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Native Southern   Based Lancaster / London   Height 5' 10"   Hair Blonde   Eyes Blue

Accents
Standard / RP / Cockney / Lancashire / Yorkshire / American

Languages
French (proficient) Spanish / Finnish / Russian (all basic)

Skills
Drives + Hackney Carriage Licence / Sings - Alto
Dance - Ballroom / Modern / Jazz / Belly Dancing (Raqs Sharqui)
Horse Riding / Sailing / Skiing / Water Skiing / Swimming
Stage Fighting Diploma / Grotowski Training / Improvising / Devising

Training
Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art

Television
BBC:  THE CHASE - Olivia
Yorkshire:  EMMERDALE - Audrey Shannon
Yorkshire:  HEARTBEAT - Magistrate
BBC:  SILENT WITNESS - Amanda Sutcliff
Granada:  ALWAYS & EVERYONE - Elizabeth Mattheson
WDR:  WEEKEND STORIES - TV Director
Yorkshire:  WHERE THE HEART IS - Dept Store Assistant
Granada:  LITTLE BIRD - Julie
Granada:  HOLDING THE BABY - Penny
BBC:  CASUALTY - Josephine Vincent
Granada:  THE GRAND - Mrs Lloyd-Price
HTV:  WYCLIFFE - Christine Stevens
Granada:  MICKY LOVE - Lisa da Lazlo
Past credits include:
CORONATION STREET / HOLLYOAKS / HETTY WAINTHROPP INVESTIGATES / IN SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES / PRIME SUSPECT
SEPTEMBER SONG / ALL QUIET ON THE PRESTON FRONT / ME & MY GIRL / NUCLEAR FAMLY / THE GENTLE TOUCH

Theatre
Lancaster Castle:  HAMLET - Gertrude  ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL - Countess
DECK THE HALLS WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY - Ensemble
BLOOD RED ROSES - Elizabeth 1 / Pendle Witch / As Cast
Dukes Lancaster:  TOM THUMB & OTHER GIANT TALES - Various  TALKING HEADS: A LADY OF LETTERS - Irene Ruddock
Brewery Arts Kendal:  THE CHERRY ORCHARD - Madame Ranevsky
Queens Hornchurch:  BLITHE SPIRIT - Mrs Bradman
Sherman Theatre Cardiff:  THE MERCHANT OF VENICE - Portia
North West Playwrights:  SOMETHING AND NOTHING - Eleanor  MEDIA: MEDIA - Media
Kiss Theatre Co European Tour:  THE STRONGER - Madame X  THE BIRTHDAY PARTY - Lulu
Nuffield Theatre Lancaster:  THE BOYFRIEND - Madame Dubonnet
Lyceum Theatre Crewe:  LOOK BACK IN ANGER - Helena  RELATIVELY SPEAKING - Ginny

Play Readings
Dukes Lancaster:  THE JACOBEAN BOX
North West Playwrights:  THE MONKEY HOUSE TREE

Film
ASYLUM - Mrs Rose
CAR PARK (Short) - Cheryl Montague

Voice-Over
BBC Open University:  
DARWIN - Narrator  
BASIC SCIENCE (series)

Commercial
LONDON LEATHER / PHILIPS / COLMAN'S

Corporate
EXECUTIVE BUSINESS CHANNEL / SUNDAY TIMES
Presentation Skills Trainer: KPMG / MICROSOFT / VAUXHALL / LANCASTER UNIVERSITY

Directors include
Sue McCormick / Susan Tully / Ken Horn / Adrian Bean / Roger Bamford / Martyn Friend / Stephen Tomlin / Tim Dowd
David Mackenzie / Tony Prescott / Ian Blower / Bill McCoid / Chris King / Ed Pugh / Keith Washington / Paul Walker
Ian Hastings / Aisling Walsh / Brian Mills / Matt Lipsey / Paul Wroblewski / Alan Wareing / David Evans / Mike Brayshaw
Jill Wilkinson / John Glenister / David Richards / Nick Hamm / Simon Massey / Anne Pierson / Geoff Bullen
Geoffrey Axeworthy / Mark Ravenhill / Garth Tucker / Colin Cant