Jodie Steele

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Jodie Steele
Born
Jodie Samantha Steele

(1991-03-25) 25 March 1991 (age 32)
Basingstoke, England
Alma mater Guildford School of Acting
Years active2013–present

Jodie Samantha Steele (born 25 March 1991) is an English stage actress, singer and dancer. She is best known for playing Heather Chandler in the UK Off West End and West End premiere of Heathers in 2018 and Katherine Howard in the UK tour of Six in 2019.

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Early life and education

Steele is from Basingstoke and attended Brighton Hill Community School. [1] She graduated from the Guildford School of Acting in 2013. [2] She began dating fellow Actor Liam Doyle in May 2016

Career

Steele played Heather Chandler in the UK premiere of the musical Heathers , alongside Carrie Hope Fletcher as Veronica and Jamie Muscato as JD. The show opened in 2018 at The Other Palace and then moved to the Theatre Royal Haymarket. [3]

In February 2022, Steele was part of But I'm a Cheerleader at the Turbine Theatre in the role of Kimberly/Hilary. [4]

In 2023 Steele joined the cast of Bonnie & Clyde as Blanche, for its transfer to the Garrick Theatre. [5] The show had a sold-out concert run, starring Jordan Luke Gage and Frances Mayli McCann, before opening at the Arts Theatre and then moving to the Garrick. [6]

Theatre credits

YearTitleRoleTheatre
2013 Bare: the Musical Ivy Greenwich Theatre
2014 Fame Carmen DiazUK Tour
2015 Jesus Christ Superstar Soul Girl/First Cover Mary Magdalene UK Tour
2016 The War of the Worlds Ensemble Dominion Theatre
2016-2017 Wicked Standby Elphaba UK Tour
2018 Heathers the Musical Heather Chandler The Other Palace & Theatre

Royal Haymarket

2019-2020 Six Katherine Howard UK Tour
2021 Hair The Musical in ConcertSheila Franklin [7] Turbine Theatre, London Palladium

and Mayflower Theatre (Southampton)

2021 Heathers the Musical Heather Chandler Theatre Royal Haymarket
2021-2022Gatsby: the Musical Daisy Buchanan Southwark Playhouse
2022 But I'm a Cheerleader Kimberly/Hilary Vandermueller Turbine Theatre
2023 Bonnie & Clyde Blanche Barrow Garrick Theatre

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