CAST AND CREATIVE

At sixteen years old, Zoe became the winning female contestant of ITV’s original series of Pop Idol (2002). Her video Get Happy went straight in at number one and she signed a record deal with Simon Fuller’s 19 Management. Zoe went on to perform to over 250,000 fans on two national sell out arena tours and sang five hits on the Pop Idol Big Band album which reached number one in the album chart and went triple platinum. She has performed for The Royal Family on several occasions, including The Queen’s VE Day Celebration and a concert inside Buckingham Palace, as well as other high profile events including at The Royal Albert Hall.

Theatre credits include: Pippa in the World premiere of Roald Dahl’s The Witches (National Theatre), Kim in The Great British Bake off Musical (Noel Coward Theatre); Arabia and Satine in the original cast of Moulin Rouge for which she won the award for Best Supporting Performer in a Musical 2023 (Piccadilly Theatre), Rachel Marron in The Bodyguard Musical for which she was nominated for Best Actress; Diva in the original cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Palace Theatre); Acid Queen (Tina Turner) in The Who’s Tommy (Prince Edward Theatre); Female Lead in What A Feeling (London Palladium), Female Lead in Thriller Live (Lyric Theatre & International venues across the world including Brazil, South Africa and Europe); Female Lead in Respect La Diva (Garrick Theatre); Dion in Hair (West End & Munich); and Justice in Rock of Ages (UK Tour).

She has presented for the Top of the Pops Awards, CD:UK, Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, The UK Theatre Awards 2023, and she has hosted various high profile events including a Las Vegas ballroom show at The Golden Nugget.

She is also the author of a children’s book My Favourite is Bathtime, which she wrote for her daughter.

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