Anoushka Lucas

Anoushka Barbara Lise Lucas (born 24 December 1987) is an English singer, composer, actress, and playwright. She began releasing music in 2009. She later went into theatre and earned a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. Early life Lucas was born in Fulham, West London, to Anglo-Indian father Chris from Southampton and French-Cameroonian mother Any, and grew up in a council flat in Hammersmith. Her parents were both musicians and she has two younger sisters. Lucas attended the French Lycée on a scholarship. She went on to graduate from the University of Oxford in 2009 with a degree in Russian and Italian. During her time at Oxford, she joined a choir and did open-mic nights. Career Lucas released her first self-titled EP in 2009 after graduating from Oxford. This was followed by another EP, Left to My Own Devices, in 2011. In 2013, Lucas won a contest to perform at the Love Supreme Jazz Festival, beating hundreds of applicants also looking to perform at the new event alongside headliners Bryan Ferry and Jools Holland. After meeting playwright Ché Walker in 2010 at the age of 22, Lucas began writing music for theatre, including her contributions to Walke