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RESUME/CV


FILM


  • MR. HOLMES [See-Saw Films] ‘Matinee Madame Schirmer’ Dir. Bill Condon
  • HAPPY TOYS [Asylum Features Ltd] ‘Connie’ (short film) Dir. Zawe Ashton
  • MAY I KILL U? [Miku Ltd] ‘Bernice’ Dir. Stuart Urban
  • GOAL! / GOAL II [Milkshake Films] ‘Carol Harmison’ Dirs. Jaume Collet-Serra / Danny Cannon
  • EVILENKO [Pacific Pictures] ‘Wife of Malcolm McDowell’ Dir. David Grieco
  • SUZIE GOLD [Greenwolf Films] ‘Joyce Spencer’ Dir. Richard Cantor
  • LISTENING [Blackfriars Prods] ‘Woman’ (Short Film) Dir. Kenneth Branagh
  • 24 HOURS IN THE LIFE OF A WOMAN [Grosvenor Park Prods] ‘Betty’ Dir. Laurent Bonnik
  • LA SIRÈNE ROUGE [Haut et Court] ‘Eva’ Dir. Olivier Megaton
  • SUPERSTITION [Woodline Prods] ‘Isabelle Forbes’ Dir. Kenneth Hope
  • FLYFISHING [Shooting Pictures] ‘Frances’ Dir. David Williams
  • SHINER [Westcroft Ltd] ‘Georgie’ Dir. John Irvin
  • THE ESCORT [Pathe] ‘Jessica’ Dir. Michel Blanc
  • ESTHER KAHN [Why Not/Zephyr] ‘Rivka Kahn’ Dir. Arnaud de Plechin
  • TOY BOYS [Stray Dogs Films] ‘Actress’ (Short Film) Dir. Gaby Dellal
  • STILL CRAZY [Columbia Pictures]’Lady in Black’ Dir. Brian Gibson
  • TEA [Short Film] ‘Actress’ (Short Film) Dir. Barney Cokeliss
  • JUST IN TIME Dir. John Carney
  • PHOTOGRAPHING FAIRIES [PolyGram] ‘Beatrice Templeton’ Dir. Nick Willing
  • THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN [BFI] Dir. Constantin Giannaris
  • SCARBOROUGH AHOY! Dir. Tania Diaz 1994 American Academy Award: Best Foreign Student
  • GERMAINE & BENJAMIN ‘Anna’ Dir. Jacques Doillon
  • THE FISH TALE [BFI] (Short Film) Dir. Sally Anderson
  • DU FOND DU COEUR [GMT Productions] ‘Anna Lindsay’ Dir. Jacques Doillon
  • SOFT TOP, HARD SHOULDER [Gruber Bros] ‘Miss Trumble’ Dir. Peter Capaldi
  • GEORGINO [PolyGram] ‘Marie’ Dir. Laurent Boutonart
  • THE LAKE [Channel 4] (Short Film) Dir. Stefan Schwartz
  • SECRET FRIENDS [Channel 4 Films] ‘Angela’ Dir. Dennis Potter
  • YOUNG SOUL REBELS [BFI] ‘Ann’ Dir. Isaac Julien
  • CHAMBRE À PART (in French) [Flach Film] ‘Gert’ Dir. Jacky Cukier
  • WE THINK THE WORLD OF YOU [Cinecom] ‘Megan’ Dir. Colin Gregg
  • SAMMY & ROSIE GET LAID [Channel 4 Films] ‘Rosie’ Dir. Stephen Frears
  • PRICK UP YOUR EARS [MGM] ‘Leonie Orton’ Dir. Stephen Frears
  • CASTAWAY [United Artists] ‘Sister Saint Winifred’ Dir. Nicholas Roeg
  • A ZED AND TWO NOUGHTS [Allarts Enterprises] ‘Venus de Milo’ Dir. Peter Greenaway
  • WHITE CITY [Callendar Company] ‘Alice’ Dir. Richard Lowenstein
  • ACCEPTABLE LEVELS [Frontroom Films] ‘Jill’ Dir. John Davies
  • THE MISSIONARY [Columbia Pictures] ‘Mission Girl’ Dir. Richard Loncraine
  • DUCK [Channel 4] (Short Film) Dir. Simon Shore

