Bonnie Langford
BONNIE LANGFORD has packed a wealth of experience in her outstanding career which
has embraced success in theatre, television, film and radio in both Britain and America.
Bonnie has just finished a run playing Madame Thénardier in Les Misérables (West End) before embarking on the Arena Tour Spectacular. She recently starred in Sondheim’s Old Friends at the Gielgud Theatre in
London’s West End. She also, returned to her role of the doctors assistant, Melanie Bush
in Doctor Who on BBCTV and Disney Plus worldwide.
West End theatre includes: Evangeline Harcourt in Anything Goes at the Barbican
Theatre; Roz Keith in 9 to 5, The Musical (Savoy Theatre); Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street
(Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and filmed for DVD and cinema release in the UK and Ireland,
across America and streamed on Broadway HD and PBS America); Rumpleteaser in the
Original London cast of Cats (The Gillian Lynne Theatre); Mabel and Kate in The Pirates
Of Penzance (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and London Palladium); Peter in Peter Pan -
The Musical (Aldwych Theatre); Sally in Me And My Girl (Adelphi Theatre); Charity in
Sweet Charity (Victoria Palace Theatre); The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot (Harold Pinter
Theatre and Playhouse Theatre); Muriel in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy Theatre) and
Roxie Hart in Chicago (Adelphi Theatre, Cambridge Theatre and on Broadway).
She made her theatre debut in the West End at the tender age of seven in Gone with the
Wind at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The following year she played ‘Baby June’ in
Gypsy opposite Angela Lansbury at the Piccadilly Theatre, making such an impact that
the producers took her to America with the show for a highly successful run on Broadway.
For this performance, at the age of ten, Bonnie was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.
UK tours include: 42nd Street; Charlie Girl; Oklahoma!; Guys and Dolls; Fosse;
Spamalot; 9 to 5, The Musical; Anything Goes and numerous Royal Variety
Performances and Royal Galas.
Bonnie performed her concert ‘An Evening With Bonnie Langford’ to celebrate the
120th Anniversary of Richmond Theatre, she also hosted both ‘The Music Of The Night’
and ‘Let’s Face The Music’ concerts with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal
Albert Hall. She regularly performs her own cabaret shows at The Pheasantry and Crazy
Coqs in London.
Television and film includes: Carmel Kazemi in BBC’s EastEnders for which she won
‘Best Newcomer’ at the 2015 British Soap Awards, a BAFTA for best continuing drama and
nomination for ‘Best Serial Drama Performance’ at the 2019 National Television Awards;
Lena Marelli in Bugsy Malone (dir. Alan Parker); Violet Elizabeth Bott in Just William
(ITV); The Lena and Bonnie Show (ITV); The Hot Shoe Show (BBC); Hotel Babylon
(BBC); Agatha Christie’s Marple (ITV); The Catherine Tate Show (BBC); Melanie Bush
on Doctor Who (BBC) and even The Masked Dancer as Squirrel. Bonnie was the subject
of ITV’s This Is Your Life. In 2006, she learned to ice skate on the ITV show Dancing on
Ice, skating her way to the final and returning for the All Stars season in 2014.
Recordings include: ‘Bonnie Langford Now’, ‘Jazz at the Theatre‘ and numerous Doctor
Who audio dramas for Big Finish.
Twitter: @bonnie_langford
Instagram: thebonnielangford
Website: www.bonnielangford.co.uk