Growing up in Auckland, avid theatre lover Scarlett Jacques was encouraged to participate in choirs and theatre shows all around Aotearoa by her adoring mum Kay Ellis. By age eight, she landed her first role in a musical, Frosty The Snow Man.
“Feeling the spotlight hit felt incredible,” recalls Scarlett, now 21. “I wanted to keep singing and dancing forever!”
Joining the National Youth
Theatre and Auckland Performing Arts Academy, she went on to star in more than 20 productions, including but after landingshe began struggling with body image.
