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{{Short description|English actress (born 2000)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}{{Use British English|date=February 2015}}

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| birth_place = Kensington, London, England| occupation = Actress| known_for = Matilda the Musical}}Sophia Elsie Kiely (born 2000) is an English Olivier Award-winning child actress who played the title role in Matilda the Musical.WEB, Gardner, Lyn, 25 November 2011, Matilda - review,weblink 27 December 2020, The Guardian, en, WEB, Hitchings, Henry, 25 November 2011, Matilda The Musical, Cambridge Theatre - review,weblink 27 December 2020, Evening Standard, en, WEB, 25 November 2011, Review Round-up: Matilda is Top of the Class {{!, WhatsOnStage|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/review-round-up-matilda-is-top-of-the-class_6137.html|access-date=27 December 2020|website=WhatsOnStage}} Kiely shared the role with Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram, and Eleanor Worthington Cox.

Career

Kiely played Matilda at the Cambridge Theatre in the West End debut of Matilda the Musical. After rehearsing the show since August, she made her debut on 27 October 2011.WEB, 2 December 2011, Interview with Sophia Kiely, from Matilda The Musical,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150210024017weblink">weblink 10 February 2015, 22 November 2012, Soho Parish Youth, wendywoodesigns.co.uk, In April 2012 Sophia won an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical along with her co-stars.WEB, Rustin, Susanna, 16 April 2012, A day in the life of four girls called Matilda,weblink 3 November 2012, The Guardian, WEB, Masters, Tim, 16 April 2012, Matilda star, 10, is youngest Olivier winner,weblink 4 November 2012, BBC, She made a special appearance as Matilda for West End Live in Trafalgar Square, performing "Naughty".WEB, Sweetland, Duncan, 23 June 2012, West End Live 2012: As It Happened,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121030234813weblink">weblink 30 October 2012, officiallondontheatre.co.uk, Kiely graduated with a Master's in Mathematics from the University of St Andrews in June 2023. She was a member of the University's improvised theatre group and received Piano Scholarships.

Theatre credits {| class"wikitable"

! Year !! Title !! Role !! Theatre !! Dates !! {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}Matilda the Musical >Cambridge Theatre >|">

Awards {| class"wikitable"

! Year !! Award !! Category !! Title !! Result !! {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}2012 Whatsonstage.com Awards Best Actress in a Musical (shared with: Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram and Eleanor Worthington Cox) rowspan=2Matilda the Musical >URL=HTTPS://WWW.WHATSONSTAGE.COM/WEST-END-THEATRE/NEWS/FULL-LIST-2012-WHATSONSTAGECOM-AWARD-WINNERS_5341.HTMLWEBSITE=WHATSONSTAGE, Laurence Olivier Award >Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical>Best Actress in a Musical (shared with: Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram and Eleanor Worthington Cox) {{won}} OLIVIER WINNERS 2012>URL=HTTPS://OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM/OLIVIER-AWARDS/WINNERS/OLIVIER-WINNERS-2012/WEBSITE=OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM,

References

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