Sophie Wright (actress)

Sophie Wright
BornAustralia
GenresFilm and Tv, Music Theatre
Occupation(s)Actor, Singer
Years active2004–present

Sophie Wright is an Australian musical theatre and screen actress, and a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.[1] Wright made her professional music theatre debut in 2013 in the Australasian production of Wicked, as the Elphaba cover and in the ensemble.[2] Other notable works are a featured performer in Hugh Jackman's Broadway to Oz (2015), Kate Monster/Lucy in the Melbourne production of Avenue Q (2016),[3] Lauren in the Australian premiere of Kinky Boots (2016-2017)[4] and Angela Black in the Australian television comedy series Mr Black (2018-2019)[5] starring Stephen Curry, Nadine Garner, Nicholas Russell and Paul Denny, on Network 10. In 2017 she was judged by the Age newspaper to be No 6 of "Meet the Aussie stars to watch " [6]

  1. ^ "On the Couch with Sophie Wright". Australian Arts Review. 22 October 2016. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Cast |". wickedthemusical.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Avenue Q cast announced for Melbourne run | News". AussieTheatre.com. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Kinky Boots". Michael Cassel Group. 9 April 2017. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Stephen Curry stars in Network Ten's new comedy 'Mr. Black'". IF Magazine. 15 August 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  6. ^ Carmody, Broede (7 January 2017). "Margot Robbie, Chris Hemsworth… Joe Klocek? Meet the Aussie stars to watch". The Age. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.