Carolyn Jane Maitland (born 22 September 1983) is a British actress, West End singer and performer best known for playing Marian Halcolme in The Woman in White at the Charing Cross Theatre in London, directed by Thom Southerland. Maitland is also known for playing Grace Farrell in the 2019 tour of Annie and Molly Jensen in Ghost, opposite Andy Moss as Sam, on the 2016 national tour.
She was born on the Isle of Wight and was educated at Cowes High School and now lives in London with her fiancé who she met during Mamma Mia!. She has one sister, who trained as a ballerina at the Royal Ballet School and runs her own dance school.
Maitland trained at Elmhurst School of Dance and Performing Arts (formerly known as Elmhurst Ballet School). She started her career as an actor and dancer for Reach for the Moon for LWT and a backing dancer for the MOBO Awards in 2002 for ITV before working on Broadway Christmas Spectacular. She joined Spirit of the Dance/Broadway in 2003 for two years before becoming lead vocalist on the QE2.[citation needed]
In 2007 she joined the international tour of Mamma Mia!. The following year she was offered roles of covering Mabel, Serena, Miss Bell and swing on the UK tour of Fame. She was given her first lead understudy on the tour of High School Musical 2 as Gabriella.[citation needed]
In 2010 Maitland was offered the lead understudy role of Lucy Harris in the musical Jekyll & Hyde.[1][2]
In January 2017 Maitland was cast to play alternate Alice and Mad Hatter[9] in Wonderland: A New Alice, but pulled out before rehearsals due to contractual disagreements.[citation needed]
In 2017 Maitland took over the role as Molly in Ghost from Sarah Harding due to the injury Harding sustained on the third series of The Jump.[10]
In October 2017 Maitland produced her first concert, Songs Chosen by You, for Live at Zedel.[11][12]
In November 2017 she starred as Marian Halcolme in The Woman in White,[13][14] with a revised score, which opened at the Charing Cross Theatre in London. Lyn Gardner of The Guardian wrote, "Carolyn Maitland sings with texture and gives the character definition."[15]BroadwayWorld described Maitland's singing as "worth the ticket price alone".[16]
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