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Drama Studio London
Drama Studio London (DSL) is a British drama school in London. It is accredited by the Federation of Drama Schools. The Drama Studio London was founded in 1966 by actor and director Peter Layton, focusses on developing individual talent nurtured around what makes each student unique rather than teaching conventional acting styles, such as method, classical acting or Meisner technique. Students can take a 1-year Diploma in Professional Acting, a 2-year MFA in Professional Acting with Independent Production or a three-year Bachelor of Arts (hons) in Professional Acting, in partnership with the University of West London. The MFA (Masters in Fine Art) in Professional Acting with Independent Production, is recognised in the United States as an essential Higher Education teaching qualification. Alumni * Emily Watson * Forest Whitaker * Olivia Vinall * Elisa Lasowski * Helen Schlesinger * Aiysha Hart * Adrian Lukis * Mika Simmons * Nadine Lewington * Lesley Vickerage * Lisa Goldman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama School
A drama school, stage school or theatre school is an undergraduate and/or graduate school or department at a college or university; or a free-standing institution (such as the Drama section at the Juilliard School); which specializes in the pre-professional training in drama and ''theatre'' arts, such as acting, design and technical theatre, arts administration, and related subjects. If the drama school is part of a degree-granting institution, undergraduates typically take an Associate degree, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, or, occasionally, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Design. Graduate students may take a Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Fine Arts, Doctor of Arts, Doctor of Fine Arts, or Doctor of Philosophy degree. Entry and application process Entry to drama school is usually through a competitive audition process. Some schools make this a two-stage process. Places on an acting course are limited (usually well below 100) so those who fare be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadine Lewington
Nadine Lewington (born 15 October 1980) is an English actress, most notable for her role as Dr. Maddy Young on ''Holby City''. Early and personal life Born 15 October 1980, in Chelmsford, Essex, she is the eldest daughter of Tony and Sonia Lewington, and has one sister, Vania. Lewington attended the Anglo European School in Ingatestone. She then trained at Braintree College where she gained a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts, and then Middlesex University's Drama Studio in London, graduating in 2003 with a BA Hons in Drama. She is married to actor, singer, and songwriter Michael Malarkey, with whom she has two sons. Career Lewington has played the roles of Maggi in drama the ''Dream Team'' and Abi Steel in the soap opera ''Family Affairs''. She appeared in ''Casualty'' as Sasha Ryman in series 20, episode 22, entitled "It's a Man Thing". In October 2006, it was announced that Lewington had joined the cast of the BBC medical drama ''Holby City'' as Senior House Offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Vickery (actor)
John Vickery is an American stage and film actor known for his work in ''Babylon 5'' and ''Star Trek''. Life and career He attended the University of California at Davis, where he pursued a degree in mathematics. After graduating from Davis, he studied acting in London and worked in many productions in New York City. Vickery was trained in Professional Acting at Drama Studio London. In ''Babylon 5'', he played both Neroon and Mr. Welles. Vickery would also make a guest appearance as the latter in the ''Babylon 5'' spin-off, ''Crusade''. His largest ''Star Trek'' role was as Rusot, a member of Damar's Cardassian resistance group, appearing in the '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' episodes "The Changing Face of Evil", " When It Rains…" and " Tacking into the Wind". He also played a Betazoid in the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "Night Terrors" and a Klingon in the ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episode "Judgment". He portrayed the Auctioneer in the '' Pirates of the Cari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Marciano
David Marciano (born January 7, 1960, in Newark, New Jersey) is an American actor best known for his roles as Jeffery in ''Civil Wars'' (1991-1993), Detective Raymond Vecchio in the television series '' Due South'', Detective Steve Billings in the FX police drama ''The Shield'', Virgil in ''Homeland'' (2011-2013), Brad in '' Bosch'' (2016-2020), and Howard in ''Shooter'' (2016-2017). Early life Marciano grew up in north Newark. Newark was plagued by violent crime and Marciano was witness to a city in crisis. He has admitted to having a troubled youth. "I was hanging around on street corners, drinking, gambling, playing cards, going to the racetrack, shooting pool, all those kind of things." At the age of seventeen, Marciano was involved in a serious car crash after a night out partying. This prompted him to sort his life out and he enrolled at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, to study biomedical engineering. After a disappointing start Marciano transferred to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misha Crosby
Misha Crosby (born 28 January 1987) is a British director, actor and producer. Crosby was born and brought up in London. He won The Helmore Music Scholarship to Mill Hill School and lead a world premier on the violin at the Wigmore Hall at 14 years old. He performed for the National Youth Music Theatre. He previously starred in the BBC television series Holby City as Sam Strachan's son Kieron, in Channel 4's Hollyoaks and has had various guest appearances in other TV shows. From 2011-2012 he played Ryan Harwell in the ABC Family/Warner Brothers television series The Lying Game. Film roles include, Abbas in the award-winning British feature film Life Goes On, and he stars in ''Beyond Paradise'' playing the pivotal role of the traumatized loner Ray alongside Ryan Guzman, Francia Raisa and Daphne Zuniga. The film "6 Years, 4 Months & 23 Days" in which Crosby plays Rick, won the Copper Wing: Best Live Action Short Film, at the Phoenix Film Festival 2013. In 2015 he was offered a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Hennessy
