Background[edit]

Hope lived in Urmston, Greater Manchester, and attended Knutsford High School in Cheshire, concentrating in drama and dance.^[2][3] Hope appeared in many of her school's musical theatre productions, playing such roles as Carmen in the musical Fame, the narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Maria in West Side Story.^[4] She also appeared in We Will Rock You alongside Olivier Award nominee, Charlotte Wakefield.


She left her part-time job as a waitress to focus on her A-level studies in Drama and Dance, and a BTEC National Award Musical Theatre.^[4][5] She has also studied dance privately and performed at dance festivals, including the BBC African Dance Project at Bridgewater Hall.^[6]