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Lucy St. Louis
Born 26 October 1992
Westminster, London, England
Other names
  • Lucy St Louis
  • Lucy Clare
Years active 2009–present
Spouse(s)
Ben Clare
(m. 2018)

Lucy St. Louis (born 26 October 1992) is an English actress and singer. From 2021 to 2023, she played Christine Daaé in the West End production of The Phantom of the Opera, making her the first black performer to do so. She was then cast as Glinda in Wicked, also on the West End.

St. Louis has also played Diana Ross in Motown: The Musical, Antonia in Man of La Mancha, Guenevere in Camelot in Concert, and Little Eva in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

Early life

St. Louis was born in London. She began her vocal training from the age of seven. She left school at sixteen to pursue the performing arts. She trained at Laine Theatre Arts and was cast in Ragtime halfway through her final year.

Filmography

Debutante in disneys beauty and the beast in 2017 and Lavvie in the animated film cosmic rapsidy

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Peter Pan Tiger Lily Hawth Theatre, Crawley
2011 Alan Jay Lerner Memorial Soloist St Paul's, Covent Garden
Ultimate Broadway Vocalist Shanghai Culture Square, Shanghai
2012 Ragtime Ensemble Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London
Peter Pan Tiger Lily Venue Cymru, Llandudno
2013 The Book of Mormon Nabulungi (understudy) Prince of Wales Theatre, London
2015 Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Shirelle / Little Eva Aldwych Theatre, London
2016 Motown: The Musical Diana Ross Shaftesbury Theatre, London
2019 Man of La Mancha Antonia English National Opera, London Coliseum
2021-23 The Phantom of the Opera Christine Daaé Her Majesty's Theatre, London
2022 Camelot Guenevere London Palladium
2023-present Wicked Glinda Apollo Victoria Theatre, London

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2021 Black British Theatre Awards Best Female Actor in a Musical The Phantom of the Opera Won
2024 WhatsOnStage Awards Best Takeover Performance Wicked Pending
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