TELEVISION


  • MURDER IN SUCCESSVILLE [Tiger Aspect for BBC] ‘Mary Berry’ Dir. James De Frond
  • MAPP AND LUCIA [BBC TV] ‘Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione’ Dir. Diarmuid Lawrence
  • PSYCHOBITCHES – Series I & II [Tiger Aspect for SKY TV] ‘Elizabeth I, Joseph Josephine, Thora Hird, Barbara Cartland, St Catherine, Whistler’s Mother, Catherine the Great, Doris Stokes, Bette Davis’ Dir. Jeremy Dyson For Series 1 - Nominee: Best Sketch Show and Best New Comedy Programme, British Comedy Awards, 2013
  • SILK Series II & III [BBC TV] ‘CW’ Dirs. Peter Hoar / Alice Troughton / Jeremy Webb / Marc Jobst / Michael Keillor/ Cilla Ware Winner: Best TV Drama Series, Writers' Guild of Great Britain, 2013 Nominee: Best Supporting Actress Dagger, Crime Thriller Awards, 2012
  • FLACK [Hat Trick Productions] ‘Caroline’ (Pilot) Dir. Adam Miller
  • BAD EDUCATION – Series 2 [Tiger Aspect] ‘Alfie’s Mum’ Dir. Elliot Hegarty
  • THE SPA (Series Regular) [Tiger Aspect for SKY TV] ‘Ginny’ Dir. Sandy Johnson
  • VEXED [Eleventh Hour Films] ‘Pat Poynter’ Dir. Kieron J Walsh
  • GREAT EXPECTATIONS [BBC TV] ‘Mrs Bradley’ Dir. Brian Kirk
  • PETE vs. LIFE [Objective Prods] ‘Rebecca’ Dir. Becky Martin
  • DEATH IN PARADISE [Red Planet] ‘Diana Watson’ Dir. Roger Goldby
  • WE’LL TAKE MANHATTAN [Kudos] ‘Diana Vreeland’ Dir. John McKay
  • DOCTOR WHO – A Good Man Goes To War [DW Prods] ‘Kovarian’ Dir. Peter Hoar
  • DOCTOR WHO –The Wedding of River Song [DW Prods] ‘Kovarian’ Dir. Jeremy Webb
  • FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER [Big Talk Prods] ‘Sheila Bloom’ Dir. Steve Bendelack
  • NATIVITY [Red Planet] ‘Elizabeth’ Dir. Coky Giedroyc
  • MIDSOMER MURDERS – Master Class [Bentley Productions] ‘Constance Fielding’ Dir. Renny Rye
  • A PASSIONATE WOMAN [Rollem] ‘Moira’ Dir. Antonia Bird
  • THE FATTEST MAN IN BRITAIN [ITV] ‘Janice’ Dir. David Blair
  • POIROT: The Clocks [ITV] ‘Merlina Rival’ Dir. Charlie Palmer
  • THE STREET [ITV for BBC] ‘Lizzie Gargan’ Dir. David Blair
  • LAW & ORDER [Kudos] ‘Michaela Herman’ Dir. Tristram Powell
  • CASUALTY [BBC TV] ‘Nancy’ Dir. Roberto Bangura
  • HOTEL BABYLON [Carnival Film & TV] ‘Arianna Adams’ Dir. Jim Loach
  • BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE [BBC TV] ‘Miss Prentice’ Dir. Gareth Carrivick
  • HUSTLE [Kudos] ‘Clarissa’ Dir. Stefan Schwarz
  • NEW TRICKS [Wall to Wall] ‘Anita Walsh’ Dir. Rob Evans
  • THE I.T. CROWD [Talkback Productions] ‘Dr Mendall’ Dir. Graham Linehan
  • FUNLAND [BBC TV] ‘Connie Woolf’ Dir. Dearbhla Walsh / Sue Tully / Brian Kirk
  • MISS MARPLE ‘A Murder is Announced’ ‘Hinch’ [LWT] Dir. John Strickland
  • BOUDICA: Warrior Queen [Box TV] ‘Agrippina’ Dir. Bill Anderson
  • MANCHILD Series I & II [BBC] ‘Elizabeth’ Dirs. Audrey Cooke & David Evans
  • LOVE IN A COLD CLIMATE [BBC]‘The Bolter’ Dir. Tom Hooper
  • REAL WOMEN I & II [BBC] ‘Anna Nicholls’ Dir. Philip Davis
  • INSPECTOR MORSE – The Death of the Self ‘Nicole Burgess’ [Central] Dir. Colin Gregg
  • THE ICE HOUSE [BBC / WGBH] ‘Diana Goode’ Dir. Tim Fywell
  • SCREEN ONE: Hancock [BBC TV]‘Freddie Hancock’ Dir. Tony Smith
  • BREMNER, BIRD AND FORTUNE 10 Series [Vera for Channel 4] ‘Dinner Party Guest’ Dirs. Steve Connelly & Chris Fox

