Jodie Steele

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| birth_name = Jodie Samantha Steele

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|25 March 1991}}

| birth_place = Basingstoke, England

| alma_mater = Guildford School of Acting

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| years_active = 2013–present

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Jodie Samantha Steele (born 25 March 1991) is an English stage actress, singer and dancer. She is best known for playing Heather Chandler in the UK Off West End and West End premiere of Heathers in 2018 and Katherine Howard in the UK tour of Six in 2019.

Early life and education

Steele is from Basingstoke and attended Brighton Hill Community School.{{Cite web |title=Jodie Steele biography |url=https://www.last.fm/music/Jodie+Steele/+wiki |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Last.fm |language=en}} She graduated from the Guildford School of Acting in 2013.{{Cite web |last=info@mandy.com |title=Jodie Steele, Actor, England |url=https://www.mandy.com/uk/a/jodie-steele |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=www.mandy.com |language=en-GB}}

Career

Steele played Heather Chandler in the UK premiere of the musical Heathers, alongside Carrie Hope Fletcher as Veronica and Jamie Muscato as JD. The show opened in 2018 at The Other Palace and then moved to the Theatre Royal Haymarket.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-24 |title=Jodie Steele |url=https://tresamagazine.com/2020/07/24/jodie-steele/ |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=TresA |language=en}}

In February 2022, Steele was part of But I'm a Cheerleader at the Turbine Theatre in the role of Kimberly/Hilary.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-31 |title=Cast for But I'm A Cheerleader musical announced |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/cast-for-but-im-a-cheerleader-musical-announced_55823/ |access-date=2023-07-08 |language=en-US}}

In 2023 Steele joined the cast of Bonnie & Clyde as Blanche, for its transfer to the Garrick Theatre.{{Cite web |last=Admin |date=2023-01-30 |title=Full Cast Announced for Bonnie & Clyde The Musical |url=https://www.londontheatre1.com/theatre-news/full-cast-announced-for-bonnie-clyde-the-musical/ |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=LondonTheatre1 |language=en-GB}} The show had a sold-out concert run, starring Jordan Luke Gage and Frances Mayli McCann, before opening at the Arts Theatre and then moving to the Garrick.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-09 |title=Bonnie and Clyde Tickets |url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/26695-bonnie-and-clyde |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=London Theatre |language=en}}

Theatre credits

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Theatre

2013

|Bare: the Musical

|Ivy

|Greenwich Theatre

2014

|Fame

|Carmen Diaz

|UK Tour

rowspan=2|2015

|Jesus Christ Superstar

|Soul Girl/First Cover Mary Magdalene

|UK Tour

Legally Blonde

| Margot

| Kilworth House Theatre

2016

|The War of the Worlds

|Ensemble

|Dominion Theatre

2016-2017

|Wicked

|Standby Elphaba

|UK Tour

2018

|Heathers the Musical

|Heather Chandler

|The Other Palace & Theatre

Royal Haymarket

2019-2020

|Six

|Katherine Howard

|UK Tour

2021

|Hair The Musical in Concert

|Sheila Franklin{{Cite web |last=Admin |date=2021-03-17 |title=Hair the Musical: London Palladium and Southampton Mayflower Theatre |url=https://www.londontheatre1.com/theatre-news/hair-the-musical-london-palladium-and-southampton-mayflower-theatre/ |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=LondonTheatre1 |language=en-GB}}

|Turbine Theatre, London Palladium

and Mayflower Theatre (Southampton)

2021

|Heathers the Musical

|Heather Chandler

|Theatre Royal Haymarket

2021-2022

|Gatsby: the Musical

|Daisy Buchanan

|Southwark Playhouse

2022

|But I'm a Cheerleader