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Gabrielle Brooks (born 28 January 1990) is an English actress. She was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical. She began her career as a child actress in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down the Wind. She is creative director of the Mawa Theatre Company and producer of the interview series BlackStage UK.

Life and career

Brooks was born and raised in London. She is half Jamaican, half Guyanese.[1] She has two sisters.[2] She attended Sir George Monoux College in Walthamstow before going on to train at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 2011.[3][4]

Brooks became interested in acting when her parents enrolled her in an after school acting programme. She got her first role at the age of 7 through her teacher's agency in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down the Wind at Aldwych Theatre.[5]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Grange Hill Gossip Girl 1 episode[6]
2006 Notes on a Scandal Choir member  [6]
2007 Coming Down the Mountain Lisa Television film[6]
2008 You Will See Life Anne Short film
2021 BlackStage UK Documentary series; creator and producer
2021 Shadow and Bone Nadia Zhabin Recurring role[7]

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
1997–2000 Whistle Down the Wind Lavonne Aldwych Theatre
2003–2004 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Sewage Child London Palladium
2004 The Wizard of Oz Dorothy Gale (Islington Youth) Sadler's Wells Theatre
CBBC Proms in the Park Singer Hyde Park
2005 The Demon Headmaster Mandy Embassy Theatre
2006 BBC Children in Need Singer Wembley Arena / UK Tour
2008 Musical Mania Elphaba Millfield Theatre
2012 Avenue Q Gary Coleman (understudy) / Ensemble / Mrs. T / Yellow Bear Theatre Royal, Bath / UK Tour
Our House 10th Anniversary Concert Ensemble Savoy Theatre
2013 Hairspray Little Inez UK Tour
2014 I Can't Sing! Chenice (understudy) / Ensemble London Palladium
2015 The Book of Mormon Nabalungi (understudy) Prince of Wales Theatre
2016 Red Snapper George Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
2017 The Wizard of Oz Dorothy Gale Crucible Theatre, Sheffield[4]
Queen Anne Jezebel (understudy) Royal Shakespeare Company, Theatre Royal Haymarket[8]
Everybody's Talking About Jamie Becca Crucible Theatre, Sheffield[9]
Lazarus Teen Girl King's Cross Theatre[10][11]
2018 The Way of the World Mincing Donmar Warehouse[12]
The Light Princess in Concert Piper Cadogan Hall[13]
Kwame Kwei-Armah's Twelfth Night Viola The Young Vic[14]
2018–2019 Our Lady of Kibeho Alphonsine Royal & Derngate, Northampton[15]
2019 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia Regent's Park Open Air Theatre[16]
Anna Bella Eema Two / Annabella Arcola Theatre[17][18]
2021 J'Ouvert Nadine Harold Pinter Theatre, London
2021–2023 Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical Rita Marley Lyric Theatre

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2022 Laurence Olivier Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical Шаблон:Nom [19]

References

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