Miranda Hennessy (born 12 January in Bournemouth, Dorset) is a British stage and film actress. In 2014, she starred in ''Pramface'' and an episode of ''Siblings''. Biography She went to Hutton Primary School in Hutton, Somerset, near Weston-Super-Mare, Redland High School in Bristol and Talbot Heath School in Bournemouth. She is best known for her roles in BBC's King Gary, ''Give Out Girls'', ''Pramface'', '' The Royals''. She also starred in the film ''Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre'' which was released in the United Kingdom by E1 Entertainment. She has a BA Hons from Middlesex University and went to the drama school Drama Studio London. In 2014, she guest starred in ''Siblings'' on BBC Three and Plebs. In 2015, she starred in ''Hoff the Record'' with David Hasselhoff and ''Plebs'' on ITV2. In 2018, she appeared in ''Inside No. 9'' in the episode ''"To Have and to Hold"'' as Hannah on BBC One She appeared in ''Johnny English Strikes Again'' in October 2018. She appeared in Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Cilenti
Vincenzo Leonardo "Enzo" Cilenti (born 8 August 1974) is an English actor, known for his roles in works such as '' The Theory of Everything'', ''Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell'', and ''Game of Thrones''. Early life Cilenti was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire to Italian parents from Foiano di Val Fortore (in the province of Benevento). He worked with his girlfriend, actress Sienna Guillory, in the 2001 film ''Late Night Shopping''. The two were married in 2002, and they have continued to appear together in various works. In February 2011 Guillory gave birth to their twin daughters, Valentina and Lucia, named after Guillory's grandmother and great aunt, who were also twin sisters. After attending Bradford Grammar School, a degree in French and Spanish at the University of Nottingham followed and led to him working as a night porter and a bodyguard on the Cote D'Azur and in Mexico City respectively. Career His first professional acting role came in ''Trial & Retribution'', which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Greenlees
Jack Greenlees is a Scottish actor, known for his roles as Craig Cooper in the BBC One Scottish crime drama television series ''Shetland'' (2016), as Justice Stuart Knox in the British-American period drama television series ''Harlots'' (2019) and as Paul Mann in the BBC One television series ''The Trial of Christine Keeler ''The Trial of Christine Keeler'' is a British television series based on the chain of events surrounding the Profumo affair in the 1960s. The six-part series premiered on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 29 December 2019. The series was adapte ...'' (2019–2020). Filmography Film Television Stage References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenlees, Jack 21st-century Scottish male actors Living people Scottish male film actors Scottish male television actors Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roma Downey
Roma Burnett (née Downey) is an actress, producer, and author from Derry, Northern Ireland. She produced the mini-series ''The Bible'' for the History Channel and also appeared in it as Mary, mother of Jesus. For nine seasons she played Monica the angel in the CBS television series ''Touched by an Angel''. She has performed on stage with the Abbey Theatre, The National Theatre of Ireland, and has appeared both on and off Broadway. She played the leading role of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the Emmy award-winning miniseries ''A Woman Named Jackie'' for NBC. Downey starred in and was executive producer for a number of television movies for the CBS network, including '' Borrowed Hearts'' and '' Second Honeymoon''. She is an ambassador for Operation Smile, serving on missions to Honduras, Vietnam, and Jordan. On 11 August 2016 she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2021, Downey received the Lifetime Achievement Award for the International Christian Film & M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray McArthur
Murray McArthur (born 4 May 1966) is an English stage, television and film actor. Early life McArthur was born and brought up in Devon. The son of a mushroom farmer, of Scottish parentage and red-haired, he often plays Scottish roles. He attended King's School, Ottery St Mary, received a BA (Joint Hons) degree in English and Drama at Loughborough University and went on to study acting at the Drama Studio London. He was a member of the Devon County Youth Theatre. Career He has appeared in many stage-plays in British regional theatres and on London's West End (including the Royal National Theatre and Shakespeare's Globe). Much of his stage work has taken him overseas (Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles & Panasonic Globe Theatre, Tokyo). His performance as Joe Gargery in ''Great Expectations'' at the Gate Theatre, Dublin was described by ''Irish Independent'' critic Bruce Arnold: "Emphasis on the heart-warming relationship between Pip and Joe Gargery is a crucial part of the story, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shobu Kapoor
Shobu Kapoor (born 28 May 1961) is a British actress of Indian descent. Life and career She is most notable for playing the role of Gita Kapoor, the long-suffering wife of market trader Sanjay (Deepak Verma), in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 1993 to 1998. After leaving ''Eastenders'', Kapoor appeared in the 2002 film ''Bend It Like Beckham'' and the TV series ''The Bill'' (2004). She has also been in ''Chicken Tikka Masala'' (2005), ''Casualty'' (2005) and ''Doctors'', where she appeared as five characters between 2000 and 2556. In 2006, she appeared in the BBC drama '' Banglatown Banquet'' and the Irish RTÉ soap ''Fair City'' (as Talayeh Kirmani). In 2007, she played the minor role of Umi in the Channel 4 drama '' Shameless''. In 2008, she appeared in "Journey's End", the series four finale of ''Doctor Who'', where her character perished at the hands of the Daleks. Other film roles include Taj's mother in '' Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj'' (2006) and Mrs Khan in ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cory English
Cory English (born 1968) is an American actor. Early life Born into a blue collar family in Rochester, New York, English was the youngest of four boys. English attended Wayne Central High School in Ontario, New York. He lived for several years in New York City. Career His West End credits include ''Chicago'', and ''Guys and Dolls''. In 2014 and 2015, English starred in a UK national tour of the Mel Brooks musical '' The Producers'' as Max Bialystock. English worked on ''Young Frankenstein'', another Mel Brooks musical, playing the part of Igor in a New York City production of ''Young Frankenstein'' in 2008, replacing Christopher Fitzgerald. He reprised that appearance for a United States national tour, which also featured former Broadway co-stars Roger Bart and Shuler Hensley. In 2013, English appeared at Portland Center Stage in ''Somewhere in Time''. English had a brief, uncredited appearance in the mockumentary talent show '' Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
