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 Ong interviewed by Kiss92 FM in 2023 | |
| Born | 1998 (age 25–26) |
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| Years active | 2021–present |
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| Genres | Musical theatre |
| Instrument | Vocals |
Nathania Ong (born 1998) is a Singaporean actress and singer. A graduate of the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, she made her West End debut in 2021 as Jenna Rolan in Be More Chill .
Ong was born in 1998 to dentist and former a cappella singer Kevin Ong and homemaker Jenny Ong. [1] She has three older sisters. [2] [3] Ong enjoyed singing from a young age and often performed at City Harvest Church concerts, [1] [4] but only began to be formally trained at age 11. [2]
Ong received her primary education at Methodist Girls' School. [1] [5] She was a member of the Drama Elective Programme at Anglo-Chinese Junior College. After completing her Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examinations in 2017, she applied to study at several overseas drama schools, but failed to be accepted by any of them. [2] She then enrolled at Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore but dropped out after a year to reapply to schools in the United Kingdom. [6] In 2021, she graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts with a Bachelor of Arts in musical theatre. [7]
In 2010, Ong led the singing of "Majulah Singapura" at the closing ceremony of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. [2] She made her West End debut in 2021 as Jenna Rolan in Be More Chill . [8] The same year, she played Éponine in the UK and Ireland tour of Les Misérables , despite not having seen the musical prior to auditioning for the role. [9] In 2022, she began playing Éponine in the West End production at the Sondheim Theatre. [2] She returned to Singapore in 2023 to play Cinderella in a local adaptation of Into the Woods . [7] In 2024, she was cast as Eliza in the West End production of Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre. [10]
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
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| 2021 | Be More Chill | Jenna Rolan | Shaftesbury Theatre | [7] |
| 2022–2023 | Les Misérables | Éponine | Sondheim Theatre | [7] |
| 2023 | Into the Woods | Cinderella | Singtel Waterfront Theatre | [11] |
| 2024 | Les Misérables | Éponine | Arena World Tour | [12] |
| 2024–2025 | Hamilton | Eliza | Victoria Palace Theatre | [10] |
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