Jocasta Almgil

Training: Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.

Theatre credits include: Diane Morales in A Chorus Line (Curve Leicester, Sadler’s Wells, National Tour & Japan Tour) directed by Nikolai Foster, Rizzo in Grease (Dominion Theatre), for which she was nominated for the 2022 Black British Theatre Award for Best Supporting Female in a Musical and the 2023 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Performer in a Musical, Aziza in The Phase (The Vaults), Lady Capulet/ Nell and understudied and played Anne and Nurse in the Original Cast of & Juliet (Manchester Opera House & Shaftesbury Theatre), Joanne in Rent (Hope Mill Theatre), The Band Plays On (Sheffield Crucible/On Demand), Anita in West Side Story (Royal Exchange Theatre), for which she was nominated for the 2019 UK Theatre Award for Best Supporting Performance, Yvonne in Sunshine on Leith (West Yorkshire Playhouse and National Tour), understudied and played Deena and Lorrell in Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre) directed by Casey Nicholaw – also Original London Cast Recording, Vanessa and Daniella in In The Heights (King’s Cross Theatre), u/s Clara and Louise in Ghost the Musical (Asian Tour), Sarah in Our House (Pimlico Opera), Red in Little Red Riding Hood (Everyman Theatre), Deloris van Cartier in Sister Act (Pimlico Opera), u/s Mamma Morton in Chicago (Curve, Leicester), Peaches and u/s Motormouth in Hairspray (National Tour), Milly in Beauty and the Beast (Radlett Theatre), Dionne in Hair (European Tour), Bluette in The Blues Brothers (National and International Tours).

Workshops include: Fado (ATG), Savage, Human Resources, Bank of Dave, Rock Follies directed by Dominic Cooke, Stiletto, Just For One Day, Celtic Warrior, Rocky directed by Sean Holmes, Dr Dolittle, Dusty directed by Maria Friedman, Victory, Black Men Walking (NT Studio) directed by Dawn Walton.

Concerts include: Consuelo in West Side Story (BBC Proms/Royal Albert Hall).

Television includes: Meredith in Hullraisers series 2 (Fable Pictures/Channel 4) and Big Night of Musicals by the National Lottery (BBC).

Feature Film includes: Train Station Chorus in Wicked: For Good (Marc Platt Productions/Universal Pictures) for forthcoming release.

Short Film includes: Woman in Perfect Age (OnBook Theatre Films/Studio 1285), for which she won the 2025 New Jersey Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress.