# Stephanie Fearon

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{{Short description|British stage and television actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Stephanie Fearon
| image        = Fearonstephanie.JPG
| caption      = Stephanie Fearon
| birth_name   = Stephanie Leanne Fearon
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1989|2|8|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [London](/source/London), England
| years_active = 1993–present
| alma_mater = [Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts](/source/Italia_Conti_Academy_of_Theatre_Arts)
| website      = {{URL|www.stephaniefearon.com|StephanieFearon.com}}
}}

'''Stephanie Leanne Fearon''' (sometimes credited as '''Steph Fearon'''; born 8 February 1989) is a British stage and television actress most noted for her TV appearances in the [CITV](/source/CITV) show ''[My Parents Are Aliens](/source/My_Parents_Are_Aliens)'' and the [BBC](/source/BBC) talent-search ''[Over the Rainbow](/source/Over_the_Rainbow_(2010_TV_series))''.<ref name="IMDb-STEPHANIE-FEARON">{{cite news | title = IMDb – Stephanie Fearon | publisher = [IMDb.com](/source/IMDb.com) | date =1990–2010 | url =https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1725391/ | accessdate =29 April 2010 }}</ref>

==Background==
Fearon, who grew up in [Kingsbury](/source/Kingsbury%2C_London), north west London, was born into a musical family.<ref>{{cite news|title= Steph Fearon kicked off BBC's Over The Rainbow|publisher= The Daily Telegraph|date= 17 May 2010|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/7730935/Steph-Fearon-kicked-off-BBCs-Over-The-Rainbow.html|accessdate= 3 June 2010}}</ref> Her mother, Dorothy ("Dee") Fearon, is the singer with [Baby D](/source/Baby_D_(dance_group)), who had a Number 1 hit in 1994 with "[Let Me Be Your Fantasy](/source/Let_Me_Be_Your_Fantasy)". Her father, [Phil Fearon](/source/Phil_Fearon), was in 1980s band ''Galaxy''. Fearon attended the Sharon Harris Drama school in [Wembley](/source/Wembley)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/local-harrow-news/2010/05/20/steph-fearon-s-heart-still-set-on-stardom-116451-26479597/|title=Steph Fearon's heart still set on stardom|publisher=Harrow Observer|first=Tara|last=Brady|date=20 May 2010|accessdate=8 November 2010}}</ref> and [St Gregory's Catholic Science College](/source/St_Gregory's_Catholic_Science_College) in [Harrow](/source/Harrow%2C_London)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stgregorys.harrow.sch.uk/sgsmain/Easter%20Newsletter%2020101.pdf|title=St Gregory's Catholic Science College Easter 2010 Newsletter|access-date=3 June 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306181748/http://www.stgregorys.harrow.sch.uk/sgsmain/Easter%20Newsletter%2020101.pdf|archive-date=6 March 2012}}</ref> before training at the [Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts](/source/Italia_Conti_Academy_of_Theatre_Arts) from the age of 17. Fearon graduated with a diploma in professional musical theatre in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|publisher= Wise Monkey Theatre School|url= http://www.wisemonkeytheatreschool.com/stephanie_fearon.html|title= About STEPHANIE FEARON|access-date= 3 June 2010|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100423155450/http://www.wisemonkeytheatreschool.com/stephanie_fearon.html|archive-date= 23 April 2010|df= dmy-all}}</ref> Fearon has two sisters and a brother. She is half [Jamaican](/source/Jamaicans) and half [Maltese](/source/Maltese_people).<ref name="BBC details">{{cite web|publisher= BBC|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/dorothy/dorothys/stephfearon.shtml|title= BBC – Over The Rainbow – Dorothy: Steph Fearon|access-date= 3 June 2010}}</ref>

Fearon lived in London, where she shared a flat with fellow ''Over the Rainbow'' top-20 finalists [Sophie Evans](/source/Sophie_Evans_(performer)) and Tegan Edwards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.twitter.com/stephfearon82/status/23094819632 |title=Twitter / Stephanie Fearon: @BlaineyC thank you soo mu |publisher=Twitter.com |date= |accessdate=11 September 2010}}</ref>

