Amelie Lock

Amelie Lock

Amelie Lock, studio portrait in a lilac top and a thin gold necklace, long brown hair, blue eyes, a calm direct look, against a gray backdrop

Actress, writer and student researcher from St. Louis.

Represented by DDO Artists Agency (opens in a new tab) and Now Talent Management (opens in a new tab), St. Louis

Two performers in green gowns and crowns embracing, in Shrek The Musical at The Muny
Shrek The Musical, The Muny, 2026
Amelie Lock in a green gown, red wig and crown, smiling at her reflection in a dressing room mirror as she applies makeup, backstage at Shrek The Musical
Backstage, Shrek The Musical, The Muny, 2026

Meet Amelie

Amelie Lock is an actress from St. Louis and a senior at Ladue Horton Watkins High School.

She made her professional debut at The Muny at age ten and has performed professionally ever since, including nine consecutive seasons at The Muny, most recently as Teen Fiona in Shrek The Musical (2026). She is a 2025 Jimmy Awards nominee and won the Ken Page Award for Outstanding Leading Actress for her portrayal of Emma Nolan in The Prom. Amelie voiced the role of Ribberta in DreamWorks’ Madagascar: A Little Wild and of Rooney Lane in four seasons of the audio series Welcome to Hope Springs.

Outside the theater she is student body president, a State of Missouri Ambassador for Arts Education, a news editor of Panorama Newsmagazine and an intern and researcher with the Association on American Indian Affairs. She has studied at Yale Young Global Scholars and the Stanford Summer Humanities Institute in 2025, and The School of The New York Times in 2024.

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Amelie Lock in an olive top, close studio headshot, a calm direct look into the camera, against a dark backdrop
Amelie Lock smiling in a denim jacket over a pink knit top, against a pink studio backdrop
Amelie Lock in a lilac top, looking into the camera with a slight smile, against a gray backdrop

Résumé

Download résumé (PDF)

Performance résumé

Performance experience

  • Shrek The Musical, Teen Fiona, Humpty Dumpty, The Muny, John Tartaglia, Director
  • South Pacific, Ensemble, The Muny, William Carlos Angulo, Director
  • The Sound of Music, Louisa von Trapp, The Muny, Matt Kunkel, Director
  • Gypsy, Baby June, The Muny, Rob Ruggiero, Director
  • Mary Poppins, Jane Banks (standby), The Muny, John Tartaglia, Director
  • Legally Blonde, Elle Woods, Ladue High School, Justin Scheur, Director
  • The Prom, Emma, Ladue High School, Jessica Winningham, Director
  • The Drowsy Chaperone, Janet Van de Graaf, Ladue High School, Jessica Winningham, Director
  • High School Musical, Sharpay, Ladue High School, Leah Alrutz, Director
  • PUFFS, Narrator, Ladue High School, Jessica Winningham, Director
  • 13: The Musical, Lucy, GCPA, Paul Pagano, Director
  • The Music Man, Gracie Shinn, GCPA, Paul Pagano, Director
  • Jake’s Women, Young Molly, Moonstone Theatre, Ed Coffield, Director
  • Little Shop of Horrors, Audrey II Puppeteer/Ensemble, The Muny, Maggie Burrows, Director
  • Les Misérables, Teen Ensemble, The Muny, Seth Sklar-Heyn, Director
  • Waitress, Teen Ensemble, The Muny, Lili Anne Brown, Director
  • In The Heights, Back Stage Singer, The Muny, William Carlos Angulo, Director
  • Beauty and The Beast, Youth Ensemble, The Muny, John Tartaglia, Director
  • Footloose, Kid Sister, The Muny, Christian Borle, Director
  • Jersey Boys, Ensemble, The Muny, 2025, Maggie Burrows, Director
  • Matilda, Lavender, Ladue PAC, Kurt Knoedelseder, Director
  • A Christmas Story, Soloist, CBC Theatre, Tom Murray, Director
  • Be Our Guest, Cast, Arch City Theatre Troupe
  • Seussical, JoJo, Reed School

Workshops and readings

  • Hello My Baby/All of Me, Alice Tierney, Cheri Steinkellner
  • Pollyanna, Pollyanna, Don Loftus, Andrew Sussman
  • Pitch In, Jaime/Casey, Taylor Louderman, Hanna Kloepfer
  • Morning After (a Musical), Spindrift, Arthur Lundquist
  • Jennifer Saves the Family, Jennifer, Leslie Corn

