Phoebe Panaretos

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Phoebe Panaretos
Born1989or1990(age 33–34) [1]
NationalityAustralian
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Singer

Phoebe Panaretos (born 1990) [1] is an Australian actress and singer, notable for roles in musical theatre in Australia.

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Early life

Panaretos studied drama at Sydney's Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in 2008. [1]

Career

She played the lead role of Fran in the stage musical Strictly Ballroom from 2014, [1] [2] Connie Francis in Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical in 2016, [3] and Whatshername in the Australian production of Green Day's American Idiot from 2017. [4] Phoebe also played the role of Elly in the Australian premiere of David Bowie’sLazarus in 2019 before moving London.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Maddox, Garry (3 December 2013). "Strictly Ballroom: Phoebe is dancing with the stars for good reason - she is about to be one". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  2. "Paso Doble comes to cafe for Phoebe". The Daily Telegraph. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  3. Blake, Jason (7 October 2016). "Dream Lover review: Too much blubber weighs down Bobby Darin musical". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  4. Tongue, Cassie (27 February 2017). "American Idiot review – Green Day's rock opera premieres in Australia with a Trumpian twist". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 21 November 2017.