Gabrielle Brooks (born 28 January 1990) is an English actress. She was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical. She began her career as a child actress in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down the Wind. She is creative director of the Mawa Theatre Company and producer of the interview series BlackStage UK.
Life and career Brooks was born and raised in London. She is half Jamaican, half Guyanese. She has two sisters. She attended Sir George Monoux College in Walthamstow before going on to train at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 2011. She was a contributing writer to 50 Women in Theatre, 2021.
Brooks became interested in acting when her parents enrolled her in an after school acting programme. She got her first role at the age of 7 through her teacher's agency in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down the Wind at Aldwych Theatre.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2001 Grange Hill Gossip Girl 1 episode 2006 Notes on a Scandal Choir member 2007 Coming Down the Mountain Lisa Television film 2008 You Will See Life Anne Short film 2021 BlackStage UK Documentary series; creator and producer 2021 Shadow and Bone Nadia Zhabin Recurring role
Stage Year Title Role Notes 1997–2000 Whistle Down the Wind Lavonne Aldwych Theatre 2003–2004 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Sewage Child London Palladium2004 The Wizard of Oz Dorothy Gale (Islington Youth) Sadler's Wells Theatre CBBC Proms in the Park Singer Hyde Park 2005 The Demon Headmaster Mandy Embassy Theatre 2006 BBC Children in Need Singer Wembley Arena / UK Tour 2008 Musical Mania Elphaba Millfield Theatre2012 Avenue Q Gary Coleman (understudy) / Ensemble / Mrs. T / Yellow Bear Theatre Royal, Bath / UK Tour Our House 10th Anniversary Concert Ensemble Savoy Theatre 2013 Hairspray Little Inez UK Tour 2014 I Can't Sing! Chenice (understudy) / Ensemble London Palladium 2015 The Book of Mormon Nabalungi (understudy) Prince of Wales Theatre 2016 Red Snapper George Belgrade Theatre, Coventry2017 The Wizard of Oz Dorothy Gale Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Queen Anne Jezebel (understudy) Royal Shakespeare Company, Theatre Royal Haymarket Everybody's Talking About Jamie Becca Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Lazarus Teen Girl King's Cross Theatre2018 The Way of the World Mincing Donmar Warehouse The Light Princess in Concert Piper Cadogan Hall Kwame Kwei-Armah's Twelfth Night Viola The Young Vic 2018–2019 Our Lady of Kibeho Alphonsine Royal & Derngate, Northampton2019 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Anna Bella Eema Two / Annabella Arcola Theatre 2021 J'Ouvert Nadine Harold Pinter Theatre, London 2021–2023 Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical Rita Marley Lyric Theatre
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref 2022 Laurence Olivier Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
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