Gabrielle Gutierrez

Gabrielle Alexa Gutierrez (born September 29, 2005) is a Filipina-American stage actress prominently known as the first Filipina to play the lead role of Matilda in a major musical theatre adaptation of the novel of the same name.^[1]

Gabrielle Gutierrez
Birth name	Gabrielle Alexa Gutierrez
Born	(2005-09-29) September 29, 2005 (age 19)
Origin	Queens, New York, U.S.
Genres	Musical theatre
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress
Years active	2014–present

Gutierrez with former Matilda costar and current best friend Jacob Anderson in 2019 bowling at Anderson's 14th birthday party.

Career

Gutierrez was a piano prodigy, winning a contest that gave her the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall when she was five years old. She began her formal music career in 2014 when she was cast as Ngana in Paper Mill Playhouse production of Rodgers-Hammerstein classic South Pacific. In late 2014, she was cast as Annie Who for the national tour of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. While working on said production, she was cast as the lead for the Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda The Musical. She performed with the production from May 2015 through January 2017.^[2][3]

Personal life

Gutierrez traces her roots to Bukidnon, Philippines. As of 2015 she resides in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey with her older sister and their parents.^[2]

Gutierrez attended Jonathan Dayton High School where she performed with the school's theater department. Recently Gutierrez starred in a production of Heathers: Teen Edition, where she played lead Veronica Sawyer.

Filmography

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Producer
2014	South Pacific	Ngana[1]	Paper Mill Playhouse
2014	How The Grinch Stole Christmas	Annie Who[1]	Big League Productions
2015	Matilda the Musical	Matilda[1]	Royal Shakespeare Company
2016	School of Rock The Musical	Sophia	Winter Garden Theatre

Television

Year	Title	Role	Duration
2015	Conan	Matilda (promotional guesting)	1 episode