WhatsOnStage Awards for Best Actress in a Musical (2018, 2019)
WhatsOnStage Awards for Best Performer in a Female Identifying Role (2022)
Carrie Hope Fletcher (born 22 October 1992)[3] is an English West End theatre actress and singer. Her performances include the roles of Éponine and Fantine in Les Misérables,[4][5] Carrie has also starred in the original British production of Heathers: The Musical and she originated the role of Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella. Outside of her theatre work, Carrie has a large social media following with over half a million subscribers on YouTube. As well as this, she has written several bestselling novels for children and adults.
In 2015, Fletcher published a book called: All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully, which was a Number 1 bestseller in the UK. Since then, she has published three novels and two children's books.
Early life
Fletcher was born and grew up in South Harrow, in the London borough of Harrow.[6] Her older brother, Tom Fletcher, is lead vocalist and guitarist of the band McFly.
Career
As a child, Fletcher played small roles on television and appeared in musical theatre in London's West End in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins and Les Misérables.[citation needed] In 2011, she started a YouTube channel called ItsWayPastMyBedTime, later retitled Carrie Hope Fletcher, which features music and vlogs.
[7] She has no formal training in musical theatre.[8]
Theatre
Fletcher with the cast of Mary Poppins in July 2004.
Fletcher made her West End debut as Young Éponine in Les Misérables at the age of nine in 2001. In 2002, she was part of the original cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in the role of Jemima Potts, and in 2004 featured as Jane Banks in Mary Poppins.[9] Fletcher replaced Danielle Hope as Éponine in Les Misérables at the Queen's Theatre, London in June 2013. She is the only British actress to have played young Éponine, older Éponine and Fantine in the production.[10] On 23 February 2014, Fletcher was presented the WhatsOnStage "Best Takeover in a Role" award for her performance as Éponine.[11]
She next returned to Les Misérables, playing Éponine for the musical's 30th anniversary gala performance on 8 October 2015. Fletcher played her final performance on 13 February 2016, at which time she was the longest-running Éponine in the London production's 30-year history.[14]
In 2017, she played the role of Wednesday Addams on the UK tour of The Addams Family. The production was produced by James Yeoburn and Stuart Matthew Price for United Theatrical and Music & Lyrics in association with Festival Theatre, Edinburgh.[15][16] In December 2017, she performed in the musical The Christmasaurus. Based on her brother Tom Fletcher's novel of the same name. It was performed at The Hammersmith Apollo.[17]
In 2018, Fletcher played Veronica in the Original West End Production of Heathers: The Musical . The show is an adaptation of the movie of the same name. First of all, it was performed at The Other Palace. Moving into the West End it was performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket . Also she reprised her role as Beth in the 40th anniversary tour of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds.[18]
Fletcher was announced to be playing Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella, a retelling of the original fairytale, in February 2020.[20] Prior to the announcement, she workshopped Cinderella at The Other Palace Theatre in 2019.[21] It opened in August 2021 to mostly positive reviews.[22] Fletcher won the 2021 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Cinderella.[23] The production closed on 12 June 2022, 8 months early.[24] Fletcher and other cast members who were not present at 1 May's matinee were not informed of the closure until after the public announcement.[25]
After the closure of Cinderella, Fletcher appeared in two concert versions of musicals: The Witches of Eastwick as Sukie, and Treason the Musical as Martha Percy.[citation needed] In October 2022, she portrayed Grusha in Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle at the Rose Theatre Kingston.[citation needed] This was her first professional play. During the Christmas season, Fletcher starred in her pantomime debut as Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty. This was performed at the Marlowe Theatre.
Following her 'An Open Book' tour, Fletcher joined the cast of The Crown Jewels as Elizabeth Edwards / The Lady of the Bedchamber alongside Al Murray and Mel Giedroyc, which was performed in a strictly limited 11 week season from July 2023 at the Garrick Theatre.
In December 2023, Fletcher starred in Sleeping Beauty once again, however this time at Hawth Theatre.
Writing
In April 2015, Fletcher released her first book, All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully, based on her blog of the same name. The non-fiction book focuses on stages of Fletcher's life as a teenager and passes on life lessons and advice through highlighting her own mistakes and struggles as she grew up. Her book was a number one Sunday Times bestseller and remained in the Top 10 list for seven weeks.[26]
Fletcher has written seven novels and two children's books.
Music
Fletcher has produced two singles, "Running Through Rivers" and "The Way We Were". She performed to benefit the band Sheytoons at the St. James Theatre, as well as Ramin Karimloo on his 2012 Road to Find Out tour.[27]
In 2012, she performed the official 2012 Summer Olympics mascots song with her brother, Tom.
Fletcher is featured in Alex Day's 2013 album Epigrams and Interludes on the songs covering "Poison" and "This Kiss". Fletcher can also be seen in The Vamps' music video for their cover of McFly's "That Girl". In 2014, Fletcher had featured in Daniel Koek's album High in the song "Remember Me".[28] Koek was a fellow cast member of Fletcher's in Les Misérables.[29]
Her most successful video on YouTube, currently with 1.7 million views (as of 23 April 2024), is a live interpretation together with her brother Tom Fletcher of the McFly song "Love Is on the Radio".[30]
Fletcher released her first solo album When The Curtain Falls on 30 March 2018. It was released via musical theatre concert and record producers Club 11 London and accompanied her first four solo concerts at Cadogan Hall, London, on 31 March and 1 April 2018.[31]
In 2023, she embarked on her first solo UK concert tour,[32][33] with 20 performances scheduled across May and June.
Fletcher announced on 14 February 2014 that she had been dating fellow YouTuber Alex Day since October 2013. However, Fletcher announced their break-up via Twitter on 14 March 2014.[40]
