15 Facts About Sofia Escobar

Sofia Alexandra Cepa Escobar Ferreira da Silva was born on 29 November 1984 and is a Portuguese soprano singer and actress.

Sofia Escobar is best known for being part of the cast in West End musicals, in London.

Sofia Escobar performed the role of Maria in West Side Story.

Sofia Escobar's most acclaimed role was Christine Daae, the lead character in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera.

Sofia Alexandra Cepa Escobar Ferreira da Silva was born on 29 November 1984 in Guimaraes, Portugal.

Sofia Escobar studied at Conservatorio de Musica do Porto in Porto, Portugal, and continued her studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Sofia Escobar had a scholarship that paid for her tuition.

Sofia Escobar was on the Portuguese TV series Morangos com Acucar in 2003, as Professor Olivia Matos for 42 episodes.

Sofia Escobar played the lead Hanna Gzelak character in the Portuguese musical Scents of Light.

Sofia Escobar performed in the West Side Story, taking the role of Puerto Rican girl Maria.

Sofia Escobar is one very few non-native English speakers to have portrayed Daae in an English-language production.

Sofia Escobar subsequently was in the play Entre o Ceu e a Terra.

Sofia Escobar won the "Best Actress in a Musical" award for by the Whatsonstage Theatregoer's Choice Awards while a performer in West Side Story.

Sofia Escobar has been nominated in the best actress category for the 2009 Laurence Olivier Awards due to her performance of Maria in West Side Story.

Sofia Escobar got a Portuguese Golden Globe nomination for Revelation of the Year 2010, where she sang "Think of Me" from The Phantom of the Opera.