Voiceover

  • Madagascar: A Little Wild, Ribberta, DreamWorks
  • Welcome to Hope Springs, Rooney Lane (lead, voice), Audio drama series

Commercial

Kohl's, Google, Nike, Fidelity, Aflac, Ty-D-Bol, Snapchat, Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken

Training

  • Acting, Michael James Reed
  • Dance, Lara Teeter, Professional Dance Center, St. Louis Academy of Dance, COCA, Ballet, Hip Hop, Jazz, Lyrical, Modern, Tap
  • Voice, Carrie St. Louis, Lisa Campbell Albert, Tali Allen
  • Puppeteering, John Tartaglia, James Ortiz

Troupes: COCA Improv Troupe, Muny Teen Troupe, Viva Voce a cappella, Professional Dance Center Ensemble.

Awards and honors

  • Jimmy Award Nominee 2025
  • Outstanding Leading Actress, Ken Page Awards (St. Louis High School Musical Theatre Awards) 2025
  • Yale Young Global Scholar 2025
  • Multiple Platinum Level Dance Awards for Dance Solos
  • Arts For Life Best Actress Award 2023
  • State of Missouri Ambassador for Arts Education 2025-27
  • National Honor Society
  • National Latin Honor Society 2024 to present
  • International Thespian Society 2023 to present
  • Stanford Humanities Institute Attendee 2025
  • Missouri All-State Choir
  • Regional Mock Trial Outstanding Attorney 2025 and 2026
  • Presidential Service Award, eligible with over 350 service hours prior to programs pause
  • Selected for Ben Cameron’s Broadway Sessions
  • New York Times Summer Journalism Program 2024

Special skills

Accents, Baton Twirling, Creative and Journalistic Writing, Dance, Guitar, Piano, Puppeteering, Rapping, Singing, Voice Over.

Academic résumé

Honors

  • Jimmy Awards nominee, National High School Musical Theatre Awards, Minskoff Theatre, Broadway. Ten days of rehearsal in New York, 2025
  • Outstanding Leading Actress, The Ken Page Awards (St. Louis High School Musical Theatre Awards), chosen from 55 schools, as Emma Nolan in The Prom, 2025
  • State of Missouri Ambassador for Arts Education, Essay contest winner; meets with state and national legislators, 2025-27
  • Outstanding Attorney, Varsity mock trial, 2025 and 2026
  • Presidential Service Award, Eligible with over 350 service hours prior to programs pause
  • Best Actress Award, Arts For Life, 2023
  • All-State Choir, Missouri
  • Multiple Platinum Level Dance Awards, For dance solos
  • Ben Cameron's Broadway Sessions, Selected
  • National Honor Society, Member
  • International Thespian Society, Member

Studies

  • Association on American Indian Affairs, Intern, legal and policy sector, researching sacred places, 2025 to present
  • Yale Young Global Scholars, Literature, philosophy and culture, 2025
  • Stanford Summer Humanities Institute, The American Enlightenment, with Professor Caroline Winterer, 2025
  • The School of The New York Times, Investigative journalism with Steve Eder and Nicole Hong, 2024

Leadership

  • Student Body President, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
  • State of Missouri Ambassador for Arts Education, Meets with state and national legislators, 2025-27
  • News Editor, Panorama Newsmagazine, Oversees the largest section of the school newspaper
  • Captain and Attorney, Varsity Mock Trial, State finals as a freshman
  • Soloist, Viva Voce, All-female a cappella group
  • Officer, National Latin Honor Society
  • The Muny Teens and Holiday Troupe, Performances across the St. Louis region

Press

Amelie Lock on a dark stage in an olive utility jacket, a soft, hopeful look past the camera
The Prom, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, 2025
Amelie Lock, hair in a long braid, facing an older actor in glasses against glowing pink panels, in Jake's Women at Moonstone Theatre
Jake's Women, Moonstone Theatre, 2021
Amelie Lock speaking at a wooden podium with a microphone, in a dark blazer with a red lanyard
Jimmy Awards nominees in red T-shirts dancing across a wood-paneled rehearsal studio, arms outstretched
Company rehearsal, Jimmy Awards, New York, 2025. Photograph by Angela of York

