Camilla Marie Beeput | |
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Born |
Westminster, London, England |
9 September 1984
Nationality | English |
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Years active | 2002–present |
Camilla Marie Beeput (born 9 September 1984), also known simply as Camilla or Camilla Beeput, is an English stage, television and film actress and singer.
Beeput was born in Westminster and raised in Brent, both in North London.
She was spotted by theatre director Paul Kerryson while participating in the first season of the BBC reality television series Fame Academy in 2002.
After Fame Academy, Beeput went on to star as Maria in a production of the musical West Side Story at Leicester Haymarket Theatre, and Money to Burn at London's The Venue. In Kerryson's highly acclaimed production of "West Side Story" she received positive reviews.
After appearing as Bethany Mortimer in the ITV1 series Footballers' Wives, she landed the lead role of Rose in the London West End production of Daddy Cool, a musical based on the music of Boney M., at the Shaftesbury Theatre and European tour.
Following Daddy Cool, Beeput appeared as Crystal Gordon in Bad Girls: The Musical from August through November 2007. Camilla played Shun in the Young Vic production of In The Red And Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney.
After her early work in theatre, Beeput wrote and recorded "Don't Hold Back", which features rapper Erick Sermon of the group EPMD and was released on 28 August 2006. In 2009, a track called "Oh What You Did", with US rapper Juelz Santana from the New York rap group Dipset, was recorded but never officially released.