# Gabrielle Brooks

Gabrielle Brooks (born 28 January 1990) is an English actress. She was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical. She began her career as a child actress in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down the Wind. She is creative director of the Mawa Theatre Company and producer of the interview series BlackStage UK.

## Life and career

Brooks was born and raised in London. She is half Jamaican, half Guyanese. She has two sisters. She attended Sir George Monoux College in Walthamstow before going on to train at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 2011.
Brooks became interested in acting when her parents enrolled her in an after school acting programme. She got her first role at the age of 7 through her teacher's agency in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down the Wind at Aldwych Theatre.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | Grange Hill | Gossip Girl | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal | Choir member | |
| 2007 | Coming Down the Mountain | Lisa | Television film |
| 2008 | You Will See Life | Anne | Short film |
| 2021 | BlackStage UK | | Documentary series; creator and producer |
| 2021 | Shadow and Bone | Nadia Zhabin | Recurring role |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997–2000 | Whistle Down the Wind | Lavonne | Aldwych Theatre |
| 2003–2004 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Sewage Child | London Palladium |
| 2004 | The Wizard of Oz | Dorothy Gale | (Islington Youth) Sadler's Wells Theatre |
| 2004 | CBBC Proms in the Park | Singer | Hyde Park |
| 2005 | The Demon Headmaster | Mandy | Embassy Theatre |
| 2006 | BBC Children in Need | Singer | Wembley Arena / UK Tour |
| 2008 | Musical Mania | Elphaba | Millfield Theatre |
| 2012 | Avenue Q | Gary Coleman (understudy) / Ensemble / Mrs. T / Yellow Bear | Theatre Royal, Bath / UK Tour |
| 2012 | Our House 10th Anniversary Concert | Ensemble | Savoy Theatre |
| 2013 | Hairspray | Little Inez | UK Tour |
| 2014 | I Can't Sing! | Chenice (understudy) / Ensemble | London Palladium |
| 2015 | The Book of Mormon | Nabalungi (understudy) | Prince of Wales Theatre |
| 2016 | Red Snapper | George | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry |
| 2017 | The Wizard of Oz | Dorothy Gale | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield |
| 2017 | Queen Anne | Jezebel (understudy) | Royal Shakespeare Company, Theatre Royal Haymarket |
| 2017 | Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Becca | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield |
| 2017 | Lazarus | Teen Girl | King's Cross Theatre |
| 2018 | The Way of the World | Mincing | Donmar Warehouse |
| 2018 | The Light Princess in Concert | Piper | Cadogan Hall |
| 2018 | Kwame Kwei-Armah's Twelfth Night | Viola | The Young Vic |
| 2018–2019 | Our Lady of Kibeho | Alphonsine | Royal & Derngate, Northampton |
| 2019 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre |
| 2019 | Anna Bella Eema | Two / Annabella | Arcola Theatre |
| 2021 | J'Ouvert | Nadine | Harold Pinter Theatre, London |
| 2021–2023 | Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical | Rita Marley | Lyric Theatre |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
| 2022 | Laurence Olivier Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical | Nominated | |