Rachael Wooding
Born
Rachael Wooding

(1979-09-27) 27 September 1979
Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Occupation(s)Actress, Singer, Dancer
SpouseGeorge Maguire (m. 2022)

Rachael Wooding (born 27th September 1979) is an English, Yorkshire 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]

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.

Wooding is a 5' 4" mezzo-soprano.[2] 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.[3]

Career

Wooding trained at the Bird College of performing arts,[4] and has been in musicals from a young age.

Her TV roles include:[5]

  • Coronation Street, 2008 (as Beautician) and 2011 (as Mandy)
  • Doctors, 2015 (as Shawna Roper)
  • Girlfriends, 2018 (as Desk Air Steward)

Her musical roles include:[2][6]

Production Role Location
Pretty Woman Kit De Luca Piccadilly Theatre
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
Wonderland (musical) Alice UK Tour
Standing at the Sky's Edge Rose Sheffield
Pretty Woman: The Musical Kit De Luca West End

References

  1. ↑ "Evita Tour information". Southampton Mayflower website. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
  2. 1 2 "Agent Representation". Creative Artists Management. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Walker, Danny (7 May 2016). "Rachael Wooding leaves Britain's Got Talent viewers in tears after stunning performance". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "College Graduates". Birdcollege.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
  5. ↑ "Rachael Wooding". IMDb.com. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Rachael Wooding". London.prettywomanthemusical.com. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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