# Amy Lennox

Amy Florence Lennox is a Scottish actress. She is known for her musical theatre work including Kinky Boots and Cabaret, earning a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical at the 2016 Laurence Olivier Awards for the former. She was also in the main cast of the medical drama Holby City for three series playing Chloe Godard.

## Early life

Amy Lennox is from Aberdeen. She graduated from the Guildford School of Acting.

## Career

Lennox played Margot in the original West End cast of Legally Blonde in 2009, for which she also understudied Sheridan Smith in the leading role of Elle Woods. In 2012 she played Doralee Rhodes in the UK touring production of 9 to 5.
In 2011, Lennox performed in the play Decade directed by Rupert Goold for Headlong Theatre, the 12 person cast also included Tobias Menzies. Later in 2011, she performed in the world premiere of Soho Cinders, playing the role of Velcro. The performance was for a charity gala held at the Queen's Theatre. She went on to play the role in the first fully staged production of the show at the Soho Theatre in 2012.
In 2015, she played Cathy Hiatt in The Last Five Years at Lyric Theatre in Belfast alongside the actor Fra Fee. She then played Lauren in the original West End cast of Kinky Boots. She was nominated for both the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical at the 2016 Laurence Olivier Awards and the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical at the 2016 WhatsOnStage Awards for her performance.
She played Elly in the David Bowie and Enda Walsh musical Lazarus when it played a limited season at the Kings Cross Theatre from October 2016 through January 2017. She was nominated for the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical at the 2017 WhatsOnStage Awards.
In 2018 she played the role of Pocahontas in the new play Ramona Tells Jim also starring Joe Bannister and Ruby Bentall at Bush Theatre in London.
In January 2019 she joined the cast of Holby City, playing Chloe Godard, a CT surgeon and the daughter of the YAU consultant Ange Godard (Dawn Steele).
On 21 March 2022, she took over the role of Sally Bowles in Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre, starring alongside Fra Fee.
In June 2023, she played the role of Sarah in the new play Spy for Spy also starring Olive Gray at Riverside Studios.

## Personal life

Lenox met musical theatre actor Tom Andrew Hargreaves while she was in the touring production of 9 to 5 in 2012. They married in October 2021.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Never Let Me Go | Sitcom Girl | |
| 2012 | Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines | Cruz Wilson | |
| 2013 | Shetland | Sally McColl | |
| 2019–21 | Holby City | Chloe Godard | |
| 2021 | Bravely Default II | Lily (voice) | Video game; English dub |
| 2022 | Another Eden | Daisy (voice) | Video game; English dub |
| 2022 | Arknights | Ch’en (voice), Zima (Voice) | Video game; English dub |
| 2024 | Only Child | Emily | |
| TBA | Blade Runner 2099 | TBA | Filming |

## Theatre credits

| Year | Title | Role | Theatre | Location |
| 2009 | Legally Blonde | Margot / Understudy Elle Woods | Savoy Theatre | West End |
| 2011 | Soho Cinders | Velcro | Queen's Theatre | West End |
| 2012 | 9 to 5 | Doralee Rhodes | — | UK National Tour |
| 2015 | The Last Five Years | Cathy Hiatt | Lyric Theatre, Belfast | Belfast |
| 2015–16 | Kinky Boots | Lauren | Adelphi Theatre | West End |
| 2016–17 | Lazarus | Ellie | Kings Cross Theatre | Off-West End |
| 2018 | Ramona Tells Jim | Pocahontas | Bush Theatre | Off-West End |
| 2022 | Cabaret | Sally Bowles | Playhouse Theatre | West End |
| 2023 | Spy for Spy | Sarah | Riverside Studios | Off-West End |
| 2024 | Opening Night | Dorothy | Gielgud Theatre | West End |