Biography

I am a professional, national multi-award winning Actress (2021) for the short film, The Last Breath 2019/21. I was awarded Best Actress by the Montreal Independent Film Festival, Best Supporting Actress by The Film Haus Berlin Film Festival and Best Supporting Actress by The Lonely Wolf London International Film Festival in August 2021. I am also a screenplay writer and director and I have received multiple awards for my first film called Shielding Sheila (2022) which has been submitted to various film festivals through Film Freeway. Awards received for the film to date include Best Actress, Best First-time Filmmaker, Best Cast, Best Actor, Best First-time Screenwriter, Best Director, Best Directorial Debut, Best Original Score/Music and Best Original Song along with a number of award nominations.

I trained as an Actress at Mountview Theatre School in 1981 and completed my BA Hons degree in Performance Arts at Middlesex Polytechnic, Trent Park in 1988. I also trained as a Drama Teacher and completed my PGCE in 1990. I taught in London Secondary Mainstream and Special Schools for 28 years.

I have a MA Degree in Education and I trained as a Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Coordinator to in order to work closely as a teacher with students who had special educational needs. I am also a professionally trained Voiceover Artist, nominated twice in 2019 and 2020 for Best VO for Animation and Best Female Newcomer at the One Voice Awards in London / Gravy for the Brain. I have my own professional home recording studio to record audio Voiceovers for my Clients.

My Agents and Management are AP Talent Management and Actors Plus. My casting playing age is 40 to 60 and I enjoy playing strong serious characters and I am able to 'cry' on cue as well as improvise accordingly.

I love to sing Jazz and Blues and I have been teaching myself to play the piano, Double Bass and the Guitar for a few years now. I also write my own songs, poems and short stories and screenplays. I am passionate about acting and being a creative generally.
- IMDb mini biography by: Joyce Grey-Carter