Draft:Charlotte Coles (actress)

Charlotte Grace Coles (born 7 May 1998) is an English actress. She began her career in theatre. On television she is known for her roles as Genevieve Quinn in Paper Empire (2023–) and as Virgilia in Coriolauns for the award-winning series The Show Must Go Online (2020).

Early life and education
Coles grew up in West Yorkshire. She started dance and drama at a young age, attending Stage 84, The Yorkshire School of Performing Arts in Idle. She regularly performed in musicals at the Alhambra Theatre while attending the youth stage school, winning the Premier Award in 2011.

For academic studies, Coles attended Bradford Grammar School, where she also played both netball and table-tennis competitively. She is also an Alumni of St Aidan's Sixth Form in Harrogate, before moving to London to train as a dancer at London Studio Centre. She was later awarded a scholarship to study Musical Theatre at Arts Educational, graduating with a first class honours degree. She has also trained at The Berg Studios in Los Angeles.

Career
Coles’ career began as a child theatre actress in 2008 when she was cast in Roger’s & Hammerstein’s musical Carousel, alongside operastar Lesley Garret in the UK touring production. Her next professional role was with Opera North in Madame Butterfly (2011) at the Grand Theatre, Leeds.

After graduating from drama school, Coles' debuted in the role of Rosaline Capulet in Romeo & Juliet in London. She continued her career on the London stage, going on to play Marcy in Pasek and Paul’s Dogfight, at the Southwark Playhouse, Elizabeth in a new production of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. She was part of the cast for the premiere of A Little Princess (2018) directed by Arlene Phillips at the Royal Festival Hall.

Coles was involved in the workshop of Perfect Pitch’s The Guinea Pig Club at the Royal & Derngate Theatre. The actress has previously worked and performed at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester (2018–2019) and performed at the Royal Albert Hall in the televised production of Disney's Broadway Hits (as part of the series Friday Night Is Music Night) and at the Olivier Awards, accompanying Tony Award winner Audra McDonald.

In 2020, Coles played Virgilia in Coriolanus for The Show Must Go Online, the show received 3 awards and 1 nomination. From 2021-2023, Coles toured the globe as a vocalist in World Of Musicals.

Coles joined the cast of Paper Empire as series regular Genevieve Quinn for the shows third season in 2023. She joins the current stars of the cast Robert Davi, Kelsey Grammer,  Denise Richards,  Wesley Snipes, Anne Archer, Cuba Gooding Jr, Steve Gutenberg and  AnnaLynne McCord. Filming is ongoing and continues through 2024 in Saudi Arabia in connection with Film AlUla, with showrunner Robert Gillings at the forefront of production.

Coles attended Cannes Film Festival and the Paper Empire Premiere in 2023 along with other select cast members from the TV show.

Coles has been cast as the female lead in a new action film franchise and in horror film Here, Live Devils. Coles has previously worked in music videos, commercials and as model.