==Career==

Fearon appeared in a sing-a-long video for children at the age of four, ''A Day Full Of Songs'', which was produced by Abbey Home Media in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|publisher= CITV|url= http://www.citv.co.uk/static/aliens8/meetcast_harry.html|title= Meet the Cassr: Harry|accessdate= 3 June 2010}}</ref> Her biggest TV break, however, was replacing [Danielle McCormack](/source/Danielle_McCormack) in Series 7 of ''[My Parents Are Aliens](/source/My_Parents_Are_Aliens)'' in 2005, after McCormack left to concentrate on her music career. Fearon played newcomer Harriet ("Harry"), appearing in 20 episodes and the series finale.<ref>{{cite web|publisher= CITV|url= http://www.citv.co.uk/page.asp?partid=53|title= My Parents Are Aliens|accessdate= 3 June 2010}}</ref>

Fearon's other acting credits include college productions of ''[Rent](/source/Rent_(musical))'' and ''[A Midsummer Night's Dream](/source/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream),'' and professional productions of ''[Whistle Down the Wind](/source/Whistle_Down_the_Wind_(1996_musical))'', ''[The Wind in the Willows](/source/The_Wind_in_the_Willows)'' and ''[Little Shop of Horrors](/source/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(musical))''. She also appeared in Channel 4's teen drama ''As If'' in 2001, BBC1's ''Casualty'' in 2004 and 2006, has worked on several [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4) dramas and appeared as a pit dancer at the 2007 ''[BRIT Awards](/source/BRIT_Awards)'' on ITV.<ref name="BBC details"/><ref>{{cite web|publisher= StarNow.co.uk|url= http://www.starnow.co.uk/stephaniefearon|title= Stephanie Fearon|accessdate= 3 June 2010}}</ref>

===''Over the Rainbow''===
Fearon was part of the 2010 BBC TV talent hunt ''[Over the Rainbow](/source/Over_the_Rainbow_(2010_TV_series))'', in which [Andrew Lloyd Webber](/source/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber) searched for an actress to play [Dorothy](/source/Dorothy_Gale) in a [West End](/source/West_End_of_London) musical adaptation of ''[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz](/source/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz)''. The competition was a [reality TV](/source/Reality_television) show with a similar format to its predecessors ''[I'd Do Anything](/source/I'd_Do_Anything_(BBC_TV_series))'', ''[Any Dream Will Do](/source/Any_Dream_Will_Do_(TV_series))'' and ''[How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?](/source/How_Do_You_Solve_a_Problem_Like_Maria%3F).'' Fearon was credited as 'Steph' on the show, as there was another contestant with the same first name ([Stephanie Davis](/source/Stephanie_Davis_(actress))), and finished fourth overall.

Viewers' votes placed Fearon in the bottom two contestants three times; in week one, week five and the semi-final. She was twice saved by Lloyd Webber but, in the semi-final sing-off on 16 May 2010, lost out to [Lauren Samuels](/source/Lauren_Samuels) after the pair performed "[Another Suitcase in Another Hall](/source/Another_Suitcase_in_Another_Hall)" from ''[Evita](/source/Evita_(musical))''. Lloyd Webber said: "I feel dreadful that I have to take a decision on who is best for Dorothy. I'm going to save Lauren." On being placed fourth in the contest, Fearon told the audience: "I had the best time of my life. I've made friends for life. I've learnt so much. Thanks to everyone backstage – you're all complete stars."<ref>{{cite web|last= Millar|first= Paul|title= Steph Fearon voted off 'Over The Rainbow'|publisher= [Digital Spy](/source/Digital_Spy)|date= 16 May 2010|url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s90/over-the-rainbow/news/a220130/steph-fearon-voted-off-over-the-rainbow.html|accessdate= 3 June 2010}}</ref>