Photos

  • Amelie Lock as Teen Fiona in a green gown and crown, reading on the tower balcony in Shrek The Musical at The Muny
    Teen Fiona, Shrek The Musical, The Muny, 2026
  • Amelie Lock in a green beaded 1920s dress and a fringed shawl, holding hands with a blindfolded performer on roller skates, in The Drowsy Chaperone
    The Drowsy Chaperone, Ladue High School, 2024
  • Cast members in 1920s dress and tuxedos kicking and dancing with arms raised on a stage set with red wallpaper, in The Drowsy Chaperone
    The Drowsy Chaperone, Ladue High School, 2024
  • Two performers in 1920s dress, one in green beads and one in dark red, on a stage set with patterned panels, in The Drowsy Chaperone
    The Drowsy Chaperone, Ladue High School, 2024
  • The von Trapp children in gray and green sailor costumes dancing across the stage with their governess at The Muny
    The Sound of Music, The Muny, 2021
  • The company in 1940s swimwear posed in front of a painted ocean backdrop in South Pacific at The Muny
    South Pacific, The Muny, 2026
  • The full company gathered on a barricade set beneath a large red flag in Les Misérables at The Muny
    Les Misérables, The Muny, 2024
  • A performer in a red and white striped swimsuit and tap shoes, smiling out toward the audience, with cast members in 1920s dress and chef whites behind her, in The Drowsy Chaperone
    The Drowsy Chaperone, Ladue High School, 2024
  • The cast on a painted salon set with nail polish and hairdryer artwork, one performer in a pink suit laughing and clapping at the front, in Legally Blonde
    Legally Blonde, Ladue High School, 2026
  • Four performers talking on a painted Hair Affair salon set, one in a pink jacket with her arms crossed, in Legally Blonde
    Legally Blonde, Ladue High School, 2026
  • Two women and a girl with a long braid seated around a man on the floor, all holding hands, in Jake's Women at Moonstone Theatre
    Jake's Women, Moonstone Theatre, 2021
  • Fairy-tale characters in costume wearing Duloc County displacement department number tags, in Shrek The Musical
    Humpty Dumpty, Shrek The Musical, The Muny, 2026
  • Three performers in green gowns, red wigs and crowns, one a young girl in the middle, posed together on the Muny stage after a performance of Shrek The Musical
    Shrek The Musical, The Muny, 2026
  • Three performers in red dresses and white aprons singing out in front of a colorful tiled backdrop, other cast members moving chairs behind them
    Jimmy Awards, Minskoff Theatre, 2025
  • A performer in a black jumpsuit running down a theater aisle with arms outstretched and a joyful shout, an audience applauding beside her
    Jimmy Awards, New York, 2025
  • The von Trapp children in matching blue floral costumes on a dim stage at The Muny, Amelie Lock among them as Louisa
    The Sound of Music, The Muny, 2021
  • The von Trapp children in sailor costumes with their hands raised, posed around a blue sofa in The Sound of Music at The Muny
    The Sound of Music, The Muny, 2021
  • Amelie Lock sitting cross-legged on a dark stage in a plaid shirt, singing, a guitar beside her, in The Prom
    The Prom, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, 2025
  • A fairy godmother, a gnome and Humpty Dumpty holding Duloc County displacement department number plates, in Shrek The Musical at The Muny
    Shrek The Musical, The Muny, 2026
  • A performer in a gray school pinafore and striped tie, hair in two buns, caught mid-gasp against a black stage in Matilda
    Matilda, Ladue Performing Arts Center, 2023
  • A performer in a gray school pinafore and striped tie, hair in two buns, lit alone against a black stage with a wry look, in Matilda
    Matilda, Ladue Performing Arts Center, 2023
  • Two students in gray school pinafores on a green-lit stage, one looking up at the other, with classmates behind them, in Matilda
    Matilda, Ladue Performing Arts Center, 2023
  • Four performers in 1960s costumes posed around the giant plant, Audrey II, in front of painted Going Out of Business signs in Little Shop of Horrors at The Muny
    Little Shop of Horrors, The Muny, 2023
  • Three of the von Trapp children standing side by side with their hands behind their backs in front of a red sunburst backdrop, in The Sound of Music at The Muny
    The Sound of Music, The Muny, 2021
  • A performer in a pink suit looking down and laughing beside a performer in a yellow tutu skipping past, with the cast behind them, in Legally Blonde
    Legally Blonde, Ladue High School, 2026
  • A smiling group of cast members in 1960s costumes, hats and glasses posed together outside a brick building, in Little Shop of Horrors at The Muny
    Little Shop of Horrors, The Muny, 2023
  • A chorus of children and teens in red outfits and winter hats singing into microphones in front of rows of poinsettias at night
    Muny Holiday Troupe
  • Performers in red and white winter outfits laughing and singing at a microphone in front of poinsettias and string lights
    Muny Holiday Troupe
  • Six students in business clothes standing arm in arm in a courtroom in front of the judge’s bench
    Mock Trial, Ladue Horton Watkins High School Team
  • Four students in business clothes standing arm in arm in a courtroom, with American and Missouri flags behind them
    Mock Trial, Ladue Horton Watkins High School Team
  • Two students in dark blazers smiling and holding printed mock trial award certificates in a courtroom
    Mock Trial, Ladue Horton Watkins High School Team
  • A student in a dark suit standing and speaking at a lectern in a courtroom, with an American flag nearby
    Mock Trial, Ladue Horton Watkins High School Team
  • Amelie Lock in a cream beaded gown, mid-turn, her hand raised to meet her dance partner’s, in The Drowsy Chaperone
    The Drowsy Chaperone, Ladue High School, 2024
  • Amelie Lock in a wide straw sun hat and a red and white striped swimsuit, seated in a wooden deck chair on stage in The Drowsy Chaperone
    The Drowsy Chaperone, Ladue High School, 2024
  • Amelie Lock in a red and white striped swimsuit, mid high kick at the center of the stage, the company watching, in The Drowsy Chaperone
    The Drowsy Chaperone, Ladue High School, 2024
  • Amelie Lock as Sharpay, a performer in a long blonde wig and a colorful crocheted top holding a microphone and making a comic face in front of a red curtain, in High School Musical
    High School Musical, Ladue High School, 2023
  • Jimmy Awards nominees in red T-shirts, arms raised high in a rehearsal studio
    Rehearsal, Jimmy Awards, New York, 2025
  • A performer in a green beaded dress seated on a bench between two others on a stage set, a hand to her mouth in surprise, in The Drowsy Chaperone
    The Drowsy Chaperone, Ladue High School, 2024
  • Amelie Lock as Lucy in denim overalls and a striped orange T-shirt, one hand to a phone at her ear and the other on her hip, lit in red against a dark stage, in 13: The Musical
    13: The Musical, Gateway Center For The Performing Arts, 2023
  • Five cast members in rehearsal clothes, laughing and posing with their arms in the air around a wooden crate with green tendrils, in a rehearsal pavilion for Little Shop of Horrors
    Rehearsal, Little Shop of Horrors, The Muny, 2023
  • The von Trapp children in matching blue floral costumes standing in a line down a staircase, singing, in The Sound of Music at The Muny
    The Sound of Music, The Muny, 2021
  • A performer in a white marching band uniform and feathered hat being lifted by a performer in a Hawaiian shirt, with cheerleaders behind them, in Legally Blonde
    Legally Blonde, Ladue High School, 2026
  • Amelie Lock smiling in a cap and sunglasses, one arm raised, standing on the empty Muny stage with rows of green seats behind her
    The Muny
  • A smiling young woman between two little girls in front of a neon Waitress sign backdrop at The Muny
    Waitress, The Muny, 2024

