Rebecca Thornhill(I)
- Actress
Rebecca Thornhill was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in 2001 for her portrayal of Lina Lamont in
the West Yorkshire Playhouse production of Singin' In The Rain at the Royal National Theatre.
Training: She started her training in Brussels, then at Woodlands House in Erith before going onto The Arts Educational schools where she received the Musical theatre Award as well as her diploma.
TV & Film: The Bill (BBC) and Eastenders (BBC) Gertie Cummins in the Royal National Theatres Oklahoma! With Hugh Jackman.
London's West End theatre credits:
Kelly Opening Night u/s Sheridan Smith (Gielgud Theatre) Dir. Ivan Van Hoe Jane Rehab (Neon 194 Piccadilly) Dir. & Chor. Gary Lloyd Mrs Wormwood Matilda (Cambridge) Dir. Matthew Warchus Chor. Peter Darling Karen Holmes From Here to Eternity (Shaftesbury) Dir. Tamara Harvey Chor. Javier de Frutus All Women A Christmas Carol (The Arts Theatre) Dir. Susie Mckenna Mrs Banks Mary Poppins (Prince Edward) Dir. Richard Eyre Matthew Bourne /Stephen Mear Julie Laverne Show Boat (Royal Albert Hall) dir. Francesca Zambello Chor. Arthur Pitt Carole James Showstopper (one woman play, Jermyn Street & Tour) Dir. Pip Minnithorpe Roxie Hart Chicago with David Hasselhoff (Adelphi) Dir. Walter Bobbi Chor. Bob Fosse Evelyn Nesbit Ragtime (Piccadilly) Dir. Stafford Arima Staging. Candace Jennings Vicki Nichols The Full Monty (Prince of Wales) Dir. Jack O'Brian Chor. Jerry Mitchell Sukie Rougemont The Witches of Eastwick (Prince of Wales) Dir. James Powell Cho.Rob Marshall Fantine Les Misérables (Palace) Dir. trevor Nunn/John Caird Gertie Cummins Oklahoma! (Royal National Theatre/Lyceum) Dir. Trevor Nunn Babette Original cast of Beauty and The Beast (Dominion) Dir. Rob Roth Principle Sophisticated Ladies (Gielgud) Dir. Roger Haines Cho. David Morgan Young/Gillian Gregory Ensemble u/s Sally Me and My Girl (Adelphi) Dir. Mike Okrent Cho. Gillian Gregory Ensemble u/s Leads She Loves Me (Savoy) Dir. Scott Ellis Regional & International theatre credits Rose. Gypsy (The Mill at Donning) Dir. and chor.Joseph Pitcher Mrs Burke The Girl from the North Country (Uk & Ireland tour) Dir: Connor McPherson Velma Von Tussle Hairspray (Uk & Ireland Tour) DirPaul Kerryson Cho. Drew Monie Tessie Tura u/s Rose Gypsy (Manchester Royal Exchange) Dir. Jo Davies Cho. Andrew Wright Mrs Wormwood Matilda (Tour) Dir.Matthew Warchus/ Nik Ashton Chor. Peter Darling Morticia The Addams Family (Singapore) Dir. Matt White Chor. Alex Worrel Madge Hardwick Top Hat (Tour) Dir. matt White Chor. Bill Deamer Nellie Forbush South Pacific (tour) Dir. Bartlett Sher Mrs Banks Mary Poppins (US Tour) Dir. Anthony Lynn Chor. Matthew Bourne /Stephen Mear Sukie Rougemont Witches of Eastwick (Tour) with Marti Pellow.Dir. Nikolai Foster Cho.Rob Marshall Annie Annie Get your Gun (Tour) Dir. Tim Sheda choir. Karen Bruce Elizabeth Doubleday Playing Away (Lillian Bayliss) dir. Thierry Harcourt Roxie Hart Chicago (Cyprus) Dir & Cho.Mitch Sebastien Woman One Putting it Together (Harrogate) Dir. Hannah Chiswick Fantine Les Misérables (Denmark) a new adaptation Dir. Matt Ryan Sally Me & My Girl (Tour & Zimbabwe) Dir. Lisa Kent Chor. Gillian Gregory Cosette Les Misérables (Edinburgh) Dir. Ken Caswell Rose Aspects of Love (Ipswich) Dir. DIck Tuckey Katherine Jekyll (Bromley) Dir. Stephen Rayne Brook Noises Off (Westcliff) Dir. Chris Dunham Crystal Doctor Who (Tour) Dir. Carole Todd Diane Pal Joey (Bristol) Dir. Paul Unwin Chor. Gillian Gregory Hotbox u/s Sarah Guys and Dolls (Leicester) Dir. Peter Lichtenfelt Cinderella Cinderella (Westcliff) Dir. Chris Dunham Dick Dick Whittington (Guildford) Dir. Martin Flitton
Concerts: Friday Night is Music Night BBC Radio 2 Various Xmas Concerts for Raymond Gubbay (Glasgow,Dublin.London & Edinburgh) Broadway to West End at Drury Lane (Charity concert) Three Witches at Cliveden House for Ginger Boy Productions Backing singer to Gilbert O,Sullivan in Japan Evelyn Nesbitt in Ragtime (Cardiff Music Festival) Various concerts with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in assoc. with Earl Carpenter Concerts Ltd: Fantine in Les Miserables (BIC, Powderham castle, Broadlands) and Florence in Chess (BIC) Les Miserables (10th anniversary at the Albert Hall and Chelmsford) Songs of Jason Robert Brown with the man himself (Players theatre)
Training: She started her training in Brussels, then at Woodlands House in Erith before going onto The Arts Educational schools where she received the Musical theatre Award as well as her diploma.