====Solo performances====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:gold;"|
! style="background:gold;"| Solo Song
|-
!Week one <small>(03/04/10)</small>
|"[I Just Can't Stop Loving You](/source/I_Just_Can't_Stop_Loving_You)" <small>([Michael Jackson](/source/Michael_Jackson))</small><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrRpNWEaspw  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/QrRpNWEaspw |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Steph's Performance – Over the Rainbow – Episode 3 – BBC One |publisher=YouTube |date=3 April 2010 |accessdate=11 September 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
!Week two <small>(10/04/10)</small>
|"[It's Oh So Quiet](/source/It's_Oh_So_Quiet)" <small>([Björk](/source/Bj%C3%B6rk))</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Yw6EYoIYs  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/S0Yw6EYoIYs |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Steph's Performance – Over the Rainbow – Episode 5 – BBC One |publisher=YouTube |date=10 April 2010 |accessdate=11 September 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
!Week three <small>(17/04/10)</small>
|"Out Here On My Own" <small>(from ''[Fame](/source/Fame_(1980_film))'')</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTakBvqP59c  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/XTakBvqP59c |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Steph's Performance – Over the Rainbow – Episode 7 – BBC One |publisher=YouTube |date=17 April 2010 |accessdate=11 September 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
!Week four <small>(24/04/10)</small>
|"[Use Somebody](/source/Use_Somebody)" <small>([Kings of Leon](/source/Kings_of_Leon))</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN2Lp_Lbd1Q  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/XN2Lp_Lbd1Q |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Steph's Performance – Over The Rainbow – Episode 9 – BBC One |publisher=YouTube |date=24 April 2010 |accessdate=11 September 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
!Week five <small>(01/05/10)</small>
|"[Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend](/source/Diamonds_Are_A_Girl's_Best_Friend)" <small>(from ''[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes](/source/Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes_(musical))'')</small><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO1RSQVuExw  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/zO1RSQVuExw |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Steph: Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend – Over The Rainbow – Episode 11 – BBC One |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=11 September 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
!Week six <small>(08/05/10)</small>
|"[Somewhere](/source/Somewhere_(song))" <small>(from ''[West Side Story](/source/West_Side_Story)'')</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh6PojUYqv4  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/sh6PojUYqv4 |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Steph's Performance – Over The Rainbow – Episode 13 – BBC One |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=11 September 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
!Week seven <small>(semi-final) (15/05/10)</small>
|"[Rule the World](/source/Rule_the_World_(Take_That_single))" <small>([Take That](/source/Take_That))</small><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQWdIRgepgQ  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/TQWdIRgepgQ |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Steph's Performance – Over the Rainbow – Episode 15 – BBC One |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=11 September 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|}

===After ''Over the Rainbow''===
Fearon landed a role in a revival of the [Tony Award](/source/Tony_Award)-winning production of ''[Smokey Joe's Cafe](/source/Smokey_Joe's_Cafe_(revue))'' less than a month after being voted off ''Over the Rainbow''. The musical revue, which showcases 39 [pop standards](/source/pop_standards), was performed at the [Landor Theatre](/source/Landor_Theatre), a pub theatre in [Clapham](/source/Clapham), from 13 July until 4 September 2010. Mykal Rand directed the production, which also starred [Kym Mazelle](/source/Kym_Mazelle).<ref>{{cite web|publisher= DigitalSpy.co.uk|url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/s90/over-the-rainbow/news/a224419/rainbow-fearon-lands-west-end-role.html|title= 'Rainbow' Fearon lands West End role|accessdate= 10 June 2010|date= 2010-06-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://s268148492.websitehome.co.uk/landor/show.php?ID=141|title=Smokey Joe's Cafe|access-date=8 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826131758/http://s268148492.websitehome.co.uk/landor/show.php?ID=141|archive-date=26 August 2011}}</ref> She also appeared in a production of the musical ''[The Wiz](/source/The_Wiz)'' at the [Milton Keynes Theatre](/source/Milton_Keynes_Theatre), which ran for a week in September 2010,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Wiz|publisher=ambassadortickets.com|url = http://www.ambassadortickets.com/2005/657/Milton-Keynes/Milton-Keynes-Theatre/The-Wiz|accessdate= 3 July 2010}}</ref> and performed in a Christmas [pantomime](/source/pantomime) production of ''[Aladdin](/source/Aladdin)'' at the [Buxton Opera House](/source/Buxton_Opera_House), playing [Princess Jasmine](/source/Princess_Jasmine), in December 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/whats-on/aladdin|title=Aladdin|access-date=30 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112205957/http://www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/whats-on/aladdin/|archive-date=12 November 2010}}</ref>

