Jodie Samantha Steele is an English actress, singer, dancer, and teacher. She played Katherine Howard in the 2019-20 UK Tour of Six the Musical, beginning on 24 October 2019. She left the show on 16 March 2020, and her role was taken over by Vicki Manser.
Personal Life[]
Jodie openly identifies as bisexual. In May of 2016, she began dating actor Liam Doyle.[1] They have a Cavapoo named Buster.[2]
In April 2022, Jodie was featured on the podcast Words Fail Me, where she discussed her experiences living with dyslexia.[3]
Role[]
Timeline[]
| Production | Timespan | Principal |
| 2019-20 UK Tour | 24 October 2019 – 16 March 2020 | Katherine Howard |
Stage Credits[]
| Stage Credits | |||
| Year | Production | Role | Theatre |
| 2013 | 3 Composers, 3 Countries | The Student | The Landor |
| 2013 | Footloose | Rusty Rodriguez | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre |
| 2013 | Follies | Young Sally | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre |
| 2013 | Rent | Mimi Marquez | Tabard Theatre |
| 2013 | Bare: The Rock Opera | Ivy | Greenwich Theatre |
| 2014 | Miracle on 34th Street | First Cover Mum | UK Christmas Tour |
| 2014 | Fame | Carmen Diaz | UK Tour |
| 2015 | The Theory of Relativity | Manicure Girl | Drayton Arms Theatre |
| 2015 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Soul Girl/First Cover Mary Magdalene | UK Tour |
| 2015 | Legally Blonde | Margot/understudy Elle/Brooke | Kilworth House |
| 2016 | The War of the Worlds | Ensemble | Dominion Theatre |
| 2016 | The Great American Trailer Park Musical | Pickles | Waterloo East Theatre |
| 2016-17 | Wicked | Standby Elphaba | UK & International Tour |
| 2018 | Myth: The Rise & Fall of Orpheus | Lachesis | The Other Palace |
| 2018, 2021 | Heathers | Heather Chandler | The Other Palace/Theatre Royal Haymarket |
| 2018-19 | Rock of Ages | Sherrie Christian | New Wimbledon Theatre |
| 2019-20 | Six | Katherine Howard | UK Tour |
| 2020 | Hair | Sheila Franklin | The Turbine Theatre |
| 2020 | Godspell | Featured Vocalist | West End Musical Drive-In |
| 2021 | Millenials | Cast | Turbine Theatre |
| 2021-22 | Gatsby: The Musical | Daisy Buchanan | Southwark Playhouse |
| 2022 | But I'm a Cheerleader | Kimberly/Hilary Vandermueller | Turbine Theatre |
| 2022 | Rehab | Beth Boscombe | The Playground Theatre |
| 2023 | Bonnie & Clyde | Blanche Barrow | Garrick Theatre |
Trivia[]
- Jodie owns a company called Jodie Steele Associates (abbreviated as JSA), which hosts musical theatre workshops for young performers.
- Jodie was in the same production of Heathers as Sophie Isaacs, Rachel Rawlinson, Inez Budd, Hannah Lowther, Kayleigh McKnight and Lauren Drew, with Lauren acting as Jodie's understudy.
- Coincidentally, Jodie played the same role as Sophie in Six, but in different productions.
- Jodie was in the same production of Myth: The Rise and Fall of Orpheus as Amy Di Bartolomeo and Shekinah McFarlane.
- Jodie was in the same production of Hair as Grace Mouat and Millie O'Connell.
- Jodie was in the same production of Godspell as Danielle Steers.
- Jodie was in the same production of RENT as Shekinah McFarlane.
- Jodie was in the same production of Gatsby: The Musical as Ashleigh Weir.[4]
- Jodie was in the same production of Millenials as Grace Mouat.
- Jodie was one of the three other actresses of Katherine Howard who performed as guests at Aimie Atkinson's solo concert at The Other Palace, the other two being Samantha Pauly and Annabel Marlow.
- Jodie and Aimie previously acted together in a production of Legally Blonde.
- When Jodie auditioned, she received callbacks for Catherine of Aragon, Jane Seymour, and Katherine Howard.
- Jodie has said that if she could play any other queen, she would want to play Catherine Parr.
- Jodie's favourite Six costume is Jennifer Caldwell's alternate Katherine Howard costume.[5]
- Jodie's favourite part about her costume is the pink ponytail.[5]
- Jodie's dream job outside of performing would do something related to fitness, or be a firewoman or policewoman.[5]
- Jodie's go-to shower-song is Whitney Houston's version of I Will Always Love You.[5]
- Jodie's favourite line in the show is, "Where my hounds at; release the bitches. Woof," which is a lyric from Get Down. [5]
- Jodie's Queenspiration is Beyoncé.[5]
- Some of Jodie's dream roles include Glinda in Wicked and Molly Jensen in Ghost.[5]
- Jodie was featured in the 5 April 2020 episode of the That Stagey Blog podcast.
- She was also featured in the second episode of the Real Talk with Kayleigh podcast.
- She was also featured in the 16 April 2020 episode of the Post-Show Drinks podcast.
- She was also featured in the 26th episode of The Queendom Podcast - A SIX: The Musical Podcast.
- Jodie has broken her nose more than ten times and underwent surgery in October 2020 to repair the damage.
- Jodie co-stars in the Amazon Prime series All About Casey as Evie, Casey's sister.[6][7]
- Jodie's headshot is featured at the lobby opening of the Guildford School of Acting under the category "Notable Alumni".
- Both Jodie and Aimie Atkinson were executives at MusicalCon. They both played the same role in Six.
- In 2022, Jodie was nominated for the Best Supporting Performer in a New Production of a Musical award at the BroadwayWorld UK/West End Awards for her role in But I'm a Cheerleader.
Gallery[]
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"But I didn't look as good as I did in my pic..." To view the Jodie Steele gallery, click here. |
References[]
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B_241kuH89b/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CDY01lIHfXI/
- ↑ https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/27-jodie-steele/id1521419896?i=1000557450783
- ↑ https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/gatsby-the-musical-casting-southwark_55286.html
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySMMZ8gy0xM
- ↑ https://www.film-news.co.uk/news/Underground/86233/Kayleigh-Paige-Rees-and-West-End-star-Jodie-Steele-to-star-in-All-About-Casey
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7632738/
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| UK & International Tour |