Jenny Gayner

Jenny Gayner is an English actress, dancer and singer, who has played lead roles in a number of West End and touring theatre productions,[1] including Chicago, The Rocky Horror Show, Spamalot, Singin' in the Rain, Legally Blonde and Relatively Speaking as well as performing in her own one-woman cabaret show,[2] and starring in and producing horror film, The Addicted.[3] She appeared with the cast of Chicago at the 2012 Summer Olympic countdown in London.[4]

She played the lead role in the television film, The Trial, the story of Gillian Taylforth's libel case against The Sun newspaper, co-starring John Sessions.[5]

In 2017, she appeared in musical comedy, The Girls written by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, based on Calendar Girls.[6] In 2018, she played Ben's mother in the Birmingham Stage Company national tour and West End run of Gangsta Granny, adapted from David Walliams' book.[7]

In 2019, she toured the country in Annie The Musical, playing the role of Lily St Regis, which finished in November that year.

References
  1. "Interview: Chicago's Jenny Gayner - from stage to screen". Westendframe.com. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  2. "Jenny Gayner for cabaret at The Pheasantry". Westendframe.com. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  3. "Jenny Gayner - Actress and producer". Jonathanbaz.com. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  4. "West End ovation for the Olympic countdown". Evening Standard. 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  5. "Ellen E Jones: The Weekend's TV from The Trial of Gillian Taylforth to". The Independent. 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  6. "The Girls". The Girls. Archived from the original on 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  7. "David Walliams' Gangsta Granny Live on Stage, London | Review". LondonTheatre1.com. 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2018-10-22.


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