Kelly Agbowu

Hailing from Croydon, Kelly Agbowu is an all-round performer with immense experience in Musical Theatre, Film, TV, and Commercials. She was the lead vocalist for UK’s #1 function band Motown Gold. 

 

Training:

She received training at the London School of Musical Theatre, finishing her course in 2009. 

Theatre:

Kelly has numerous credits to her name like Emily in Craig Smith’s Where I Come From (2004) at The Albany Theatre; Prison Officer Robinson in Craig Smith’s Through the Wire (2005) at The Old Vic; Ursula in Susan Raasey’s Much Ado About Nothing (2009) at the LSMT Studios; Paca La Rosetta in Matt Ryan’s Bernada Alba (2009) at LSMT Studios; ensemble/Townsperson in John Fulljames’ The Human Comedy (2010) at The Young Vic; Choir/Vocalist in John Jackson Almond’s Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2010) at The Shaw Theatre; Essie in Parade (2011); Sue, Junie , Carole in Paul Taylor-Mills’ Rent at the Greenwich Theatre (2012); swing and cover Shenzi in Disney’s The Lion King (2013-15) in the International Tour; May – Ugly Sister in Purni Morell’s Baddies at the Unicorn Theatre (2015); swing in The Book of Mormon (2016-18); The Lion in Liam Steele/George Dyer’s The Wizard of Oz (2018) at the Birmingham Rep; Nurse Norma and understudy Becky in Diane Paulus’ Waitress at the Adelphi Theatre; ensemble/first cover Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables (2019) at Sondheim Theatre. 

Film:

She was in the feature film Dreams of a Life (2010) as Joyce’s sister. She was also part of the 2010 short film The Christening. 

TV:

She appeared in an episode of BBC’s Cop School (2010). 

Commercial:

Kelly features in several commercials. Her most notable credits include Young Mum in Halifax (2012), Cuban dancer in Britain’s Got Talent (2012) and Talking Head in Nokia ‘Talking Heads’ (2012).