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Jenny Galloway is a British actress, and singer best known for her stage career.
Theatre credits include:
Madame Thénardier – Les Misérables
Widow Corney – Oliver!
Rosie – Mamma Mia!
Mrs. Lovett – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Mrs. Brill – Mary Poppins
Mrs. Pearce – My Fair Lady
She has received numerous awards and nominations, winning the 1999 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her performance in Mamma Mia!. She had previously won the award seven years earlier for her portrayal of the character Luce in George Abbott's The Boys from Syracuse.
Galloway can be heard on the cast recordings of Les Misérables 10th Anniversary Concert,Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Concert, Oliver!, Mamma Mia! and Mary Poppins.
Film credits include In Transit, About a Boy, Fierce Creatures and the role of the Foreign Secretary in Johnny English. She appeared in Madame de Sade alongside Judi Dench and Deborah Findlay as Charlotte in 2008.
In what was probably her largest television role, Galloway had a principal role in the fifth series episode of Marple The Pale Horse alongside Julia McKenzie. Her role was Bella Ellis - the town's local witch and cook to Thyrza Grey, - who are considered prime suspects at many points during the episode. The episode aired as the first part of the fifth series in the UK in August 2010, for some reason before the fourth series had finished airing.
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