Stephanie McKeon

Actor

Stephanie Adrienne McKeon (born 9 June 1987) is an Irish actress. She began her career as a teenager in the RTÉ soap opera Fair City (2004–2007).

After graduating from Trinity, McKeon went into theatre. She starred as Dorothy in Sean Gilligan's The Wizard Of Oz. In 2012, she played Cinderella in the Gaiety Theatre's Christmas pantomime as well as Philomena O'Shea in the Improbable Frequency revival. She also appeared in The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle at the Pleasance Dome in Edinburgh and Anglo: The Musical at the Olympia Theatre.

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Stephanie Adrienne McKeon (born 9 June 1987) is an Irish actress. She began her career as a teenager in the RTÉ soap opera Fair City (2004–2007).

McKeon then relocated to London when she was cast as Natalie in The Commitments at the Palace Theatre, originating the role and marking her West End debut in 2013. She was then a lead vocalist in Kyle Ribako's Bacharach Reimagined shows in 2015; What's It All About? was put on at the Meiner Chocolate Factory. It was reimagined as Close to You when it moved to the Criterion Theatre. She took over the role of Cynthia Weil in Beautiful : The Carole King Musical for its final ten weeks at the Aldywch Theatre in 2017.

In 2019, McKeon was cast as Princess Anna opposite Samantha Barks as Elsa in the West End run of the stage adaptation of Disney's Frozen. After being delayed due to the pandemic,the show opened in 2021 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

For her performance, McKeon was nominated for both the WhatsOnStage Award and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

McKeon released an EP Here I Go (2021) consisting of musical theatre covers.

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