Jenna Lee-James (born in 1976) is a Scottish singer and performer who has played the part of Scaramouche in the West End version of the hit musical ''

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''. She also appeared in ''West End at Home'' which played at a variety of theatres including the Mayflower Theatre,

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. She appeared as the Narrator in ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' at the

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, London alongside Gareth Gates. She is currently playing the role of Elsa in Frozen the Musical in the West End. Lee-James was born in Clydebank in 1976, where she started her career at the age of 10 in pantomime at the King's Theatre. She also played July in '' Annie'', Maisie in '' The Boy Friend'' and Dorothy in ''

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'', all at the Kings.Lee-James' official website
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'' at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle with

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and Joe Pasquale; Lorraine in the UK tour of ''

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'' with

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; principal singer in the tour ''Money Money Money – The Real ABBA Story''; and ''Peter Pan'' at the Grand Theatre

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with

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and Mike Doyle. Lee-James was runner-up in the Voice of Musical Theatre 2005 competition held at the New Theatre, Cardiff. In 2008 Lee-James recorded a song for the CD ''Act One – Songs From The Musicals Of Alexander S. Bermange'', an album of 20 brand new recordings by 26 West End stars, released in November 2008 on Dress Circle Records.

Television credits

Lee-James's television credits include '' Parkinson'' (

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), ''Party in the Palace'' (BBC), ''Party in the Park'' ( Channel 5) and ''

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'' (BBC).

Theatre credits

She played the leading role of Scaramouche in ''We Will Rock You'' after playing an ensemble role and first understudy for the roles Scaramouche and Meatloaf at the

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in London. After five and a half years, she said goodbye to the Dominion and Scary Bush on 29 September 2007. She played Scaramouche for one and a half years, Meatloaf for another one and a half years, and for two and a half years she was in the ensemble. She played the Narrator in ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' at the

in London, until the show closed in May 2009. She toured with a Queen tribute show in Scandinavia, with Anders Ekborg, and other West End performers, in November 2007. During 2012 she toured in '' Street of Dreams'', based on the hit British soap opera ''

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'', in which she performed as Becky McDonald, originally played by Katherine Kelly, singing the song "If It's Too Late". In 2023, she played the starring role of Elsa in the West End production of '' Frozen'' during

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' maternity leave. She tours internationally performing in gigs and concerts. Her personal life is very private.

References

External links

Official website

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