18 Facts About Zoe Birkett

Zoe Birkett was born on 16 June 1985 and is an English singer and musical theatre performer.

Zoe Birkett was born in Consett, a town in County Durham, and began attending stage school from the age of three.

Zoe Birkett had hopes of being a performer, and trained at the Amanda McGlynn Academy in Middlesbrough and the Lorraine Murray Dance School.

In 2002, Zoe Birkett finished fourth on the first series of Pop Idol, behind Will Young, Gareth Gates and Darius Danesh.

Zoe Birkett was the highest placed female in the contest.

Zoe Birkett later performed as the warm-up act on Pop Idol winners Will Young's and Gareth Gates' tour where she performed to over 250,000 people.

Zoe Birkett recorded three songs for the triple platinum Pop Idol: The Big Band Album, which charted at number 1 in the UK Albums Chart.

In 2003, Zoe Birkett signed a recording contract with 19 Recordings and released one single, "Treat Me Like a Lady", in January 2003.

Zoe Birkett later departed from her record label and pursued an alternative career in musical theatre.

On 14 July 2014, Zoe Birkett entered the Big Brother house as one of three new housemates.

Since 2009, Zoe Birkett has performed in West End theatre and was initially cast in Priscilla Queen of the Desert until 2011.

Zoe Birkett then performed as a lead singer in Garrick Theatre's 2011 production of Respect La Diva,.

In 2012, Zoe Birkett became the leading lady of Thriller Live.

Zoe Birkett was later cast as an understudy for The Bodyguard's leading lady Alexandra Burke.

Zoe Birkett later performed in the main female lead role of Satine and made her debut on 10 May 2022.

Zoe Birkett was featured in the Dave Malloy musical The Witches in 2023.

In 2024, it was announced that Zoe Birkett would be sharing the role of Tina Turner, with actress Karis Anderson, in the West End production of Tina - The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre.

Zoe Birkett received a WhatsOnStage Award nomination for Best Takeover for her performance.