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Tracie Bennett

Tracie Bennett is a double Olivier Award winner and a Tony Award and four time Olivier Award nominee. Theatre credits include Mame; Follies (Olivier Award Nomination); Ruthless The Musical; Mrs Henderson Presents (Toronto/West End/Theatre Royal Bath – Olivier Award Nomination); The Hypochondriac; End of the Rainbow (West End/Tour/Broadway - winning the Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and BroadwayWorld Award LA, nominated for a Tony and Olivier Award); La Cage aux Folles (WhatsOnStage Award); Hairspray (Olivier Award and WhatsOnStage Award); Les Misérables; High Society (Olivier Award nomination); Cash On Delivery; She Loves Me (Olivier Award); Breezeblock Park; Amid The Standing Corn; Carousel (Manchester Evening News Drama Award); A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Merchant of Venice; Much Ado About Nothing; Working Class Hero and Educating Rita. Television credits include The Bay; Casualty; Scott & Bailey; Burn It; New Tricks; Vincent and The Royal. Films include Shirley Valentine; Deep Red Instant Love and Knights and Emeralds. Recordings include Forever England; People Like Us and The Snowfield, and she is the voice of Bridget Jones (Bridget Jones’s Diary and The Edge of Reason) for which she received the International Audie Award for Best Comedy Actress.