Lorna Want


Lorna Rosanna Want is an English theatre actress best known for her work on London's West End. She won a Laurence [Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical] for her performance in Beautiful: The [Carole King Musical].

Early life and education

Want is from Solihull, West Midlands and the daughter of former footballer Tony Want. She attended Heart of England School and joined the Birmingham Television Workshop at age 12. After finishing her GCSEs, Want moved to London with her parents for her career.

Career

Want auditioned for S Club 8 in 2001, and got to the final 14. However, she was not chosen due to being almost fifteen, and was deemed too old for the band’s 11-14 intended age range. Simon Fuller recognised her talent during the auditions, and signed her to his management company, 19 Entertainment.
Want made her West End debut at the age of 15, playing Juliet in a new musical version of Romeo and Juliet, at the Piccadilly Theatre. Her other West End work includes Ariel Moore in Footloose, Mistress in Andrew Lloyd Webber's new revival of Evita, Monteen in Parade, Luisa in The Fantasticks, Laura in Dreamboats and Petticoats, and Cynthia Weil in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, for which she won the Laurence [Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical|Olivier Award for best supporting actress] in 2015. She played Flic in the one-woman musical Girl in a Crisis, which made its debut performance at London's Crazy Coqs, Live at Zedel. She also appeared in the I Dream comedy series, along with S Club 8, where she played Natalie.
Want's regional and touring work includes: Young Cosette in Les Misérables, Ariel Moore in Footloose", Gabriella in the original British cast of High School Musical", the title role in Sleeping Beauty, Wendy in Peter Pan, Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes, Maid Marian in Robin Hood, and Winnie Tate in Annie [Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun].
She appeared in an episode of Casualty on 15 September 2007, and an episode of Doctors in 2012.