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Native Northern   Based North   Height 5' 7"   Hair Auburn   Eyes Blue/Green

Accents
Standard / RP / Lancashire / Yorkshire / Irish (N + S) Scottish / General American + East Coast / Southern

Skills
Drives (+ Motorcycle - no licence) Sings - Mezzo Soprano / Recording Artist / Backing Vocalist / Piano
Stage Movement / Stage Fighting - Advanced BADC (recommended) 
Improvising / Devising / Workshops
24:7 THEATRE FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

Training
Arden School of Theatre

Television
Granada:  THE STREET - Mastectomy Woman
Yorkshire:  EMMERDALE - Lilith Dingle (6 eps)
Yorkshire:  THE ROYAL - Maureen Salter

Theatre
Middle East Tour:  FORGET ME KNOT - Julia Zeinfield
Royal Exchange Manchester:  TWELFTH NIGHT - Viola (U/S + Performed)
Library Theatre Manchester + Tour:  LADY MACBETH REWRITES THE RULE BOOK - Tara Loft
North West Schools Tour:  SHAKESPEARE'S STORIES - Lady Macbeth / Hermia
UK Tour:  BURN THIS - Anna
Newcastle Playhouse:  THEY SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY - Contestant

Fringe includes
24:7 Manchester Theatre Festival:  O'LEARY'S DAUGHTERS - Carol O'Leary
Edinburgh Festival:  LADY MACBETH REWRITES THE RULE BOOK - Tara Loft
Cornerhouse Manchester:  UNCLE ROY ALL AROUND YOU - Daisy Driver
Dukes '92:  DEALING DREAMS - Joanne
Arden Theatre Manchester:  IN CAMERA - Estelle  THE COLLECTION - Stella  SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY - Maria
Royal Exchange Manchester Studio:  NEW WRITERS WORKSHOPS

Theatre School Productions include
ROMEO & JULIET - Juliet
A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL - Hannah
THE COUNTRY WIFE - Lady Fidget
PACIFIC OVERTURES - Tamate / Admiral

Short Film
HEARTLESS - Maria
GEIS
SIXTEEN TOMORROW - Elizabeth (Lead)
WALLFLOWERS - Cheryl (Lead)
BOUDICA WARRIOR QUEEN - Rhiannon Black

Voice-Over
Yorkshire:  WIRE IN THE BLOOD

Commercial
GREEN GIANT / YORKSHIRE TOURIST BOARD / CSL FURNITURE / GREATER MANCHESTER DRIVESAFE

Corporate
BPP LAW SCHOOL (Roleplay)
HALIFAX plc

Directors include
Keiran Flynn / David Blair / Piotr Szkopiac / Brian Morgan / Mark McKilllop / Keiran Flynn / Tim O'Mara
Henry Foster / Alan Wareing / Rhonwen McCormack / Lucy Bailey / Mary Cunningham / Renny Krupinski
Alan Pattinson / Romy Baskerville / Helen Parry / Neil Murray / Chris Monks