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Victoria Hamilton-Barritt is a British actress and singer known primarily for her roles in leading musical theatre productions. Victoria is currently playing the leading role of 'Alex' in the UK Tour of Flashdance The Musical

Background
Victoria was born in London and studied at Central School of Ballet and the Urdang Academy, London.

Musical Theatre
On graduating in 2001, Victoria was cast for the musical 'Oh What a Night!' playing the role of 'Cat' for the 2001 UK tour, continuing with the show in Hamburg, Germany from January to June 2002. She finished off the tour with a one month residency at The Sporting Club in Monte Carlo where she also understudied Sheila Ferguson in the role of 'Roxy Rochelle'. In 2002 Victoria played the role of 'Connie' in the Saturday Night Fever Scandinavian Arena Tour.

Victoria's West End debut in came in 2003 with Mamma Mia where she understudied the part of 'Lisa'. She then returned to Saturday Night Fever in the original cast 2004 UK Tour, this time playing the leading role of 'Stephanie Mungano'. From September 2004 to September 2005 Victoria returned to the West End to play the leading role of 'Carmen Diaz' in Fame at the Aldwych Theatre. Victoria played the role of 'Anita' in the 2006 International Tour of West Side Story visiting Germany, Japan and Thailand. In 2007 she performed the role of 'Maria' understudying the leading role of 'Susan' in the first production of Desperately Seeking Susan the musical at the Novello Theatre in the West End.

Since August 2008 Victoria has been starring in Flashdance the musical, a new show based on the 1983 film Flashdance starring Jennifer Beals.

Film
In 2009 Victoria stared in A Bunch of Amateurs also starring Burt Reynolds, in which she played a Hollywood Director’s Assistant.