Jenna Russell was born on 5 October 1967 and is an English actress and singer.
20 Facts About Jenna Russell
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Jenna Russell has appeared on the stage in London in both musicals and dramas, as well as appearing with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Jenna Russell performed the role of Dot in Sunday in the Park with George in the West End and on Broadway, receiving the Tony Award nomination and the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role.
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Jenna Russell has appeared in several television series, including Born and Bred and EastEnders.
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In 1985, Jenna Russell appeared as Matthew's girlfriend Christine in the ITV comedy Home to Roost.
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Jenna Russell sang the theme tune to the BBC sitcom, Red Dwarf, with her version of the song being used in all series of the show.
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Jenna Russell began her career as an understudy for Eponine and Fantine and later took over Fantine in Les Miserables and performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company for the first portion of her career.
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Jenna Russell appeared in the RSC production of Alan Ayckbourn's Wildest Dreams at the Barbican in December 1993.
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Jenna Russell performed in three shows at The Bridewell Theatre: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Daisy, Hello Again and a concert, The Cutting Edge in June 2000.
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Jenna Russell left the cast of Songs for a New World during rehearsal to play Deborah Gilder in the television series Born and Bred in 2002 through 2005.
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Jenna Russell received a nomination for the 2006 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for this role.
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Jenna Russell subsequently played Amy alongside Felicity Kendal in the West End revival of the play Amy's View in 2006.
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In 2008, Jenna Russell reprised her role as Dot in the Broadway transfer of Sunday in the Park with George.
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Jenna Russell won the Theatre World Award and received Drama Desk Award and Tony Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical, losing to Patti LuPone.
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Jenna Russell then played the role of Mary in Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London's West End, following a run at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
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Jenna Russell reprises the role for the West End production at the Apollo Theatre from September 2014.
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In 2018 Jenna Russell decided to leave EastEnders to pursue other work.
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In September 2022, Jenna Russell led the cast in Alan Ayckbourn's Woman in Mind at Chichester Festival Theatre.
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Jenna Russell is the partner of actor Ray Coulthard, and they are the parents of a girl.
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Jenna Russell revealed that she was in the early stages of her pregnancy when she appeared in Sunday in the Park with George on Broadway.