Australian actress (born 1979)
Tamsin Georgina Carroll
Tamsin Carroll in April 2011
Born (1979-02-13 ) 13 February 1979 (age 45) Occupation Actress
Tamsin Georgina Carroll (born 13 February 1979) is an Australian actress . She is best known for her performances in musical theatre in Australia and the United Kingdom .
Personal life
Carroll was born and raised in Sydney . Her parents are Australian actor Peter Carroll and Trisha, a former historian and archivist for the Sydney Theatre Company .[ 1]
Carroll met her British husband while performing in the West End revival of Oliver! .[ 2]
Career
At the age of five, Carroll was an extra in the television western series Five Mile Creek which featured her father. She made her professional stage debut in a Sydney Theatre Company production of Six Characters in Search of an Author in 1987. Her early adult roles included Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods opposite her father as the Narrator/Mysterious Man (Melbourne Theatre Company ) and Vicki in Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls (Railway Street Theatre, Penrith). Carroll first received wide notice as Marianne Renate in the Australian tour of the Johnny O'Keefe jukebox musical Shout! The Legend of the Wild One (Kevin Jacobsen Productions ) which opened in Melbourne in 2000.
Subsequent roles as Nancy in Oliver! (IMG / Cameron Mackintosh , Australian tour and Singapore) and Dusty Springfield in Dusty - The Original Pop Diva (Dusty Productions, Australian tour) won Carroll multiple awards.
Other leading roles in Australian theatre and musical theatre include Marta in Company (Kookaburra ), Isabella in Measure for Measure (Bell Shakespeare ), Rizzo in Grease – The Arena Spectacular (SEL/GFO), Tracy Lord in High Society , Rose in Bye Bye Birdie and Sheila in Hair (The Production Company ), Vixen in The Threepenny Opera (Belvoir Street Theatre Bogata Festival), Allie in Harbour and Olivia in The Republic of Myopia (Sydney Theatre Company ).[ 3]
English theatre credits include Emma Goldman in Ragtime and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park ), alternate Nancy in Oliver! (Theatre Royal Drury Lane ) and Ensemble in The Magistrate (Royal National Theatre ).
Her film and television credits include EastEnders , Goddess , Carols by Candlelight and Holy Smoke! .[ 4]
She played the role of Ellen in the West End revival of Miss Saigon and Baroness Bomburst in the UK tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang .
In 2017 she appeared in the new musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Crucible Theatre , Sheffield .[ 5] She subsequently reprised the role when the show transferred to London's West End , playing at the Apollo Theatre from 6 November 2017.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Year
Title
Role
Type
1988
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company for Festival Theatre Company
1998
Evita
Child
State Theatre, Sydney with Stetson Productions
1998
Into the Woods
Little Red Riding Hood
Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
1998
A Little Night Music
Ann / Fredrika Armfeidt (understudy)
Theatre Royal, Sydney with Melbourne Theatre Company
1999
The Listmaker
Corrie / Piriel
Bell Shakespeare
2000
Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls
Vicki
Q Theatre, Penrith
2000
Shout! The Legend of the Wild One
Marianne Renate
State Theatre, Melbourne , Capitol Theatre, Sydney , Lyric Theatre, Brisbane with Kevin Jacobsen Productions
2002
Into the Woods
The Baker's Wife
Regent Theatre, Melbourne (one night only)
2002
Helpmann Awards 2002
Actor / Singer
Star City Showroom
2002-03
Oliver!
Nancy
Lyric Theatre Sydney , Regent Theatre, Melbourne & Singapore tour with IMG / Cameron Mackintosh
2003
Bye Bye Birdie
Rose
State Theatre, Melbourne with The Production Company
2003
Hair
Sheila
Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne with The Production Company
2003
Sideshow Alley
Rita
Chapel Off Chapel with The Production Company
2004
Harbour
Allie
Sydney Theatre Company
2004
Dusty Springfield Musical Workshop
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Productions
2004
The Threepenny Opera
Vixen
Belvoir Street Theatre for Bogota Theatre Festival
2004
Take Flight
Amelia Earhart
Adelaide Cabaret Festival
2004
The Republic of Myopia
Olivia
Sydney Theatre Company
2004
High Society
Tracy Lord
State Theatre, Melbourne with The Production Company
2005
Grease – The Arena Spectacular
Rizzo
Sydney Entertainment Centre , Melbourne Park with SEL / GFO
2005
Measure for Measure
Isabella
Playhouse, Melbourne , Playhouse, Brisbane , Newcastle Civic Theatre , Sydney Opera House , Playhouse, Canberra , Orange Civic Theatre with Bell Shakespeare
2005
Carols by Candlelight
Singer
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
2005-06
Dusty - The Original Pop Diva
Dusty Springfield
State Theatre, Melbourne , Lyric Theatre Sydney , Burswood Theatre, Perth, Festival Theatre, Adelaide , Lyric Theatre, Brisbane with Dusty Productions
2007
Company
Marta
Theatre Royal, Sydney with Kookaburra Musical Theatre
2007
ALP Arts Election Launch
Actor
Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
2007
The Spirit of Christmas
Performer
Concert Hall, Brisbane
2008-09
The Rocky Horror Show
Magenta / Usherette
Star Theatre, Sydney , Comedy Theatre, Melbourne with New Theatricals
2009
Oliver!
Nancy
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London
2012
Ragtime
Emma Goldman
Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London
2012
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Titania
Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London
2012-13
The Magistrate
Singing Dandy / Agatha (understudy)
Royal National Theatre, London
2013
Barnum
Charity 'Chairy' Barnum
Chichester Festival Theatre
2014
Miss Saigon
Ellen
Prince Edward Theatre, London
2015
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Baroness Bomburst
West Yorkshire Playhouse
2016-17
Strictly Ballrooom
Shirley
London & Toronto seasons with Global Creatures
2017
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Miss Hedge
Crucible Theatre Sheffield , Apollo Theatre West End, London
2018
Twelfth Night
Maria
Southbank Theatre
2021-23
Hex
Queenie
National Theatre, London
2022
2:22 A Ghost Story
Lauren
Criterion Theatre, West End
2023
Into the Woods
Witch
Belvoir Theatre Company
[ 6] [ 7]
Awards
References
International National Artists