Tia Noakes Academy

Tia was born in Birmingham, and is and is a versatile actress/dancer/singer. At the age of 4, Tia joined a local dance school where she won regional, national and international titles. Four years later after successfully auditioning Tia became a student for Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham. In her first senior year Tia started gaining many professional West End and TV credits including her lead role in the West End production Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (original cast) playing Veruca Salt. Tia has also featured on the royal variety performance, BBC Children in Need, Channel 4 Sound of Musicals and recorded the original London soundtrack of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In 2015, Tia was awarded the prestigious "Stage" newspaper scholarship. Shortly after Tia featured in her first feature film playing the role of "Ash" in Just Charlie. In 2016, she won the Ant and Dec full Scholarship to continue her training at Wilkes Academy of Performing Arts. Other credits include "Wanda Bishop" (BBC Docters), "Cat" (Birmingham's Dick Whittington), "Carla" (BBC's So Awkward) and "Sophie" (the new upcoming feature film Doll Factory).