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Native Manchester   Based Manchester   Height 5' 7"   Hair Black   Eyes Brown

Accents
Standard / Cockney / Manchester / Liverpool / Yorkshire / African / South African
West Indian / Somalian / American.  Good ear

Languages
French (FLUENT)

Skills
Drives / Sings - Chorus / Trained Dancer - Ballet / Jazz + Traditional African / Netball / Tennis / Badminton / Football / Running
Improvising / Devising / Workshops + Leader / Verse Skills
PRESENTER.  STAND-UP COMEDY

Training
North Cheshire Theatre School
L.A.M.D.A. (Hons) Bronze / Silver / Gold
R.A.D.A. Shakespeare Certificate (2005)

Television
Granada:  CORONATION STREET - Nurse  * 2 Eps
Yorkshire:  THE ROYAL - Sister Theresa
BBC:  MERSEY BEAT - Anne Finn
Mersey:  BROOKSIDE - Vonnie Johnson
Yorkshire:  EMMERDALE - Dr Lowe
Yorkshire:  LAMB OF GOD - Angelica
Granada:  WORLD OF LEE EVANS - Receptionist
Yorkshire:  VERDICT - Jury Foreperson
Yorkshire:  RETRACE - Miss Jones  * Royal TV Society Award - Best Children's Drama
BBC:  TO DIE FOR - Machee's Mother
Granada:  FLUSH - Hazel

Theatre
The Rainbow Beach Collective:  RAINBOW BEACH - Safra
The Comedy Writers Group:  SITCOM SHORTS - Various Comedy Sketches
Liverpool Everyman:  FLORENCE - Florence  * Lead
The Drum Birmingham:  MOUNT MISERY - Mother Nesbitt / Narrator
Contact Theatre:  PLEASURE UP BOTTOM OUT - Dr Schubert / WORD UP! FESTIVAL
Northern Broadsides Theatre Co Tour:  THE TEMPEST - Ariel
Library Theatre Manchester / Black Arts:  A CARIBBEAN ABROAD - Joyce
Green Room Manchester / Black Arts:  A RAISIN IN THE SUN - Lena Younger
0161 Theatre Co:  FUNERAL GAMES - Tessa
Kinetic Theatre Co:  THE CENCI - Lucretia
Electric Theatre:  BETTER THAN DISNEY WORLD - Brenda
Aspects Theatre:  THE CHANGELING - Beatrice Joanna

Film
EULOGY - Mrs Clark
SIGNS OF LIFE - Cathy

Radio / Voice-Over
BBC Radio 4:  NUMBER TEN - Biyot Abdulle  (Prod: Clive Brill)
BAD BY DEFAULT - Colleen  (Prod: Gary Brown)
JORDAN ROAD - Violet  CHAOS BY DESIGN - Mrs Clark / Newsreader  
SHELLS - Munira / Osob / Anab
BBC Radio Newcastle:  ASHES TO ASHES - Violet  (Prod: Yve Ngoo)
BBC Radio 5:  THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT - Guest Speaker

Corporate
ENGLISH IN ACTION CD-ROMS / SHEFFIELD HEALTH & SAFETY
C.A.L.M. COMPUTER SERVICES / LONDON HEALTH AUTHORITY
HALIFAX plc / ASDA / EBC / EQUALITY NORTHWEST
NATIONAL POLICE TRAINING UNIT

Presenting
NHS (Internet)
WORLD FERTILITY PROJECT
MERSEYSIDE PROBATION SERVICE (Live Presentation)

Addit Info
Yorkshire Women Theatre / The Drum Birmingham / Liverpool Everyman / Contact Theatre Manchester / Chester Gateway / Crewe Lyceum:  Script Development
Training Consultant - Corporate + Roleplay Services
Stand-up Comedy Duo - "Not2Bad"

Directors include
Phillip Breen / Pip Short / Gemma Daubney / Hugo Chandor / Soubize Witte-Decourcy / Montserrat Gili / Barrie Rutter
Tony Prescott / John Greening / Adrian Bean / Sue Dunderdale /Dave Behrens / Andrew Gillman / Bill Pryde
Mike Cocker / Wyllie Longmore / Helen Parry / Leigh Symonds / Chris Bridgeman / Brian Morgan / Marcus Hercules
Sian Salt / Sean Grundy