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Ruth Henshall is a Actor British born on 7 march 1967 at Bromley (United-kingdom)

Ruth Henshall

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Birth name Valentine Ruth Henshall
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 7 march 1967 (57 years) at Bromley (United-kingdom)
Awards Laurence Olivier Award

Valentine Ruth "Ruthie" Henshall (born 7 March 1967), is an English actress, singer and dancer best known for her work in musical theatre. She is a five-time Olivier Award nominee.

Henshall attended the Laine Theatre Arts school in Epsom, Surrey before making her first professional appearance on stage in 1986. Her appearance in the 1987 production of Cats marked her West End debut. She won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1995 for her role as Amalia Balash in the London revival of She Loves Me (1994). Her other Olivier nominated roles are Polly Baker in the original London production of Crazy For You (1993–94), Roxie Hart in the revival of Chicago (1997–98) and the title roles in the original productions of Peggy Sue Got Married (2001) and Marguerite (2008). She made her Broadway debut in 1999 as Velma Kelly in Chicago and returned to the Broadway production to play Roxie Hart in 2010. In 2014, she took over the role of Mrs. Wilkinson in the West End production of Billy Elliot the Musical.

Usually with

Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
(2 films)
Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett
(2 films)
Stephen Daldry
Stephen Daldry
(1 films)
Brett Sullivan
Brett Sullivan
(1 films)
Elton John
Elton John
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ruth Henshall (5 films)

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Actress

Billy Elliot: The Musical Live
Billy Elliot: The Musical Live (2014)
, 2h49
Directed by Stephen Daldry, Brett Sullivan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Historical, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Ruth Henshall, Liam Mower, Tom Holland
Roles Mrs. Wilkinson
Rating83% 4.1866354.1866354.1866354.1866354.186635
In County Durham, the 1984-85 coal miners' strike is just beginning ("The Stars Look Down"). Motherless eleven-year-old Billy is required to stay behind after his boxing class and finds his way into a ballet class run by Mrs. Wilkinson. He is the only boy, but becomes attracted to the grace of the dance ("Shine"). The secret is at first easily kept, as the only person home at the time is his grandmother. She reveals her abusive relationship with her dead husband and that she too loved to dance, which made everything all right ("Grandma's Song").
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol (2004)
, 1h37
Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Christmas films, Time travel films, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Kelsey Grammer, Jesse L. Martin, Jane Krakowski, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Geraldine Chaplin, Jason Alexander
Roles Scrooge's Mother
Rating62% 3.1018253.1018253.1018253.1018253.101825
The film opens at the London Exchange on Christmas Eve in 1843 where everybody is looking forward to Christmas Day except for the crabby and greedy miser Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge who hates Christmas shows his cold attitude to others by refusing to show mercy to a father and his daughter who are in debt, supporting the prisons and workhouses for the poor and refusing to dine with his nephew Fred. That night though as Scrooge dines alone before going to bed the ghost of his seven-year dead partner Jacob Marley appears. He tells Scrooge to repent or suffer the same as him by wearing a chain as Marley wears the one he forged from his own greed. Other ghosts also haunt Scrooge who too wear chains implying they were selfish and cold-hearted when they were alive. Marley tells Scrooge he will be haunted by three spirits and the first will call at One.