Amy Florence Lennox is a Scottish actress. She is known for her musical theatre work including ''Kinky Boots'' and ''Cabaret'', earning a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical at the 2016 Laurence Olivier Awards for the former. She was also in the main cast of the medical drama ''

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'' for three series playing Chloe Godard.

Early life

Amy Lennox is from

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. She graduated from the Guildford School of Acting.

Career

Lennox played Margot in the original West End cast of ''Legally Blonde'' in 2009, for which she also understudied

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in the leading role of Elle Woods. In 2012 she played Doralee Rhodes in the UK touring production of ''

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''. In 2011, Lennox performed in the play ''

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'' directed by

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for Headlong Theatre, the 12 person cast also included

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. Later in 2011, she performed in the world premiere of '' Soho Cinders'', playing the role of Velcro. The performance was for a charity gala held at the Queen's Theatre. She went on to play the role in the first fully staged production of the show at the

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in 2012. In 2015, she played Cathy Hiatt in '' The Last Five Years'' at Lyric Theatre in

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alongside the actor

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. She then played Lauren in the original West End cast of ''Kinky Boots''. She was nominated for both the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical at the 2016 Laurence Olivier Awards and the

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for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical at the 2016 WhatsOnStage Awards for her performance. She played Elly in the

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and

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musical ''Lazarus'' when it played a limited season at the Kings Cross Theatre from October 2016 to January 2017. She was nominated for the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical at the 2017 WhatsOnStage Awards. In 2018 she played the role of Pocahontas in the new play ''Ramona Tells Jim'' also starring Joe Bannister and Ruby Bentall at

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in London. In January 2019 she joined the cast of ''

'', playing Chloe Godard, a CT surgeon and the daughter of the YAU consultant Ange Godard ( Dawn Steele). On 21 March 2022, she took over the role of

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in ''

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'' at the

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, starring alongside Fra Fee. In June 2023, she played the role of Sarah in the new play ''Spy for Spy'' also starring Olive Gray at

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Personal life

Lenox met musical theatre actor Tom Andrew Hargreaves while she was in the touring production of ''9 to 5'' in 2012. They married in October 2021.

Filmography

Theatre credits

References

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