moving into the West End it was performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket . Also she reprised her role as Beth in the 40th anniversary tour of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds.[19]
In 2019, she returned to Les Misérables as Fantine at the Gielgud Theatre, in a fully staged concert adaptation of the musical.[20]
Fletcher was announced to be playing Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, a retelling of the original fairytale, in February 2020.[21] Prior to the announcement, she workshopped Cinderella at The Other Palace Theatre in 2019.[22] It opened in August 2021 to mostly positive reviews.[23] Fletcher won the 2021 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Cinderella.[24] The production closed on 12 June 2022, 8 months early.[25] Fletcher and other cast members who were not present at 1 May’s matinee were not informed of the closure until after the public announcement.[26]
After the closure of Cinderella, Fletcher appeared in two concert versions of musicals: The Witches of Eastwick as Sukie, and Treason the Musical as Martha Percy.[citation needed] In October 2022, she portrayed Grusha in Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle at the Rose Theatre Kingston.[citation needed] This was her first professional play. During the Christmas season, Fletcher starred in her pantomime debut as Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty. This was performed at the Marlowe Theatre.
Following her ‘Open Book’ tour, Fletcher joined the cast of Al Murray’s ‘The Crown Jewels’ play as Elizabeth Edwards/ The Lady of the Bedchamber alongside Mel Giedroyc. From July 2023, she has been performing in a strictly limited 11 week season at the Garrick Theatre. Following the run, the show will embark on a UK Tour. In December 2023, Fletcher starred in Sleeping Beauty once again, however at Hawth Theatre instead of 2022’s Marlowe Theatre.
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.[27]
| Year | Title |
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| 2015 | All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully |
| 2016 | On The Other Side |
| 2017 | All That She Can See |
| 2018 | When The Curtain Falls |
| 2019 | In The Time We Lost |
| 2020 | Into The Spotlight |
| 2022 | With This Kiss |
| The Double Trouble Society |
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.[28]
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".[29] Koek was a fellow cast member of Fletcher's in Les Misérables.[30]
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".[31]
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.[32]
In 2023, she embarked on her first solo UK concert tour,[33][34] with 20 performances scheduled across May and June.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [35] |
IRE [36] | ||
| When the Curtain Falls[37] |
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| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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| UK |
SCO | |||
| 2020 | "Bad Cinderella" | - | - | Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cinderella” |
| 2020 | "Far Too Late" | - | - | |
| 2021 | "I Know I Have A Heart" | - | - | |
| Year | Song | Director |
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| 2021 | "I Know I Have A Heart" | N/A |
| 2021 | "Bad Cinderella" |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | ||
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| UK [38] |
US Indie [39] |
US Cast Albums [40] | ||
| 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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- | - | - |
