Tracie Bennett | Actress – Profile, Credits & News

Tracie Bennett is an award-winning British stage and screen actress.

On TV she is best known for playing Sharon Gaskell in Coronation Street, and on film as Shirley’s daughter in Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine.

She is a two-time Olivier Award winner, with four Olivier Award nominations, and a Tony Award nomination.

Tracie Bennett recently starred as Tallulah Bankhead in the UK premiere of The Code at Southwark Playhouse Elephant.

Her recent stage credits include Here We Are at the National Theatre in London; How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at the Southwark Playhouse Borough; playing Carlotta in the National Theatre production of Follies; Alice in Hangmen on Broadway; and as Mame in Mame at Hope Mill Theatre.

In 2000 Tracie Bennett won Celebrity Stars in their Eyes by playing Judy Garland, and she went on to star in Terry Johnson’s production of End of the Rainbow about the last days of Judy Garland.

Other stage credits include playing Laura Henderson in Mrs Henderson Presents at Theatre Royal Bath and the West End, Jacqueline in Terry Johnson’s La Cage Aux Folles at the Playhouse Theatre, and an Olivier Award winning performance as Velma Von Tussle in Hairspray at the Shaftesbury Theatre with Michael Ball.

She has also starred in Les Miserables at the Queens Theatre, Sex Chips and Rock n Roll at the Royal Exchange Manchester, High Society at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Guys and Dolls, Educating Rita and Spring Awakening for Sheffield Crucible and a national tour of Billy Liar. Tracie also won an Olivier Award for She Loves Me at the Savoy.

More about The Code at Southwark Playhouse Elephant.

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