Sarah Jane Hassell

Ellen (London)
(Image courtesy Julianne Coker)

London-born Sarah Jane trained at the Doreen Bird College. She has featured in a number of musicals in London. The first of these was as The Mistress in Evita, at the Prince Edward Theatre. Other shows have ranged from the revival of Charlie Girl at the Victoria Palace, The Wizard of Oz for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre, Give My Regards at the Water Rats Theatre, Penny in A Slice of Saturday Night at the Arts Theatre and Cosette in Les Miserables at the Palace Theatre. Appearances outside London include Jane in Salad Days, Polly Browne in The Boy Friend, Val in A Chorus Line, and she has recently completed the national tour of Oklahoma!, playing Laurey. Other experiences range from concerts to pantomimes, from cabaret to show albums, from corporate videos to commercials, plus workshop productions of such diverse musicals as Tutankhamun, Meet the Boys, Maxwell - The Musical, and Jean de Florette. In terms of television and films, her credits include The Look of Love, Sleep and Friends, and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Last autumn she completed the pilot for a new drama, Ellington; a series has now been commissioned and she will be appearing in a number of episodes.

(Theatre Royal Drury Lane 1995)