Ruthie Henshall is an English, singer, stage actor and dancer. She won the 1995 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Amalia Balash in the London revival of She Loves Me. She made her Broadway debut in 1999 as Velma Kelly in Chicago and returned to the Broadway production to play Roxie Hart in 2010. She also starred as Mrs Wilkinson for two years in the West End production of Billy Elliot the Musical.
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Ruthie Henshall is an English, singer, stage actor and dancer known for her work in musical theatre. She won the 1995 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Amalia Balash in the London revival of She Loves Me. She made her Broadway debut in 1999 as Velma Kelly in Chicago and returned to the Broadway production to play Roxie Hart in 2010. She also starred as Mrs Wilkinson for two years in the West End production of Billy Elliot the Musical. In 2020, it was confirmed that she would be participating in the twentieth series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here. She was eliminated on 29 November, finishing in 11th place. Her solo recordings include Love Is Here to Stay, Pilgrim, Love Is To Stay, Gershwin tunes and Here Is The Man. She has also appeared at the Chichester Festival Theatre, The Magnificent Musicals, and performed in Hey, Mr Producer! She was also cast in the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman in White, The White Woman from July 2005 until February 2006.
She once dated Prince Edward for a number of years, before becoming engaged to actor John Gordon Sinclair. She met actor and singer Tim Howar, her male co-star lead in Peggy Sue Got Married, in 2004. The couple married in 2004 and have two daughters, Lily and Dolly. They separated in August 2009 and later divorced in January 2010. Her first starring role came in the 1993 trans-Atlantic transfer of the Broadway. production Crazy for You which opened at the Prince Edward Theatre. In 1996, she took on the role of Nancy in producer Cameron Mackintosh’s hit revival of Oliver!
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