| Leila Benn Harris | |
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| Occupation | Actress, Soprano singer |
Leila Benn Harris (born 1983) is a British actress and singer.[1][2] She trained at Arts Educational School in London and graduated with a BA in Musical Theatre. Upon graduation, she was cast in the lead role of Carmen in the No.1 National Tour of Fame. She then made her West-End debut in the same role at the Aldwych Theatre. She understudied and played the role of The Mistress in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West-End revival of Evita at the Adelphi Theatre, directed by Michael Grandage. She was also part of the original cast recording.
Leila recently starred as Christine in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre, for which she was nominated for a 2008 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Award for Best Takeover in a Role, performing in the awards results show at the Lyric Theatre. To follow, Leila starred in the 2008 Production Imagine This at the New London Theatre as the role of Rebecca, the show received mostly negative critical review and closed after a run of less than 2 months.
Other theatre performances include: Diana Morales in A Chorus Line, Peep-Bo in Hot Mikado and Eponine in a charity gala performance of Les Misérables for the MCC, Malta.
She has just completed several workshops of the Cat Stevens musical Moonshadow in which she played the lead role of Anees, and appeared in Chess in Concert with Idina Menzel & Josh Groban, to be released on DVD.
Leila recently completed the run of John Doyle's revival of Oklahoma! at The Chichester Festival Theatre on the 29th August -playing the role of Laurey.
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2008 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers Choice Nomination - Best Takeover in a Role
| Year | Show | Role | ||
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| 2006 | 2009 | Imagine This (Original London Cast Recording) | Rebecca (Tamar) |