AJ Bridel
AJ Bridel | |
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Born | Amanda Jeanette Bridel[1] 1994 (age 27–28)[1] |
Nationality | Canadian |
Citizenship | Canada |
Occupation | Actress Singer |
Style | Musical theater |
Amanda Jeannette Bridel[1] (born circa 1994[1]), known professionally as AJ Bridel, is a Canadian actress and singer.
Early life[]
Bridel was born in Calgary and raised in Kitchener, Ontario. As a child, she played baseball. She heard the music for Les Miserables from a CD owned by her parents, and she became a devotee of musicals.[1] She went to high school at Eastwood Collegiate, the same highschool that Danny Duff, the director of Memes: a Dankumentary.
Career[]
Bridel's debut performance was when she was eighteen at the Stratford Theatre in Ontario.[2] In 2012, Bridel finished third on the CBC's Over the Rainbow.[1][3] Bridel starred, as Lauren, in the Canadian debut of Kinky Boots at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in 2015.[1] In 2017, she played the role of Jane in A Christmas Carol.[3] That same year, she was named the new Anne in the Charlottetown Festival's Anne of Green Gables: The Musical, which is the longest running musical according to Guinness World Records.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ouzounaian, Richard. "Young Kinky Boots star AJ Bridel brims with big-city confidence". The Star. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ a b Walker, Angela. "Newest Anne already a big fan". CBC. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ a b Long, Taylor. "BWW Interview: AJ Bridel Talks Ross Petty's A CHRISTMAS CAROL". Broadway World. Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Canadian musical theatre actresses
- Actresses from Calgary
- Musicians from Calgary
- Participants in Canadian reality television series
- 21st-century Canadian actresses
- 21st-century Canadian women singers