Jo Gibb | |
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Born |
JoAnn Gibb 18 April 1976 Bo'ness, Scotland |
Occupation | Actress, Dancer |
Spouse(s) | Alex Bourne |
Jo Gibb (born JoAnn Gibb on 18 April 1976, in Bo'ness, Scotland, UK) is a Scottish theatre actress best known for her role of Rumpleteazer in the Cats video and as Pearl the Observation Car in Starlight Express. She also played Belle in the UK Productions Tour of Beauty and the Beast and appeared as Columbia in The Rocky Horror Show.
Gibb first began her training at the Dance School of Scotland in Glasgow, then continuing in Epsom at Laine Theatre Arts.
Her first appearance in a London West End show was at the New London Theatre playing Rumpleteazer in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats. She also understudied and played the roles of Demeter and Jemima in that same production. Later she was offered the role of Rumpleteazer in a video production of Cats.
Some of her other theatre work includes Belle on Disney's Beauty and the Beast, at the Dominion Theatre, London; Columbia in the national tour of The Rocky Horror Show; and Pearl, in the final cast of Starlight Express at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.