“I was acting long before I began making videos on YouTube. But without the platform, would people have paid attention to what I had to offer in quite the same way? I don't think they would have and I think what we pay attention to now has been shaped by social media.”

English theatre actress and singer

Carrie Hope Fletcher is an English theatre actress and singer. She is known for her work in the West End and for a public profile that extends beyond the stage. Her performances have included Éponine and Fantine in Les Misérables, Veronica Sawyer in the original West End production of Heathers: The Musical, and Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella. Outside theatre, she has built a large following on social media, including more than half a million YouTube subscribers, and has also written several bestselling novels for children and adults.