Carrie Hope Fletcher
English entertainer and author (born 1992)
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Carrie Hope Fletcher (born 22 October 1992)[3] is an English West End theatre actress and singer. Her performances include the roles of Éponine and Fantine in Les Misérables, starring as Veronica Sawyer in the original West End production of Heathers: The Musical, and originating the role of Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella.[4][5] Outside of her theatre work, Carrie has a large social media following with over half a million subscribers on YouTube. As well as this, she has written several bestselling novels for children and adults.
22 October 1992
- Actor
- singer-songwriter
- author
Carrie Hope Fletcher | |
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Fletcher in 2016 | |
| Born | Carrie Hope Fletcher 22 October 1992 South Harrow, London, England |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
| Spouse |
Joel Montague (m. 2023) |
| Children | 1 |
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In 2015, Fletcher published a book called: All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully, which was a Number 1 bestseller in the UK. Since then, she has published multiple novels and two children's books.
Early life
Fletcher was born and grew up in South Harrow, in the London borough of Harrow.[6]
Career
As a child, Fletcher played small roles on television and appeared in musical theatre in London's West End in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins and Les Misérables.[citation needed] In 2011, she started a YouTube channel called ItsWayPastMyBedTime, later retitled Carrie Hope Fletcher, which features music and vlogs.[7] She has no formal training in musical theatre.[8]
Theatre
Fletcher made her West End debut as Young Éponine in Les Misérables at the age of seven in 2001. In 2002, she was part of the original cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in the role of Jemima Potts, and in 2004 featured as Jane Banks in Mary Poppins.[9] Fletcher replaced Danielle Hope as Éponine in Les Misérables at the Queen's Theatre, London in June 2013. She is the only British actress to have played young Éponine, older Éponine and Fantine in the production.[10] On 23 February 2014, Fletcher was presented the WhatsOnStage "Best Takeover in a Role" award for her performance as Éponine.[11]
In November 2014, Fletcher took a hiatus from her role in Les Misérables to join the cast of the national arena tour of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds in which she played the role of Beth, alongside Jason Donovan, Brian McFadden and Shayne Ward.[12][13]
She next returned to Les Misérables, playing Éponine for the musical's 30th anniversary gala performance on 8 October 2015. Fletcher played her final performance on 13 February 2016, at which time she was the longest-running Éponine in the London production's 30-year history.[14]
In 2017, she played the role of Wednesday Addams on the UK tour of The Addams Family. The production was produced by James Yeoburn and Stuart Matthew Price for United Theatrical and Music & Lyrics in association with Festival Theatre, Edinburgh.[15][16] In December 2017, she performed at The Hammersmith Apollo in the musical The Christmasaurus, based on her brother Tom Fletcher's novel of the same name.[17]
In 2018, Fletcher played Veronica in the Original West End Production of Heathers: The Musical, the musical adaptation of the movie of the same name. The show originally opened at The Other Palace before moving to the Theatre Royal Haymarket. She also reprised her role as Beth in the 40th anniversary tour of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds.[18]
In 2019, she returned to Les Misérables as Fantine at the Gielgud Theatre, in a fully staged concert adaptation of the musical.[19]
Fletcher was announced to be playing Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella, a retelling of the original fairytale, in February 2020.[20] Prior to the announcement, she workshopped Cinderella at The Other Palace Theatre in 2019.[21] It opened in August 2021 to mostly positive reviews.[22] Fletcher won the 2021 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Cinderella.[23] The production closed on 12 June 2022, 8 months early.[24] Fletcher and other cast members who were not present at 1 May's matinee were not informed of the closure until after the public announcement.[25]
Writing
In April 2015, Fletcher released her first book, All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully, based on her blog of the same name. The non-fiction book focuses on stages of Fletcher's life as a teenager and passes on life lessons and advice through highlighting her own mistakes and struggles as she grew up. Her book was a number one Sunday Times bestseller and remained in the Top 10 list for seven weeks.[26]
Music
Fletcher has produced two singles, "Running Through Rivers" and "The Way We Were". She performed to benefit the band Sheytoons at the St. James Theatre, as well as Ramin Karimloo on his 2012 Road to Find Out tour.[27]
Fletcher is featured in Alex Day's 2013 album Epigrams and Interludes on the songs covering "Poison" and "This Kiss". Fletcher can also be seen in The Vamps' music video for their cover of McFly's "That Girl". In 2014, Fletcher had featured in Daniel Koek's album High in the song "Remember Me".[citation needed] Koek was a fellow cast member of Fletcher's in Les Misérables.[28]
Her most successful video on YouTube, currently with 1.7 million views (as of 23 April 2024), is a live interpretation together with her brother Tom Fletcher of the McFly song "Love Is on the Radio".[29]
Fletcher released her first solo album When The Curtain Falls on 30 March 2018. It was released via musical theatre concert and record producers Club 11 London and accompanied her first four solo concerts at Cadogan Hall, London, on 31 March and 1 April 2018.[30]
In 2023, she embarked on her first solo UK concert tour,[31]
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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SCO | |||
| 2020 | "Bad Cinderella" | – | – | Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cinderella" |
| 2020 | "Far Too Late" | – | – | |
| 2021 | "I Know I Have A Heart" | – | – | |
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director |
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| 2021 | "I Know I Have A Heart" | N/A |
| 2021 | "Bad Cinderella" |
Cast recordings
| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | ||
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| UK [35] |
US Indie [36] |
US Cast Albums [37] | ||
| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Original West End Cast Recording) |
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– | – | – |
| Heathers: The Musical (Original West End Cast Recording) |
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24 | 3 | 35 |
| Les Misérables: The Staged Concert
(The Sensational 2020 Live Recording) |
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– | – | – |
| Cinderella
(Original West End Cast Recording) |
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– | – | – |
Theatre credits
Personal life
Fletcher announced on 14 February 2014 that she had been dating fellow YouTuber Alex Day since October 2013. However, Fletcher announced their break-up via Twitter on 14 March 2014.[38]
Fletcher began dating fellow musical theatre performer Oliver Ormson in 2017 after the two performed together in the UK tour of The Addams Family.[39] Their relationship ended in January of 2022.[40]
In February 2023, Fletcher married theatre actor Joel Montague at Gretna Green in Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.[41][42][43] Together, they have one child, a daughter, Mabel Hope (b. March 1, 2024).[44][45]
Published works
- All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully (Sphere, 2015) ISBN 978-0-75-155751-0
- Winters Snow (Sphere, 2017) ISBN 978-0-75-156870-7
- On The Other Side (Sphere, 2017) ISBN 978-0-75-156316-0
- All That She Can See (Sphere, 2018) ISBN 978-0-75-156320-7
- When The Curtain Falls (Sphere, 2019) ISBN 978-0-75-156320-7
- In the Time We Lost (Sphere, 2019) ISBN 978-0-75-157126-4
- Into the Spotlight (Puffin, 2020) ISBN 978-0-24-146209-6
- With This Kiss (HQ, 2022) ISBN 978-0-00-840095-8
- The Double Trouble Society (Puffin, 2022) ISBN 978-0-24-155890-4
- The Double Trouble Society and the Worst Curse (Puffin, 2023) ISBN 978-0241558942