Grace Mouat
English stage actress and podcaster (born 1996)
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Grace Elizabeth Mouat (born 12 May 1996) is an English musical theatre actress and podcaster.[1] She is best known as Dance Captain/Swing in the musical Six, cover Juliet in & Juliet, Ella in Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella (Hope Mill Theatre), Izzy in The Great British Bake Off Musical and Karen Smith, a role she originated in the West End production of Mean Girls.
Grace Mouat | |
|---|---|
| Born | Grace Elizabeth Mouat 12 May 1996 |
| Alma mater | Guildford School of Acting |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Early life and education
Mouat is from Camberley, Surrey.[2] She is half Burmese and was born with a "Mongolian Blue Spot" on her back, a pigmented birth mark most common on people of Asian descent.[3]
She trained at the Guildford School of Acting, graduating in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre.[4][5] She was cast in Six during her third and final year of drama school.[6]
Career
Acting
Mouat began her career in the musical Six, where she was a dance captain and swing. When the show moved to the West End, she was initially covering all six roles, which she had understudied during the 2018 UK tour.[7]
From 2019 to 2022, she was Judith and also first cover Juliet Capulet in Max Martin's jukebox musical & Juliet first in Manchester (2019, Opera House)[8] and then at the Shaftesbury Theatre, after its transfer to London.[9][10] The musical closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and reopened on 24 September 2021.[11] Grace was nominated for a Mousetrap Award in 2020 in the category "Saved the day", for her contribution as cover Juliet in the musical.[12][13]
During the pandemic Mouat took part in a concert version of Hair, directed by Arlene Phillips at the Turbine Theatre,[14] with a follow up performance in West End's London Palladium in June 2021 (rescheduled from April 2021).[15]
In July 2021, Mouat also took over the role of Chloe from fellow Six castmate Millie O'Connell in Be More Chill, which played at the Shaftesbury Theatre during & Juliet hiatus (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) until 5 September 2021.[16]
She played Pilar in the revival of Legally Blonde at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London, directed by Lucy Moss from May to July 2022.[17] She joined fellow Six cast members Courtney Bowman and Lauren Drew in this gender-bending production of the 2007 show.[18]
Mouat was then cast in the title role of Ella in the European premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester, which was set to open in 2020 and was postponed to 2022, with a run from November to December.[19][20][21]
She then played Izzy in the West End transfer of The Great British Bake Off Musical, playing at the Noël Coward Theatre in London.[22] The show released an official cast recording album on 28 April 2023.[23]
In September 2023, full cast was announced for the musical White Christmas, based on the Irving Berlin movie of the same name, with Mouat playing Betty. The show will be running at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield from December 2023 until January 2024.[24][25]
Mouat played Lucy Wyman in the workshop of the musical 13 Going on 30 at the Battersea Arts Centre, alongside Lucie Jones as Jenna Rink and Jamie Muscato as Matt Flamhaff. The show was presented for the first time in four public workshop performances in October 2023.[26] This stage production is written by movie writers Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa and music is by composer/lyricists Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner.[27] The show is directed by Andy Fickman.[28]
From February to March 2024, Mouat played the role of Ami, alongside Jacob Fowler as Ben in the musical Before After at the Southwark Playhouse.[29][30]
On 27 March 2024, the full cast for the West End debut run of the musical Mean Girls at the Savoy Theatre was announced, with Mouat confirmed to play the role of Karen, originally interpreted by Kate Rockwell in the Original Broadway production of the show.[31][32] She received a WhatsOnStage Award nomination for Best Supporting Performer in a Musical for her performance.[33]
Music
Mouat is part of the all female group SVN, together with original Six cast members Jarnéia Richard-Noel (Jaye’J), Millie O’Connell, Natalie Paris, Alexia McIntosh (Lexi), Aimie Atkinson, and Maiya Quansah-Breed.[34] The idea for the group was suggested by McIntosh when Six opened in Edinburgh in 2018.[35]
In 2021, SVN released their first original song 'Stars', with their second single 'Woman' announced on 28 April 2022 and focusing on female empowerment.[36]
Discography
| Year | Title | Artist | Album | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | "Queen" | SVN |  |
[37] |
| "Stars" | [citation needed] | |||
| 2022 | "Woman" | [38] | ||
| "Free" | [39] | |||
| "Boss" | [40] |
Vlogging
In July 2023, Mouat started hosting a podcast called "Cut to the Grace". In each episode, she chats with West End stars, music artists, vloggers and television personalities.[41] Among her guests Alice Fearn, Oliver Tompsett, Kerry Ellis, Luke Bayer and Louise Dearman, chatting about their careers and how they got where they are today.
Stage credits
| Year(s) | Production | Role | Location | Category | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Spring Awakening | Fräulein Knuppeldick[42] | Leicester Curve | Regional | |
| 2018-19 | Six | Swing | UK Tour and Arts Theatre | UK tour and | |
| 2019-22 | & Juliet | Judith/Alternate Juliet | Shaftesbury Theatre | West End | [43] |
| 2021 | Hair The Musical: In Concert | N/A | Turbine Theatre, London Palladium and Mayflower Theatre (Southampton) | Off West End, West End and Regional | [44] |
| Be More Chill | Chloe Valentine | Shaftesbury Theatre | West End | [45] | |
| 2022 | Legally Blonde | Pilar | Regent's Park, Open Air Theatre | Off West End | [46] |
| The Secret Garden in Concert | Alice | London Palladium | West End | ||
| Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella | Ella | Hope Mill Theatre | Regional | [47] | |
| 2023 | The Great British Bake Off Musical | Izzy | Noël Coward Theatre | West End | [48] |
| 13 Going on 30 | Lucy Wyman | Battersea Arts Centre | Workshop | [49] | |
| 2023-24 | White Christmas | Betty | Sheffield Crucible | Regional | [50] |
| 2024 | Before After | Ami | Southwark Playhouse | Off West End | [51] |
| 2024-25 | Mean Girls | Karen Smith | Savoy Theatre | West End | [52] |
| 2025 | 13 Going on 30 | Lucy Wyman | Manchester Opera House | Out-of-town tryout | [53] |
| 2025 | Acorn Antiques | Miss Wellbelove | Hope Mill Theatre | Regional | |
| 2026 | Love Beyond in concert | Cadogan Hall | Off West End | [54] | |
| 2026 | Smalltown Boy | Julia | @sohoplace | West End, workshop | [55] |
| 2026 | The Jonathan Larson Project | Woman Two | Southwark Playhouse, Borough | Off West End | [56] |