Rosie Elizabeth Bentham (born 29 July 2001) is an English actress who has appeared as Gabby Thomas in ''

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'' since January 2016.

Early life and personal life

Bentham was born in 2001 to John and Marianne Bentham. Her father was chaplain to the

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...

and canon of

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; he died on 6 August 2019 from a pulmonary embolism. Bentham attended

The Nottingham Emmanuel School The Nottingham Emmanuel School is a Mixed-sex education, coeducational Church of England secondary school and sixth form with Academy (English school), academy status, located near the banks of the river Trent in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire ...

. Bentham supports

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and also her hometown club

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is a professional association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founde ...

Career

Bentham joined The Television Workshop in 2013, and worked on plays, such as ''Oklahoma!'', ''Fiddler on the Roof'', ''The Sound of Music'' and ''Annie''. Bentham auditioned for ''

'' when producers contacted The Television Workshop, and had four callbacks before being offered the part of Gabby Thomas. She made her debut appearance in January 2016. Bentham has also made guest appearances on kids' TV shows ''

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'' and ''

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'', getting gunged on both shows, as well as being interviewed on ITV's ''

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''.

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bentham, Rosie 21st-century English actresses 2001 births English soap opera actresses English television actresses English child actresses Living people Actresses from Nottinghamshire People from West Bridgford