Josephine Faith "Josie" Griffiths is a British

child actress The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in movies or television. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated ...

. She is most known for playing Matilda Wormwood in the Stratford production of ''

Matilda the Musical ''Roald Dahl's Matilda'', simply known as ''Matilda'' or ''Matilda the Musical'', is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin and a book by Dennis Kelly, based on the 1988 novel ''Matilda'' by Roald Dahl. The musical's narrative ...

'' she shared the role with two other young actresses

Adrianna Bertola Adrianna Jean Bertola (born 9 February 1999) is an English actress and singer who rose to attention playing Gretl von Trapp in ''The Sound of Music'' and Sharice Brooks in '' Casualty''. She also played Violet Beauregarde in ''Charlie and the C ...

and

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. However, due to her height she was unable to transfer to the West End production. Griffiths has previously played Jemima Potts in a tour of '' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' and Marta von Trapp in ''

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. S ...

''. She lives in

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and attended the

James Allen's Girls' School James Allen's Girls' School, abbreviated JAGS, is an independent day school situated in Dulwich, South London, England. It is the second oldest girls’ independent school in Great Britain - Godolphin School in Salisbury being the oldest, founde ...

, and then Exeter University.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Griffiths, Josie English musical theatre actresses English child actresses