Gloria Onitiri

Gloria Onitiri is a British-Nigerian actress and West End star.

Gloria recently starred in new musical Saving Mozart at The Other Palace Theatre in London

She also recently starred as Persephone in the West End production of Hadestown.

Gloria made her West End stage debut at 17 playing the role of Nala in Disney’s The Lion King. She has since gone on to appear in many West End and UK theatre productions. She is the founder and host of the podcast ‘Letter To A Black Girl’.

Gloria was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre.

Gloria Onitiri – Theatre credits

Gloria Onitiri’s work in theatre includes Hadestown (West End), The Upstart Crow, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella (as the Godmother), The Bodyguard (as Rachel Marron), The Lion King (as Nala) and Avenue Q (original cast) in the West End.

She also appeared in Hadestown at the National Theatre; Women Beware Women and Taming of the Shrew (as Katherina) at Shakespeare’s Globe; A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic; Chiaroscuro at the Bush; and, Napoli, Brooklyn at Park Theatre.

Other theatre credits include: Brighton Rock on tour; 101 Dalmatians (as Cruella De Vil) at Birmingham Rep; Caroline, or Change at Chichester; Clybourne Park on tour; and, The Grinning Man at Bristol Old Vic.