TV & Film: The Bill (BBC) and Eastenders (BBC) Gertie Cummins in the Royal National Theatres Oklahoma! With Hugh Jackman.
London's West End theatre credits:
Kelly Opening Night u/s Sheridan Smith (Gielgud Theatre) Dir. Ivan Van Hoe Jane Rehab (Neon 194 Piccadilly) Dir. & Chor. Gary Lloyd Mrs Wormwood Matilda (Cambridge) Dir. Matthew Warchus Chor. Peter Darling Karen Holmes From Here to Eternity (Shaftesbury) Dir. Tamara Harvey Chor. Javier de Frutus All Women A Christmas Carol (The Arts Theatre) Dir. Susie Mckenna Mrs Banks Mary Poppins (Prince Edward) Dir. Richard Eyre Matthew Bourne /Stephen Mear Julie Laverne Show Boat (Royal Albert Hall) dir. Francesca Zambello Chor. Arthur Pitt Carole James Showstopper (one woman play, Jermyn Street & Tour) Dir. Pip Minnithorpe Roxie Hart Chicago with David Hasselhoff (Adelphi) Dir. Walter Bobbi Chor. Bob Fosse Evelyn Nesbit Ragtime (Piccadilly) Dir. Stafford Arima Staging. Candace Jennings Vicki Nichols The Full Monty (Prince of Wales) Dir. Jack O'Brian Chor. Jerry Mitchell Sukie Rougemont The Witches of Eastwick (Prince of Wales) Dir. James Powell Cho.Rob Marshall Fantine Les Misérables (Palace) Dir. trevor Nunn/John Caird Gertie Cummins Oklahoma! (Royal National Theatre/Lyceum) Dir. Trevor Nunn Babette Original cast of Beauty and The Beast (Dominion) Dir. Rob Roth Principle Sophisticated Ladies (Gielgud) Dir. Roger Haines Cho. David Morgan Young/Gillian Gregory Ensemble u/s Sally Me and My Girl (Adelphi) Dir. Mike Okrent Cho. Gillian Gregory Ensemble u/s Leads She Loves Me (Savoy) Dir. Scott Ellis Regional & International theatre credits Rose. Gypsy (The Mill at Donning) Dir. and chor.Joseph Pitcher Mrs Burke The Girl from the North Country (Uk & Ireland tour) Dir: Connor McPherson Velma Von Tussle Hairspray (Uk & Ireland Tour) DirPaul Kerryson Cho. Drew Monie Tessie Tura u/s Rose Gypsy (Manchester Royal Exchange) Dir. Jo Davies Cho. Andrew Wright Mrs Wormwood Matilda (Tour) Dir.Matthew Warchus/ Nik Ashton Chor. Peter Darling Morticia The Addams Family (Singapore) Dir. Matt White Chor. Alex Worrel Madge Hardwick Top Hat (Tour) Dir. matt White Chor. Bill Deamer Nellie Forbush South Pacific (tour) Dir. Bartlett Sher Mrs Banks Mary Poppins (US Tour) Dir. Anthony Lynn Chor. Matthew Bourne /Stephen Mear Sukie Rougemont Witches of Eastwick (Tour) with Marti Pellow.Dir. Nikolai Foster Cho.Rob Marshall Annie Annie Get your Gun (Tour) Dir. Tim Sheda choir. Karen Bruce Elizabeth Doubleday Playing Away (Lillian Bayliss) dir. Thierry Harcourt Roxie Hart Chicago (Cyprus) Dir & Cho.Mitch Sebastien Woman One Putting it Together (Harrogate) Dir. Hannah Chiswick Fantine Les Misérables (Denmark) a new adaptation Dir. Matt Ryan Sally Me & My Girl (Tour & Zimbabwe) Dir. Lisa Kent Chor. Gillian Gregory Cosette Les Misérables (Edinburgh) Dir. Ken Caswell Rose Aspects of Love (Ipswich) Dir. DIck Tuckey Katherine Jekyll (Bromley) Dir. Stephen Rayne Brook Noises Off (Westcliff) Dir. Chris Dunham Crystal Doctor Who (Tour) Dir. Carole Todd Diane Pal Joey (Bristol) Dir. Paul Unwin Chor. Gillian Gregory Hotbox u/s Sarah Guys and Dolls (Leicester) Dir. Peter Lichtenfelt Cinderella Cinderella (Westcliff) Dir. Chris Dunham Dick Dick Whittington (Guildford) Dir. Martin Flitton
Concerts: Friday Night is Music Night BBC Radio 2 Various Xmas Concerts for Raymond Gubbay (Glasgow,Dublin.London & Edinburgh) Broadway to West End at Drury Lane (Charity concert) Three Witches at Cliveden House for Ginger Boy Productions Backing singer to Gilbert O,Sullivan in Japan Evelyn Nesbitt in Ragtime (Cardiff Music Festival) Various concerts with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in assoc. with Earl Carpenter Concerts Ltd: Fantine in Les Miserables (BIC, Powderham castle, Broadlands) and Florence in Chess (BIC) Les Miserables (10th anniversary at the Albert Hall and Chelmsford) Songs of Jason Robert Brown with the man himself (Players theatre)
