21 Facts About Danielle Hope

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Danielle Hope was born on 26 April 1992 and is an English actress and singer.

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Danielle Hope was the winner of the BBC talent contest Over The Rainbow and as a result played the part of Dorothy in the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of The Wizard of Oz, which began performances at the London Palladium in the West End in February 2011.

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Danielle Hope appeared in many of her school's musical theatre productions, playing such roles as Carmen in the musical Fame, the narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Maria in West Side Story.

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Danielle Hope appeared in We Will Rock You alongside Olivier Award nominee, Charlotte Wakefield.

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Danielle Hope left her part-time job as a waitress to focus on her A-level studies in Drama and Dance, and a BTEC National Award Musical Theatre.

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Danielle Hope has studied dance privately and performed at dance festivals, including the BBC African Dance Project at Bridgewater Hall.

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Danielle Hope was popular with the judges from the beginning of the live shows.

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Nevertheless, Danielle Hope found herself in the bottom two with Dani Rayner the following week.

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Danielle Hope went back to her old school for the first time since the filming of the live shows began; there, her classmates greeted her with a hand-made yellow brick road, along with ruby slippers, and a Toto-style cuddly dog to make her feel at home.

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Danielle Hope starred alongside Michael Crawford in the title role, with Over the Rainbow runner-up Sophie Evans as the alternate Dorothy; performing the role on Tuesday evenings and during Hope's holidays and other unforeseen absences.

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Danielle Hope won the 2011 BroadwayWorld UK Award for Best Leading Actress In a Musical and was nominated for the whatsonstage.

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Danielle Hope played her final performance in the production on 5 February 2012, the same day that her co-star, Michael Crawford, left.

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Danielle Hope then appeared as Eponine in the West End production of Les Miserables, having joined the cast on 18 June 2012.

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On 16 June 2013, Danielle Hope finished her run in the show and was replaced by Carrie Danielle Hope Fletcher.

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On 2 April 2016, Danielle Hope finished her run in the show and was replaced by Eva Noblezada.

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Danielle Hope starred alongside Over the Rainbow judge John Partridge.

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Danielle Hope then joined the UK Tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, playing the Narrator.

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Danielle Hope stayed with the tour from 23 July 2014 until 29 November 2014.

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Danielle Hope played her last performance on 29 January 2018 at the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Danielle Hope is currently starring in an off-Broadway production of Kinky Boots playing the role of Lauren, for a limited summer run.

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Danielle Hope released a single of the song "Over the Rainbow" that was made available to download on 23 May 2010, with a physical single available to purchase from 31 May 2010.