Chloe Hawthorn

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Chloe Hawthorn
Born
Chloe Charlotte Hawthorn

(2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 23)
Havering, England
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present

Chloe Charlotte Hawthorn (born 17 August 2002) is an English actress. She is best known for playing the lead role of Matilda Wormwood in Matilda the Musical , a role she shared with Lucy-Mae Beacock, Hayley Canham, Elise Blake, Cristina Fray and Lara Wollington. [1]

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Early life

Hawthorn was born in Havering. She attended dance training at Beverly Marks Stage School. She was a member of Spirit Young Performers Company where she trained in musical theatre. [2] She studied acting in college.

Career

Hawthorn was in the original cast of the West End production of The Wizard of Oz and was featured in the original cast recording. [3] In August 2012, Hawthorn landed the lead role of Matilda in Matilda the Musical , taking over from Cleo Demetriou, Jade Marner, Isobelle Molloy and Eleanor Worthington Cox. [4] In her run, Hawthorn, alongside her fellow Matilda's, became judges on the CBBC and BBC One programme, Junior Masterchef. Hawthorn performed with the cast at the 100th Royal Variety Performance where she performed part of the song "Naughty" and also met the Queen and Prince Philip. She then won the Mousetrap Award for Outstanding Female Performance for her portrayal, becoming one of the youngest people to win the award. She was also nominated for an Olivier Award, alongside her fellow cast members, and was featured in the Oliviers 2013 performance alongside Lara Wollington, Elise Blake and Cristina Fray. Hawthorn finished her run in Matilda on 1 September 2013. [5]

Hawthorn then joined the cast of The BFG landing the lead role of Sophie in 2014 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre alongside Madeleine Haynes and Lara Wollington, finishing her run in early 2015. In April 2016, Hawthorn announced that she would be joining Spirit Young Performers Company, after attending many workshops, that have received millions of views online and on YouTube.

She made her series debut in 2017, in Campfire Creepers at the Sitges Film Festival in Spain directed by Alexandre Aja and joined by Robert Englund in the cast. It was one of the first ever virtual reality horror series to be made and was released in October 2017 in the Oculus Store.

In 2019, Hawthorn featured in a Sainsbury's Valentines Day advert alongside Sonnyboy Skelton. [6] She then starred as Jenna in the docudrama, Impact of Murder, which premiered in July 2019.

Filmography

Theatre

YearProductionRoleTheatreDates
2011 The Wizard Of Oz Munchkin London Palladium
2012–13 Matilda the Musical Matilda Wormwood Cambridge Theatre
2014-15 The BFG Sophie Birmingham Repertory Theatre
2016 Bring It On: The Musical EnsembleWest End LiveOctober 2016

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRefs
2011 Children In Need MunchkinPerformed with cast of The Wizard Of Oz
2012 Junior Masterchef HerselfGuest judge
2012 Royal Variety Performance Matilda100th anniversary performance
2017Campfire CreepersTrinaMain role
2019Impact Of MurderJenna1 episode

References

  1. "Lucy-Mae Beacock, Hayley Canham, Chloe Hawthorn and Lara Wollington to Step in as Title Role in MATILDA in August". broadwayworld.com. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. "The Beverly Marks Stage School News". BeverlyMarksStageSchool.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  3. "Chloe Hawthorn". MatildaTheMusical.com. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  4. "New Casting for Matilda Musical in London". LoveTheatre.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  5. "STAGE TUBE: MATILDA Cast Performs Medley at Royal Variety Performance!". BroadwayWorld.com. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  6. Go all in | Sainsbury's Ad | Valentine's Day 2019 , retrieved 21 November 2022