Lucy St. Louis 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 in 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 grew up in London and is of Barbadian descent. St. Louis began her vocal training from the age of seven. She mentioned being inspired to pursue musical theatre by her grandmother, with whom she would watch old-style MGM musicals, "learn all the words and sing and dance around the house".
She left school at sixteen to pursue the performing arts. She trained at Laine Theatre Arts, graduating in 2012 and was cast in Ragtime halfway through her final year.
Stage career St. Louis had her career breakthrough during her last year of musical theatre school in 2012, being cast in the ensemble of Ragtime.
The following year, in 2013, she was cast as first cover Nabalungi in The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
In 2015, St. Louis portrayed Shirelle/Little Eva in Beautiful: the Carole King Musical at the Aldwych Theatre, alongside Katie Brayben as Carole.
In 2021 St. Louis became the first Black actress to ever portray the lead role of Christine Daaé in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. For this portrayal she was nominated as Best Female Actor in a Musical at the Black British Theatre Awards in the same year.
St. Louis was announced as Glinda in Wicked in London starting from March 2023. She played the role alongside Alexia Khadime as Elphaba, making this the first instance where both leading roles were played by two actors of colour.
In 2023, St. Louis joined a star-studded cast for My Favourite Things, the 80th Anniversary Concert of Rodgers and Hammerstein at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Other performers included: Aaron Tveit, Audra McDonald, Joanna Ampil, Maria Friedman, Michael Ball, Daniel Dae Kim, Julian Ovenden, Marisha Wallace and Patrick Wilson. Rita Moreno also made an appearance during the concert. The show was filmed and a two-discs version of all songs made available the following year.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2017 Beauty and the Beast Debutante 2021 Now or Never Self TV special2022 The Silent Twins Performer 2024 Great Performances Self TV series My Favourite Things: the Rodgers and Hammerstein 80 Anniversary Self Concert
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 Palladium2023My Favourite Things, The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80 Anniversary ConcertSelfTheatre Royal, Drury Lane 2023–2025 Wicked Glinda Apollo Victoria Theatre, London2025Top HatDale TremontChichester Festival Theatre
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 2024 WhatsOnStage Awards Best Takeover Performance Wicked
References
External links
Lucy St. Louis at Curtis Brown