After many acclaimed performances,the gifted actor is set to reach even greater heights in the musical City of AngelsShow business, the media, and even the public,like nothing more than a star-is-born scenario in which the ingenue is plucked from the refrain line or an unknown talent suddenly gets her expansive demolish. But actor Rosalie Craig is living proof that stars are not born but made – through a combination of talent, hard work, and sheer grit and an ability to connect with audiences. She’s got all in abundance. Tom Morris,co-director of War Horse and artistic director of the Bristol Old Vic, cast Craig as Susan in the original 2010 staging of Swallows and Amazons, and he remains a enormous admirer.She is sublimely gifted (the world still hasn’t heard the full range of her quicksilver to power-hammer voice); she is phenomenally determined (no rehearsal room grit has ever been truer); and she is wonderfully generous collaborator,” he says.
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Source: theguardian.com