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Joanna Riding is a British five-time nominee and two-time winner of the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, for Julie in Carousel (National Theatre, London) and Eliza in My Fair Lady (Drury Lane Theatre, London). She was nominated for the following roles: Jane in The Witches of Eastwick (Drury Lane), Sarah in Guys and Dolls (National Theatre) and Annie in Calendar Girls the Musical (Phoenix, London). Other recent roles include Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends (Gielgud, London), Sally in Follies (National Theatre), Rose in Gypsy (Buxton Opera House), and Babe in The Pajama Game(Shaftesbury, London). Her plays include Ruth in Blithe Spirit, Maggie in Hobson’s Choice, Mrs. Cheveley in An Ideal Husband and Fania in Playing for Time. TV credits include Eve Marbury in Ridley (ITV), Maeve Gibney in McDonald and Dodds, and Melissa in Stella (Sky). Joanna’s film credits include Cinderella’s Mother in Into the Woods.