Sophie Evans

Sophie Evans (born 13 February 1993) is a Welsh singer and actress known for her role of Dorothy in the 2011–2012 West End production of The Wizard of Oz. As a child, Evans performed with the Mid-Rhondda Operatic Society. After several television appearances in her teens, she achieved wider notice as the runner-up on the 2010 BBC talent show Over the Rainbow. Evans made her West End debut in March 2011 as the alternate Dorothy in Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of The Wizard of Oz, From February to September 2012, she played Dorothy full-time. --- Evans was born and raised in the Rhondda Valley. Her parents, Michelle and David Evans, and her younger sister Beth, live in Tonypandy, where Evans attended Tonypandy Community College as a sixth-form student. She appeared in school plays and musicals, and featured in a Joshua Foundation Show at the Millennium Centre, Cardiff. Evans was also a member of the Mid-Rhondda Operatic Society from a young age to her early teens. She appeared on the 2008 series of ITV's The X Factor. Her other television appearances include The Big Performance (CBBC), The Big Talent Show (S4C) and a centenary documentary about the Tonypandy Riots (BBC Wales). Evans is presently in a relationship with Ellis Jenkins, who plays as a flanker for Cardiff RFC and Cardiff Blues, and the Wales Under 20's squad, whom he is currently captain for. Evans auditioned for Over the Rainbow, a reality show in which young actress/singers competed to play the role of Dorothy Gale in Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2011 production of The Wizard of Oz. She advanced to the final along with Danielle Hope and Lauren Samuels. The final aired in two parts on 22 May 2010. Hope was the declared the winner and Evans the runner-up.