Fearon appears with the other ''Over the Rainbow'' contestants in a ''Wizard of Oz'' medley featured as a b-side on the CD single of [Danielle Hope](/source/Danielle_Hope)'s "[Over the Rainbow](/source/Over_the_Rainbow)." Fearon released her own album of [showtunes](/source/Show_tune) and [covers](/source/Cover_version) called ''My Parade'' in 2010.

Fearon appeared in April 2011 as Dorothy, alongside [Sarah-Jane Honeywell](/source/Sarah-Jane_Honeywell) as Glinda and Ben Hanson as the Scarecrow, in a touring production of ''The Wizard of Oz.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebroadwaytheatre.co.uk/programs/39/Wizard%20of%20&nbsp;Oz|title=Wizard of Oz – The Broadway Theatre – A StageLive Venue}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allgigs.co.uk/view/event/360054/Wizard_Of_Oz_The_Broadway_Theatre_Peterborough_24_April_2011.html|title=Wizard of Oz at The Broadway Theatre (Peterborough) on 24 April 2011}}</ref> The production, directed by Rob Forknall, was not related to the [Lloyd Webber London production](/source/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(2011_musical)).<ref>[http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/outthere/latest/8881972.The_Wizard_Of_Oz_Is_Coming_To_Portsmouth_Guildhall_/ "The Wizard of Oz Is Coming to Portsmouth Guildhall"]. ''Daily Echo'', 1 March 2011</ref> She also played Diana Morales in a [Tel-Aviv](/source/Tel-Aviv) production of the musical ''[A Chorus Line](/source/A_Chorus_Line)'' in October 2011,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stephaniefearon.com/news.htm|title=A CHORUS LINE|access-date=6 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716134603/http://www.stephaniefearon.com/news.htm|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref> and during the 2011 Christmas pantomime season appeared as [Cinderella](/source/Cinderella) at the Sands Centre, Carlisle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesandscentre.co.uk/index2.php?option=com_events&task=view_cat&sec=&catid=48&fb=1&limitstart=0&day=0&mth=12|title=Cinderella|access-date=6 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930093009/http://www.thesandscentre.co.uk/index2.php?option=com_events&task=view_cat&sec=&catid=48&fb=1&limitstart=0&day=0&mth=12|archive-date=30 September 2011}}</ref> In February 2012 Fearon worked with [Judy Craymer](/source/Judy_Craymer) and [Jennifer Saunders](/source/Jennifer_Saunders) on a workshop for [Viva Forever](/source/Viva_Forever), the new [Spice Girls](/source/Spice_Girls) musical, and in the summer of 2012 she took part in the musical Run at the Polka Theatre in [Wimbledon, London](/source/Wimbledon%2C_London).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stephaniefearon.com/career.htm|title=Stephanie Fearon official website|access-date=7 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827021411/http://www.stephaniefearon.com/career.htm|archive-date=27 August 2012}}</ref>

Fearon appeared as Mimi Márquez in [RENT](/source/Rent_(musical)) the musical in 2012 in the [Greenwich](/source/Greenwich_Theatre) Greenwich Theatre, London. She also played the role of Diamond in the workshop of production of [Viva Forever](/source/Viva_Forever!_(musical)). Fearon is currently playing Lisa in the West End production of [Mamma Mia!](/source/Mamma_Mia!_(play)) at the [Novello Theatre](/source/Novello_Theatre).

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|www.stephaniefearon.com}}
*{{IMDb name|id=1725391|name=Stephanie Fearon}}
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/dorothy/dorothys/stephfearon.shtml BBC ''Over the Rainbow'' biography]

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