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13 Facts About Caroline Sheen

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Caroline Sheen was born on 7 January 1976 and is a Welsh actress who has played leading roles on stage in the West End alongside TV and film appearances.

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Caroline Sheen won a Helen Hayes award for playing the role of Mary Poppins on the National Tour of America.

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Caroline Sheen is an Honorary Fellow of the University of South Wales.

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Caroline Sheen made her West End debut as Marty in Grease at the Cambridge Theatre.

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Caroline Sheen created the role of Jennifer Gabriel in the world premiere production of The Witches of Eastwick at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

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Caroline Sheen created the role of Clara Johnson in the European Premiere of The Light in the Piazza at Curve Theatre in Leicester.

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Caroline Sheen reprised her role as Mary Poppins in the US Tour of Mary Poppins.

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Caroline Sheen returned to the UK in the role of Fantine in Les Miserables at the Queens Theatre, following that with Woman 2 in the London Premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Putting It Together at the St James Theatre.

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In 2019, Caroline Sheen created the leading role of Violet Newstead in the West End Premiere of 9 to 5 at the Savoy Theatre.

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In 2018, Caroline Sheen appeared in episodes of Press and The Rook, and starred in the leading role of Carys in Pitching In for the BBC.

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In February 2010, Caroline Sheen released her debut album Raise the Curtain, a selection of songs by leading contemporary musical theatre writers from Britain and America; featuring 5 previously unrecorded songs, including a cut song from The Witches of Eastwick; alongside songs from The Light in the Piazza, Just So, Grey Gardens, and Mary Poppins.

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Caroline Sheen was a guest soloist in the opening ceremony of the Wales Millennium Centre.

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Caroline Sheen appeared alongside fellow Mary Poppins actresses Lisa O'Hare and Scarlett Strallen in A Spoonful of Stiles and Drewe singing a specially devised version of "Practically Perfect".