Tamsin Carroll

Tamsin Georgina Carroll
Tamsin Carroll in April 2011
Born	(1979-02-13) 13 February 1979 (age 45) Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actress

Tamsin Georgina Carroll (born 13 February 1979) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her performances in musical theatre in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Personal life

Carroll was born and raised in Sydney. Her parents are Australian actor Peter Carroll and Trisha, a former historian and archivist for the Sydney Theatre Company.^[1]

Carroll met her British husband while performing in the West End revival of Oliver!.^[2]

Career

At the age of five, Carroll was an extra in the television western series Five Mile Creek which featured her father. She made her professional stage debut in a Sydney Theatre Company production of Six Characters in Search of an Author in 1987. Her early adult roles included Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods opposite her father as the Narrator/Mysterious Man (Melbourne Theatre Company) and Vicki in Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls (Railway Street Theatre, Penrith). Carroll first received wide notice as Marianne Renate in the Australian tour of the Johnny O'Keefe jukebox musical Shout! The Legend of the Wild One (Kevin Jacobsen Productions) which opened in Melbourne in 2000.

Subsequent roles as Nancy in Oliver! (IMG / Cameron Mackintosh, Australian tour and Singapore) and Dusty Springfield in Dusty - The Original Pop Diva (Dusty Productions, Australian tour) won Carroll multiple awards.

Other leading roles in Australian theatre and musical theatre include Marta in Company (Kookaburra), Isabella in Measure for Measure (Bell Shakespeare), Rizzo in Grease – The Arena Spectacular (SEL/GFO), Tracy Lord in High Society, Rose in Bye Bye Birdie and Sheila in Hair (The Production Company), Vixen in The Threepenny Opera (Belvoir Street Theatre Bogata Festival), Allie in Harbour and Olivia in The Republic of Myopia (Sydney Theatre Company).^[3]

English theatre credits include Emma Goldman in Ragtime and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park), alternate Nancy in Oliver! (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Ensemble in The Magistrate (Royal National Theatre).

Her film and television credits include EastEnders, Goddess, Carols by Candlelight and Holy Smoke!.^[4]

She played the role of Ellen in the West End revival of Miss Saigon and Baroness Bomburst in the UK tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

In 2017 she appeared in the new musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.^[5] She subsequently reprised the role when the show transferred to London's West End, playing at the Apollo Theatre from 6 November 2017.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Type
1999	Holy Smoke!	Jodie	Feature film
2000	The Three Stooges	Brunette	TV film
2013	Goddess	Deb	Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Type
	Five Mile Creek		TV series
1988	Melba	Dora Mitchell	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1994	Hearttbreak High	Bonnie	TV series, 2 episodes
1998	A Difficult Woman	Female student	TV series, 3 episodes
2000	Above the Law	Narelle Reilly	TV series, 1 episode
2000-08	All Saints	Nikki Collins / Tanya Foster-Wallace	TV series, 2 episodes
2014	EastEnders	Nicole	TV series, 3 episodes

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Type
1988	Six Characters in Search of an Author		Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company for Festival Theatre Company
1998	Evita	Child	State Theatre, Sydney with Stetson Productions
1998	Into the Woods	Little Red Riding Hood	Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
1998	A Little Night Music	Ann / Fredrika Armfeidt (understudy)	Theatre Royal, Sydney with Melbourne Theatre Company
1999	The Listmaker	Corrie / Piriel	Bell Shakespeare
2000	Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls	Vicki	Q Theatre, Penrith
2000	Shout! The Legend of the Wild One	Marianne Renate	State Theatre, Melbourne, Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane with Kevin Jacobsen Productions
2002	Into the Woods	The Baker's Wife	Regent Theatre, Melbourne (one night only)
2002	Helpmann Awards 2002	Actor / Singer	Star City Showroom
2002-03	Oliver!	Nancy	Lyric Theatre Sydney, Regent Theatre, Melbourne & Singapore tour with IMG / Cameron Mackintosh
2003	Bye Bye Birdie	Rose	State Theatre, Melbourne with The Production Company
2003	Hair	Sheila	Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne with The Production Company
2003	Sideshow Alley	Rita	Chapel Off Chapel with The Production Company
2004	Harbour	Allie	Sydney Theatre Company
2004	Dusty Springfield Musical Workshop	Dusty Springfield	Dusty Productions
2004	The Threepenny Opera	Vixen	Belvoir Street Theatre for Bogota Theatre Festival
2004	Take Flight	Amelia Earhart	Adelaide Cabaret Festival
2004	The Republic of Myopia	Olivia	Sydney Theatre Company
2004	High Society	Tracy Lord	State Theatre, Melbourne with The Production Company
2005	Grease – The Arena Spectacular	Rizzo	Sydney Entertainment Centre, Melbourne Park with SEL / GFO
2005	Measure for Measure	Isabella	Playhouse, Melbourne, Playhouse, Brisbane, Newcastle Civic Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Canberra, Orange Civic Theatre with Bell Shakespeare
2005	Carols by Candlelight	Singer	Sidney Myer Music Bowl
2005-06	Dusty - The Original Pop Diva	Dusty Springfield	State Theatre, Melbourne, Lyric Theatre Sydney, Burswood Theatre, Perth, Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane with Dusty Productions
2007	Company	Marta	Theatre Royal, Sydney with Kookaburra Musical Theatre
2007	ALP Arts Election Launch	Actor	Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
2007	The Spirit of Christmas	Performer	Concert Hall, Brisbane
2008-09	The Rocky Horror Show	Magenta / Usherette	Star Theatre, Sydney, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne with New Theatricals
2009	Oliver!	Nancy	Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London
2012	Ragtime	Emma Goldman	Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London
2012	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Titania	Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London
2012-13	The Magistrate	Singing Dandy / Agatha (understudy)	Royal National Theatre, London
2013	Barnum	Charity 'Chairy' Barnum	Chichester Festival Theatre
2014	Miss Saigon	Ellen	Prince Edward Theatre, London
2015	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Baroness Bomburst	West Yorkshire Playhouse
2016-17	Strictly Ballrooom	Shirley	London & Toronto seasons with Global Creatures
2017	Everybody's Talking About Jamie	Miss Hedge	Crucible Theatre Sheffield, Apollo Theatre West End, London
2018	Twelfth Night	Maria	Southbank Theatre
2021-23	Hex	Queenie	National Theatre, London
2022	2:22 A Ghost Story	Lauren	Criterion Theatre, West End
2023	Into the Woods	Witch	Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney
2023	Rock Follies	Gloria/Kitty	Chichester Festival Theatre
2024	Zombie!	Carol	Hayes Theatre Co, Sydney
2024	August: Osage County	Barbara Fordham	Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney

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Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2002	Tamsin Carroll	Mo Award for Female Musical Theatre Performer of the Year	Won
2002	Oliver!	Green Room Award for Best Female Actor in a Leading Role (Music Theatre)	Won
2003	Oliver!	Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical	Won
2006	Dusty - the Original Pop Diva	Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical	Won
2006	Dusty - The Original Pop Diva	Green Room Award for Best Female Actor in a Leading Role (Music Theatre)	Won

References

1. Morgan, Claire. On a long and Dusty road Sydney Morning Herald, 11 March 2006
2. Official Theatre. http://www.officialtheatre.com/interviews/tamsin-carroll-miss-saigon/ officialtheatre.com, 2 July 2014
3. Tamsin Carroll. [1] AusStage
4. Tamsin Carroll. [2] Internet Movie Database
5. "Full cast announced for Everybody's Talking About Jamie". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
6. "AusStage".
7. https://shanahan.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CARROLL-Tamsin-201118.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}