Videos

Press

Coverage of her work at The Muny, at Moonstone Theatre and at the 2025 Jimmy Awards.

Research

Native American advocacy: an internship with the Association on American Indian Affairs

  • Research: The protection of sacred places (published research in the Indian Affairs Journal)
  • Research: Beyond Historical Stereotypes: Using Native-Created Art in Elementary Education to Foster Contemporary Understanding of Native American Peoples (Research in progress)

Alongside performing, her interests include journalism, history, political science and Native American studies.

  • Association on American Indian Affairs, Intern, legal and policy sector, researching sacred places, 2025 to present
  • Yale Young Global Scholars, Literature, philosophy and culture, 2025
  • Stanford Summer Humanities Institute, The American Enlightenment, with Professor Caroline Winterer, 2025
  • The School of The New York Times, Investigative journalism with Steve Eder and Nicole Hong, 2024

Contact

Representation

DDO Artists Agency (opens in a new tab) and Now Talent Management (opens in a new tab), St. Louis

Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. Commercial, voiceover, TV, film and theater.

Email
hello@amelielock.com
Instagram
@amelie.lock
Résumé
Download résumé (PDF)
Amelie Lock as Teen Fiona in a green gown and crown, pointing to the sky, Shrek The Musical at The Muny
Amelie Lock in an olive button-front top, a slight smile, hands at her sides, against a dark gray backdrop