Lauren was a finalist in BBC's Over the Rainbow, the search for Dorothy.

 

She recently played Sandy in Grease in the West End.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lauren Samuels is a former National Diploma Performing Arts student who left Stratford-upon-Avon College in 2006 (better known to college staff as Lauren Bonner). Lauren took part in many college productions including Little Me. After leaving the college, Lauren continued to study Musical Theatre at the Guildford School of Acting.

Edward Pinner, Curriculum Area Manager for Performing Arts at Stratford-upon-Avon College said, “We are all delighted to see Lauren doing so well and it is fantastic that her career is going from strength to strength. Her participation in Over the Rainbow has raised her profile to stratospheric levels and many new doors will open for her."

Photograph courtesy of the BBC.

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