THEATRE


  • WHAT THE BUTLER SAW ‘Mrs Prentice’ Dir. John Tillinger [Mark Taper Forum, L.A.]
  • JULIUS CAESAR ‘Julius Caesar’ Dir. Phyllida Lloyd [Donmar Warehouse and St. Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn]
  • LES PARENTS TERRIBLES ‘Yvonne’ Dir. Chris Rolls [Donmar @ Trafalgar Studios]
  • THAT FACE ‘Martha’ Dir. Richard Wilson [Sheffield Crucible Theatre] 2010 Nomination for TMA Theatre Award in the Best Performance in a Play category
  • AFTERPLAY ‘Sonya’ Dir. Garry Hynes [Kings Theatre, Edinburgh / The Gate, Dublin]
  • MADAME DE SADE ‘Comtesse de Saint-Fond’ Dir. Michael Grandage [Donmar at Wyndhams]
  • KING LEAR ‘Goneril’ & THE SEAGULL ‘Arkadina’ Dir. Trevor Nunn [RSC and world tour]
  • ANTONY & CLEOPATRA ‘Cleopatra’ Dir. Dominic Dromgoole [Shakespeare’s Globe]
  • ALADDIN ‘Dim Sum’ Dir. Sean Matthias [Old Vic Theatre Co]
  • ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST ‘Nurse Ratched’ Dir. Terry Johnson [Assembly Rooms – Edinburgh, Gielgud, London] Nominated ‘Best Actress’ Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Awards 2005
  • TALES FROM VIENNA WOODS ‘Valerie’ Dir. Richard Jones [Royal National Theatre]
  • CLOSER TO HEAVEN ‘Billie Trix’ Dir. Gemma Bodinetz [Arts Theatre] what’s On Stage Award 2002: Best Actress in a Musical
  • CLOSER ‘Anna’ Dir. Patrick Marber [Lyric Theatre]
  • UNCLE VANYA ‘Sonya’ Dir. Bill Bryden [Chichester Festival & Tour] 1996 TMA Regional Award: Best Supporting Actress; 1997 Olivier Nominee Best Supporting Actress
  • INSIGNIFICANCE ‘Marilyn’ [Donmar Warehouse] Dir. Terry Johnson
  • PYGMALION ‘Eliza Doolittle’ Dir. Howard Davies [Royal National Theatre]
  • THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA ‘Maxine Faulk’ Dir. Richard Eyre [Royal National Theatre]
  • IMAGINE DROWNING Dir. Richard Wilson [Hampstead Theatre] 1991 John Whiting Award: Best New Play by Terry Johnson
  • OVER A BARREL ‘Jill’ Dir. Michael Attenborough [Palace Theatre Watford]
  • MY HEART’S A SUITCASE Dir. Max Stafford-Clark [Royal Court]
  • MACBETH ‘Lady Macbeth’ Dir. Braham Murray [Royal Exchange]
  • TWELFTH NIGHT ‘Viola’ Dir. Kenneth Branagh [Renaissance Theatre Co – Riverside]
  • SUMMER & SMOKE ‘Alma Weinmillar’ Dir. Peter Lichtenfels [Leicester Haymarket]
  • THE DEAD MONKEY ‘Dolores’ Dir. Roger Michell [RSC]
  • LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST ‘Jaquenette’ Dir. Barry Kyle [RSC]
  • HAMLET ‘Ophelia’ Dir. Ron Daniels [RSC]
  • CAMILLE ‘Marguerite’ Dir. Ron Daniels [RSC & Comedy Theatre] 1984 Olivier Award: Most Promising Newcomer 
  • TURNING OVER ‘Penny’ Dir. David Hayman [Bush Theatre]
  • HARD FEELINGS ‘Viv’ Dir. Mike Bradwell [Oxford Playhouse / Bush Theatre]
  • LA GUERRA, DESPERADO CORNER, MADAME LOUISE Dirs. Giles Havergal and Philip Prowse [Citizen’s Theatre & Venice Festival]
  • SPACE ACHE Dir. Ken Chubb [Tricycle Theatre]
  • RIFF RAFF RULES Dir. Adrian Shergold [Theatre Royal Stratford East] 
  • OOH LA LA Dir. Mike Bradwell [Hull Truck] 1979 Plays & Players Nominee: Most Promising Newcomer
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