Nancy Sullivan

Nancy Sullivan (born 1985) is an English actress and singer. Early life and training Nancy was born in Bermondsey where she grew up with her family, her Dad was a boxer and furniture dealer, Mum later worked in a library, she is eldest of three children. She trained at the BRIT School and then continued her training at the London School of Musical Theatre. She graduated in 2004 and began to audition and start her career. Career Her first job was working for Andrew Lloyd Webber at his Sydmonton Festival (2005), playing the role of Jenny in the world premier of The Likes Of Us. This was the first show Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote together, the cast included Stephen Fry, Sally Anne Triplett, Hannah Waddingham and Michael Simkins. Sullivan can be heard on the cast recording of The Likes Of Us and appeared on BBC Radio 2's Friday Night Is Music Night performing the role in concert. She then workshopped a new Tony Award winning musical, Urinetown, in which she played the role of Little Becky (2005). Other roles Sullivan played included Nicola in Hitting Town (2005), Cinderella in Cinderella (2005), Lisa in Footballer's Wives (2006), Lucy in Love Me Dorothy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2006), understudy Dorothy in the RSC version of The Wizard of Oz for the West Yorkshire Playhouse (2006). She went on to create the role of Chloe for the new Take That musical, Never Forget, which completed a UK tour in 2007. Her performance can be seen on the Never Forget DVD, filmed by Universal Pictures and heard on the cast recording. In 2008, Sullivan applied for the BBC's I'd Do Anything to play the role of Nancy in Oliver!, Sullivan was taken through to the final stages and down the last 20 girls before leaving the competition. Having been noticed on the programme, Sullivan appeared as her dream role of Eponine in Les Misérables in the West End, playing the role for two years (2008-2010).