Robyn North (born 16 September 1983) is an English soprano and musical theatre actress. She trained at the Sandy Gray School of Dancing, and the London Studio Centre on full scholarship. Robyn is married to Neil Franklin.

Career

North received a 2008 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers Choice Award nomination for Best Takeover in a Role, for her portrayal of

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in ''

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''. Her long association with the show began for her at the age of 19, when she understudied and played the role on numerous occasions. She later took over as Alternate Christine, and in 2007 she finally returned to the show to take over the role in her own right. Her other theatre credits include Miss Dorothy in ''

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'' in the first national tour in which she also understudied the title role of Millie, opposite

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and the national tour of '' Scrooge'' in the lead role of Isabel/Helen opposite

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for

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Ltd. More recently she appeared and the original cast of

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's revival of '' Evita'' directed by Michael Grandage at the

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, appearing on the original cast recording. In 2010–2011, she toured in the play ''

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'' with

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for Theatre Royal Bath Productions directed by Jonathan Church, in which she played Sophie de Palma. In 2012, she starred as Nellie Collins in '' Floyd Collins'' by Adam Guettel at the

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. North recorded her debut album ''Make Believe'' at Abbey Road Studios which was released on Jay Records in October 2008. Her screen credits include Kate in ''

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'' for BBC and the ''

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'' film.

Stage credits

Musicals

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'' (Alternate Christine), Her Majesty's Theatre, West End *'' Floyd Collins'' (Nellie Collins), Southwark Playhouse *''

'' (Miss Dorothy & u/s Millie), No. 1 National Tour *''Scrooge the Musical'' (Isabel – lead), National Tour/Bill Kenwright Ltd *'' Evita'' (Ensemble), 2006 Original Cast, Adelphi Theatre *''

'' (Christine Daaé), Her Majesty's Theatre, West End. 2008 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers Choice Nomination – Best Takeover in a Role *''Rebels and Retail'' (Stacey), Trafalgar Studios (Perfect Pitch season) *''Master Class'' (Sophie de Palma), Theatre Royal Bath/Chichester/National Tour

Screen

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'' (Kate), BBC *''

'', Working Title/Cameron Mackintosh

Concerts

*''Broadway to West End'' (Soloist), Theatre Royal, Drury Lane *''The Princes Charity Gala'' (Soloist), Peacock Theatre *''Theatre, A History'' (Soloist), Stanwell House *''A-Z of Musical Theatre'' (Soloist), Theatre Royal, Wexford *''Musical Stages 10th Birthday'' (Soloist) *''Whatsonstage Awards 2007/8'' (Soloist), Café de Paris/Lyric Theatre *''Gotta Sing Gotta Dance'' (Soloist), UK Tour *''The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber'' (Soloist), West-End International *''The Best of the West-End'' (Soloist), West-End International

Discography

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:North, Robyn 1983 births Living people English musical theatre actresses English women singers Place of birth missing (living people)