Andrea Gibb is a Scottish screenwriter and actress.

Early life and education

Andrea Gibb was born in Greenock,

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. She studied drama and sociology at

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and then did a post-graduate teaching degree at

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before going on to do an acting course at the

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Career

She acted regularly in theatre and television before she started writing. Her most high-profile role was as Deirdre, Calum Buchanan's girlfriend in '' All Creatures Great and Small''. "When I was doing ''All Creatures'', I had absolutely no desire, no intention, no belief that I could write," recalled Gibb in 2016. "It never occurred to me, and it was never something I imagined myself doing in the future. My writing career just happened, almost accidentally, and now I don't act very much at all. Occasionally I'll do the odd short film for a friend. I did a theatre job about three years ago that I absolutely loved. I miss actors and I miss that sense of camaraderie. You become a family."''All Memories Great & Small'', Oliver Crocker (2016; MIWK) "I had just moved from London up to Liverpool and was doing a fair bit of acting in the

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around Liverpool, including at the Everyman, but I still had a London agent, so I was going down for auditions all the time. She rang me and asked if I'd be interested in going up for ''All Creatures Great and Small'' because they were looking for a Scottish character. At first I thought it was to play a vet and I was really excited, then I read the script and, of course, it transpired that Deirdre worked at the

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." Gibb was also a regular presenter on the children's television programme ''

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''. She was shortlisted for The Dennis Potter Award with her screenplay ''Lucky Bag'' and then went on to win a Mental Health Media Award for the film ''Golden Wedding'', which she wrote for BBC Scotland. She then wrote the screenplays for ''

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'' and '' AfterLife''. Both these films were shot in her home town of Greenock at exactly the same time. She has a small cameo role in ''Dear Frankie''. Gibb was nominated for the

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and the BAFTA Scotland award for best Screenwriter. She was nominated for a

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/ Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award and won the

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Bowmore filmmaker of the year award in 2005. She also won the Women in Film and Television Script award for her work on these two films. Gibb is currently in development with several projects including high-profile adaptations of ''

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'' for

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's ''

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'' for Cuba Pictures,

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's '' The Road Home'' for BBC 2 and Andrea Gillies's Keeper and

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novel

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for

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References

External links

''Afterlife'' film review
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibb, Andrea Living people Scottish screenwriters British women screenwriters People from Greenock 20th-century Scottish actresses Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)