“It was a very normal working-class family. My dad used to play guitar in a band around pubs and clubs and stuff, so we've always been surrounded by music and we all love musicals. There was really no escape from it as a child. It just manifested itself in me and my brother in that we want to be actors.”

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.