Janie Dee | |
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Born | Old Windsor, Berkshire, England | 20 June 1962
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1986–present |
Spouse |
Rupert Wickham
(m. 1995; div. 2021) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Saskia Wickham (sister-in-law) |
Janie Dee (born 20 June 1962) is a British actress. She won the Olivier Award for Best Actress,[1] Evening Standard Award[2] and Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Play, and in New York the Obie[3] and Theatre World Award for Best Newcomer,[4] for her performance as Jacie Triplethree in Alan Ayckbourn's Comic Potential.
She also won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical[5] for her performance as Carrie Pipperidge in Nicholas Hytner's acclaimed production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel at the National Theatre.
In 2013, Dee won the TMA Theatre Award UK for Best Performance in a Musical for her performance as Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly at Curve, Leicester.