Lucy St. Louis
Born26 October 1992
Westminster, London, England
Other names
  • Lucy St Louis
  • Lucy Clare
Years active2009–present
Spouse
Ben Clare
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(m. 2018)​
[1]

Lucy St. Louis (born 26 October 1992) is an English actress and singer. From 2021 to 2023, she played Christine Daaé in the West End production of The Phantom of the Opera, making her the first black performer to do so. She was then cast as Glinda in Wicked, also on the West End.[2][3]

St. Louis has also played Diana Ross in Motown: The Musical, Antonia in Man of La Mancha, Guenevere in Camelot in Concert, and Little Eva in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

Early life

St. Louis was born in London. She began her vocal training from the age of seven. She left school at sixteen to pursue the performing arts.[4] She trained at Laine Theatre Arts and was cast in Ragtime halfway through her final year.[5][6]

Filmography

Debutante in disneys beauty and the beast in 2017 and Lavvie in the animated film cosmic rapsidy

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Peter Pan Tiger Lily Hawth Theatre, Crawley
2011 Alan Jay Lerner Memorial Soloist St Paul's, Covent Garden
Ultimate Broadway Vocalist Shanghai Culture Square, Shanghai
2012 Ragtime Ensemble Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London[7]
Peter Pan Tiger Lily Venue Cymru, Llandudno
2013 The Book of Mormon Nabulungi (understudy) Prince of Wales Theatre, London
2015 Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Shirelle / Little Eva Aldwych Theatre, London
2016 Motown: The Musical Diana Ross Shaftesbury Theatre, London[8][9]
2019 Man of La Mancha Antonia English National Opera, London Coliseum
2021-23 The Phantom of the Opera Christine Daaé Her Majesty's Theatre, London[10]
2022 Camelot Guenevere London Palladium[11]
2023-present Wicked Glinda Apollo Victoria Theatre, London[12]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2021 Black British Theatre Awards Best Female Actor in a Musical The Phantom of the Opera Won [13]
2024 WhatsOnStage Awards Best Takeover Performance Wicked Pending [14]

References

  1. ^ "Ben & Lucy's Wedding on Lake Como, Italy". Brides Abroad. 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ Gans, Andrew (8 October 2021). "Checking In With… London The Phantom of the Opera Star Lucy St. Louis". Playbill. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. ^ Sullivan, Lindsey (26 July 2021). "The Phantom of the Opera's Lucy St. Louis on Making History as Christine Daaé: 'This Is More Than a Dream Role'". Broadway. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Interview with star actress Lucy St Louis - How she trained to perform Christine Daaé in The Phantom Of The Opera- Jessica Beackon The Boswells School". Gazette Standard. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Lucy St Louis, The World's 1st black Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera". Black History Month. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Lucy St. Louis". London Theatre. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Lucy St Louis - Our Heritage". Open Air Theatre. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  8. ^ Cole, Emily (5 October 2015). "Lucy St. Louis and Cedric Neal to star in Motown The Musical". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Interview – Lucy St Louis on the joy of playing Diana Ross in Motown the Musical". Musical Theatre Review. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  10. ^ Mayo, Douglas (4 May 2021). "Lucy St Louis and Rhys Whitfield join Phantom cast for re-opening in July". British Theatre. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  11. ^ Wild, Stephi (26 July 2021). "Ramin Karimloo, Lucy St. Louis, and Bradley Jaden Will Lead CAMELOT IN CONCERT at the London Palladium". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  12. ^ Wood, Alex (8 November 2022). "Alexia Khadime and Lucy St. Louis to lead West End Wicked". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  13. ^ Wild, Stephi (22 November 2021). "AND BREATHE..., Ivano Turco, Lucy St Louis, and More Take Home Black British Theatre Awards". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  14. ^ Millward, Tom (7 December 2023). "Nominations in full: the 24th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

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