Josefina Gabrielle
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Josefina Gabrielle is an Olivier Award-nominated stage and screen actress, best known for her performances in hit West End musicals and plays.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Theatre
Josefina Gabrielle began her professional career dancing with the National Ballet of Portugal. She made her London debut in 1992 in the dance ensemble of the revival of Carousel at the National, and six years later starred as Laurie in Trevor Nunn’s revival of another Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, Oklahoma!, again at the National Theatre. She starred opposite Hugh Jackman and she subsequently made her Broadway debut in the show when it transferred to New York in 2002, this time opposite Patrick Wilson. During her run as Laurie, she was nominated for an Olivier Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award and an Astair Award.
She has continued to be one of London’s leading ladies in musicals like Chicago (in which she has now done seven separate stints as Roxie Hart) and The Witches of Eastwick. She is now branching into plays. In 2006 she played all the Gertrude Lawrence roles in a bill of six Noel Coward short plays at Chichester, and is currently performing in the West End in The 39 Steps (which recently won the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy).[1]
[edit] Television, Film & Radio
Gabrielle is also a regular performer on the screen or radio. Amongst other things, she has appeared in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Heartbeat, Ancona and Co, Totally Frank and Oklahoma! (the televised version of the musical).
[edit] Film/Televsion Credits
- Heartbeat .... Debbie Bellamy / ... (10 episodes, 2001-2006)
- Born and Bred .... Jacqueline Williamson (1 episode, 2005)
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet .... Ofelia Ortiz (5 episodes, 2004)
- Sunburn .... Receptionist (1 episode, 2000)
- Oklahoma! (1999) (TV) .... Laurey Williams
- The 56th Annual Tony Awards (2002) (TV) .... Herself - Performer
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show .... Herself (1 episode, 2002)
[edit] Personal Life
- Trained at the Arts Educational School from the age of 10.[2]
