Charlotte Spencer (actress)
| Charlotte Spencer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Charlotte Spencer 26 September 1991 Harlow, Essex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Sylvia Young Theatre School |
| Occupation | Actress, singer, dancer |
| Years active | 2004–present |
Charlotte Spencer (born 26 September 1991 in Harlow, England) is a British actress, singer and dancer. She is known for her playing the female lead in The Living and the Dead.Screen International named her a Star of Tomorrow 2015.
She was born in Harlow, Essex, to Peter and Karen. She has a younger sister and brother. Spencer said of her background "I come from a working class background; my dad’s a builder and my mum works in a school". She started ballet aged 3 and has wanted to perform since then. At the age of 11, her parents sent her to a drama school in London, at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone. Charlotte's parents remortgaged their house to support her acting career. As of 2016 she lives with her parents when not working as an actor, working with her grandmother at a charity shop and helping with the choir at her mother's infants school. She has a dog, Chip.
She got her acting break in Mary Poppins aged 12, appearing as Jane Banks in Richard Eyre's 2004 production of the musical. In 2009, she played Bet in Oliver!. In 2013, Eyre again cast Spencer, this time as Christine Keeler in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Stephen Ward, alongside Charlotte Blackledge as Mandy Rice-Davies.
Spencer appeared as Dexter Fletcher's daughter in Hotel Babylon. She was the voice of Angelina Ballerina on Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps when she was 17. Spencer appeared in the films Wild Bill and Les Misérables in 2011 and then Dark Shadows with Johnny Depp in 2012.
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