Rachael Emma Wooding (born 27 September 1978) is an Olivier Award winning English born musical theatre performer, best known for her performances in We Will Rock You, playing Meat and Scaramouche. She began her career in musicals in Germany – such as Cats and Starlight Express. After West End success in Saturday Night Fever and Fame, she went on to play Amber in the original London cast of Hairspray the Musical. Wooding left Hairspray in October 2008. She then performed the title role in Evita the Musical on the UK tour.[1]
Rachael Wooding | |
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| Born | Rachael Wooding 27 September 1978 Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, Singer, Dancer |
| Spouse | George Maguire (m. July 2022) |
| Children | 1 |
From March 2011, she featured as Mary Delgado in the West End production of Jersey Boys, before leaving the cast after a year to concentrate on other projects; sometimes as a singer in function band Bloomfield Avenue. In October 2012 she returned to We Will Rock You to play principal Scaramouche alongside Oliver Tompsett as Galileo.
Career
editWooding is a 5' 4" mezzo-soprano.[2] Wooding trained at the Bird College of performing arts,[3] and has been in musicals from a young age. She appeared on Britain's Got Talent in 2016. For her audition, she sang "With You" from Ghost the Musical and in the semi-final she sang "Gravity". Her semi-final performance led her to receiving fourth in the public vote and ultimately, being eliminated from the competition.
Her TV roles include:[4]
- Coronation Street, 2008 (as Beautician) and 2011 (as Mandy)
- Doctors, 2015 (as Shawna Roper)
- Girlfriends, 2018 (as Desk Air Steward)
Her Musical Theatre roles include:
| Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Pan | Mermaid | Qdos Entertainment |
| Fat Friends The Musical | Joanne / Pippa | U.K. Tour |
| Spirit of the Dance | Spirit | U.S. Tour |
| Cats | Demeter/Bombalurina/Rumpleteazer | Hamburg |
| Starlight Express | Pearl the Observation Car | Germany |
| Fame | Serena | West End |
| Footloose | Ariel | UK Tour |
| Loveshack | AJ | UK Tour |
| Saturday Night Fever | Annette | West End |
| We Will Rock You | Meat | West End |
| Hairspray | Amber Von Tussle | West End |
| Evita | Eva Perón | UK tour |
| Bright Lights, Big City | Amanda | London |
| Jersey Boys | Mary Delgado | West End |
| We Will Rock You | Scaramouche, Meat | West End |
| Street Of Dreams | Rita Fairclough and Ida Barlow | Manchester |
| Wonderland (musical) | Alice | UK Tour |
| Well-Behaved Women | Mary Magdalene | London |
| Another Night Before Christmas | Karol | Bridge House Theatre |
| Pretty Woman: The Musical | Kit De Luca | Piccadilly Theatre, Savoy Theatre |
| Standing at the Sky's Edge | Rose | Sheffield, National Theatre, Gillian Lynne Theatre |
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Evita Tour information". Southampton Mayflower website. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ "Agent Representation". Creative Artists Management. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ "College Graduates". Birdcollege.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ "Rachael Wooding". IMDb.com. Retrieved 21 August 2020.