Siobhan Patricia Dillon (born 1 September 1984, Lichfield, Staffordshire) is an English actress and singer, who rose to fame when she performed in the British talent show-themed television series How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? on BBC One in 2006. Since then she has appeared in the musical Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre in London.
Dillon's mother is a drama teacher. Her father is Irish from Dún Laoghaire. For her tenth birthday Dillon as...
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Siobhan Patricia Dillon (born 1 September 1984, Lichfield, Staffordshire) is an English actress and singer, who rose to fame when she performed in the British talent show-themed television series How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? on BBC One in 2006. Since then she has appeared in the musical Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre in London.
Dillon's mother is a drama teacher. Her father is Irish from Dún Laoghaire. For her tenth birthday Dillon asked her parents for singing lessons, and had vocal training with singing teacher Richard Paul up to the age of 16. At school she performed in shows, but as she did not think she would become a singer, she turned to the fashion world. She was a member of Lichfield Operatic Society and in October 2001 performed the title song from the musical Whistle Down the Wind as part of the society's show, Whistle Down the West End at The Friary School Theatre in Lichfield. After Michael Parkinson heard a tape of her singing, he asked her to sing at his...
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