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Lauren Samuels

West End Performer

About Lauren

Lauren Samuels first came to the nation’s attention when she was a finalist on the 2010 BBC1 show Over The Rainbow, where Andrew Lloyd Webber searched for a new Dorothy for his revival of The Wizard of Oz. Lauren was Elphaba on the 2nd National US Tour of WICKED.

Lauren’s West End credits include playing Sandy in Grease, Jules in Bend it Like Beckham, and Scaramouche in We Will Rock You, as well as playing the role of Scaramouche in We Will Rock You’s World Arena Tour. Other credits include the world premiere of The Waterbabies (Leicester Curve), Romantics Anonymous (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse), Love Story (Octagon, Bolton – Nominated Best Actress in a Musical, Manchester Theatre Awards), Vanities: The Musical (Trafalgar Studios), The Buskers Opera (Park Theatre), Katherine in Henry V (The Barn Theatre, Cirencester), and Popsy in Cinderella (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith). She also performed at the 2019 West End Proms.

Lauren can be heard playing the role of Amy in the LMTO Production Recording of Howard Goodall’s Girlfriends, which is available on Spotify.
You can also check out Lauren’s own Spotify HERE.

For BYMT, Lauren appeared in Red Hunter (2005).