1. Summer Strallen has three sisters who are actresses: Saskia, Zizi and Scarlett.
17 Facts About Summer Strallen
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Summer Strallen trained at The Arts Educational Schools London with her three sisters, and for one year at Laine Theatre Arts.
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Summer Strallen has been involved in the West End productions of Cats, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Guys and Dolls and The Boy Friend.
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Summer Strallen starred in The Drowsy Chaperone, alongside Elaine Paige.
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Summer Strallen's character left Hollyoaks as Strallen debuted in the actual stage production of The Sound of Music at the London Palladium on 26 February 2008.
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Summer Strallen remained with the production until its closure on 21 February 2009.
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In December 2008, Summer Strallen competed on a special West End edition of The Weakest Link and finished in second place.
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Summer Strallen was cast as Meg Giry in the sequel to Phantom of the Opera called Love Never Dies, from February 2010 to March 2011 in the West End at the Adelphi Theatre.
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Summer Strallen received another nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for this role.
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Summer Strallen created the Ginger Rogers role of Dale Tremont in the musical, Top Hat, which began a UK tour in August 2011.
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Summer Strallen went on tour with Strictly Come Dancing professional Anton Du Beke, performing both songs and dances to audiences around Britain.
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Summer Strallen portrayed Inga in the London production of Young Frankenstein, which premiered at Theatre Royal, Newcastle in August 2017 and then transferred the following month to the Garrick Theatre.
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Summer Strallen voiced the part of "Princess Lucy" in The Big Knights, a British animated children and adult's television series.
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Summer Strallen played the role of Nancy Morrell in BBC One's World War Two drama Land Girls broadcast in September 2009.
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Summer Strallen played the role of Summer Shaw in Channel 4's soap Hollyoaks, in which she was planted as a character in the show to publicise the West End Show The Sound of Music.
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Summer Strallen's character won herself the part of Maria in The Sound of Music, while Summer Strallen actually was preparing to play the part in real life.
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Summer Strallen can be heard on the Love Never Dies cast recording as Meg Giry.