Joanna Riding was born on Joanne Riding; 9 November 1967 and is an English actress.
16 Facts About Joanna Riding
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Joanna Riding received theatre training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School from 1986 to 1989.
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Joanna Riding met her former husband, actor Peter O'Brien, at Chichester.
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Joanna Riding proposed outside the theatre and they married on Christmas Eve 1990.
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Joanna Riding was next cast as a replacement Sally in the West End production of Me and My Girl.
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In 1993, Joanna Riding played the role of Julie Jordan in Nicholas Hytner's Royal National Theatre revival of Carousel and won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance.
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Joanna Riding's character was introduced via a parody of Grease's 'Summer Nights'.
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Joanna Riding created the role of Jane Smart in The Witches of Eastwick in 2000, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and in 2002 played the role of Eliza Doolittle in Trevor Nunn's National Theatre revival of My Fair Lady, for which she won her second Olivier Award.
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Joanna Riding performed the role of Ruth in Blithe Spirit in 2004 on tour at the Milton Keynes Theatre and Theatre Royal, Bath, and at the Savoy Theatre in London.
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From 1 December 2008 to 29 May 2010, Joanna Riding starred as Mrs Wilkinson in the London production of Billy Elliot the Musical at the Victoria Palace Theatre.
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Joanna Riding took maternity leave from the show between 23 December 2008 and 24 August 2009 when the role was played by Kate Graham.
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In 2011, Joanna Riding starred in two musicals at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End.
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Joanna Riding portrayed Valerie Hobson in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Stephen Ward, and was one of few elements of the production to be praised by every major critic.
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In 2014, Joanna Riding appeared as Cinderella's Mother in Rob Marshall's film version of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.
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In September 2016 it was announced that Joanna Riding would take the leading role of Annie in The Girls musical written by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth to open at The Phoenix Theatre, London on 27 January 2017.
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In July 2022 Joanna Riding played Rose in the Buxton Festival production of the Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim musical Gypsy.