Background
Carroll was born and raised in Sydney. At the age of five, Carroll was an extra in the television western series Five Mile Creek which featured her father.
Carroll was born and raised in Sydney. At the age of five, Carroll was an extra in the television western series Five Mile Creek which featured her father.
She is best known for her performances in musical theatre in Australia and the United Kingdom. She make her professional stage debut in a Sydney Theatre Company production of Six Characters in Search of an Author in 1987. Her early adult roles included Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods (Melbourne Theatre Company) and Vicki in Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls (Railway Street Theatre, Penrith).
Carroll first received wide notice as Marianne Renate in the Australian tour of the Johnny O"Keefe jukebox musical Shout! The Legend of the Wild One (Kevin Jacobsen Productions) which opened in Melbourne in 2000.
Subsequent roles as Nancy in Oliver! Other leading roles in Australian theatre and musical theatre include Marta in Company (Kookaburra), Isabella in Measure for Measure (Bell Shakespeare), Rizzo in Grease – The Arena Spectacular (Studies in English Literature/GFO), Tracy Lord in High Society, Rose in Bye Bye Birdie and Sheila in Hair (The Production Company), Vixen in The Threepenny Opera (Belvoir Street Theatre Bogata Festival), Allie in Harbour and Olivia in The Republic of Myopia (Sydney Theatre Company). English theatre credits include Emma Goldman in Ragtime and Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Open Air Theatre, Regent"s Park), alternate Nancy in Oliver! (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Ensemble in The Magistrate (Royal National Theatre).
Her film and television credits include EastEnders, Goddess, Carols by Candlelight and Holy Smoke!. She played the role of Ellen in the West End revival of Mission Saigon.
Soon she will be playing Baroness Bomburst in the United Kingdom tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
2002 Green Room Award for Best Female Actor in a Leading Role (Music Theatre) - Oliver! 2003 Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical - Oliver! 2006 Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical - Dusty - the Original People’s Diva 2006 Green Room Award for Best Female Actor in a Leading Role (Music Theatre) - Dusty - The Original People’s Diva.
