Cloudia Swann is an English stage, film and television actress.

Life and career

Swann was born in

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, and spent her early years living in

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where she attended

Bromsgrove School Bromsgrove School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in the Worcestershire town of Bromsgrove, England. Founded in 1553, it is one of the oldest public schools in Britain, and one of the 14 founding members of the Headmaste ...

until the age of 13. Swann later attended

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for her A-Levels before a 3-year Acting Diploma at the

Oxford School of Drama The Oxford School of Drama is a drama school in the United Kingdom. It is based at Wootton, ten miles north of Oxford. The school is an independent, vocational drama school which runs a three-year acting course and a one-year acting course, bot ...

, graduating in 2005 when she landed her first screen leading role opposite Jesper Christanson as Alice in an Independent Feature Shaking Dreamland. In 2006, she landed a 3 part series, ''Dream Team 80s'' for Sky TV before playing a semi-regular role for

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's ''River City''. In 2007, Swann landed leading role Sophie in Shine Productions Dis/connected directed by Tom Harper, as part of the

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pilot season. Swann played

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's daughter for ITV's ''Bike Squad''. Swann had a small role in an episode of Demons which screened in February 2009, and also appeared in independent film, Shoot on Sight directed by Jag Mundhra starring Brian Cox and

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about the 7/11 bombings in London. In 2010, she was cast in the award-winning ''The Great Game: Afghanistan'' at the

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, a British series of short plays on the history of Afghanistan and foreign intervention there, from the First Anglo-Afghan War to the present day, directed by

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and

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. Swann played six different characters from a young Afghan girl in ''Black Tulips'' to

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' ''Canopy of Stars'' as a wife confronting her sergeant husband about returning to war. The success of the US tour resulted in a return to

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in early 2011 for two exclusive performances at the Pentagon. Prior to this, Swann guested in many TV shows. She appeared in the Multi Million Rowntrees Randoms Campaign playing a random primary school teacher which was aired across the UK. Other company commercials in which Swann has appeared include telecommunications company Orange, Vageta and the Co-op. She starred in a stage production of ''

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'' at the Dukes Theatre in Lancaster.''Of Mice and Men''
virtual-lancaster.net. Accessed 22 September 2023. In September 2011, she completed filming ''Real Playing Game'', a thriller.

Selected filmography

Films

Television

Theatre

Other work

References

1. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/designer-babe-set-to-shake-up-shieldinch-1.972933 River City – The Evening Times Profile on Cloudia Swann 2. http://www.denofgeek.com/television/249802/lily_allen_eyes_doctor_who_role.html Doctor Who 3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402073753/http://www.eaglefilms.co.uk/Shaking%20Dream%20Land/press/cloudia_swann.html Shaking Dreamland Film Press Page 4. http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/25682/of-mice-and-men Of Mice and Men – The Stage Review 5. https://web.archive.org/web/20111002204513/http://www.berkeleyrep.org/press/photos-10gg.asp The Great Game – Berkley Rep 6. http://outwestarts.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-ten-and-only-best-of-theater-10.html The Great Game – 10 of the best Review 7. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117943942?refCatId=33 The Great Game Variety Review 8. http://outwestarts.blogspot.com/2010/10/like-poppies.html The Great Game Review 9. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v4m2g BBC radio 3 Canopy of Stars 10. http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/greatgame10-rev.htm The Great Game (review) 11. http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/greatgame10-rev.htm The Great Game(review) 12. http://www.theatreindc.com/playdetail.php?playID=174 The Great Game (Washington DC) 13. http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/artsfun/afterhours/16812.html (Washington The Great Game Review) 14. http://theater.nytimes.com/show/25491/The-Great-Game-Afghanistan-/overview (New York Times – Overview of cast) 15. http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/09/21/the-great-game-afghanistan-part-2/ The Great Game Review 16. https://web.archive.org/web/20120514111357/http://www.stagevoices.com/stage_voices/2010/12/the-great-game-afghanistan-in-new-york-review.html (New York performance standout) 17. http://www.zimbio.com/Afghanistan/articles/eyZdZh3VS8Z/Olivier+Nominated+Great+Game+Afghanistan+Arrives http://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/30957 (Minneapolis Programme – The Great Game)

External links

1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2014175/ (Cloudia Swann IMDB Page). 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPRwHxXbCZc (Cloudia Swann as a teacher in Rowntree's Randoms Advert). {{DEFAULTSORT:Swann, Cloudia Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Oadby English television actresses English stage actresses People educated at Bromsgrove School Actresses from Leicestershire People educated at Cheltenham College Alumni of the Oxford School of Drama People from Stratford-upon-Avon