Biography

Felicity Jurd

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Born
October 4, 1975 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Birth name
Felicity Amanda Jurd
Height
5′ 2″ (1.57 m)

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Felicity Jurd graduated from the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School (New York) in 1999.

A third generation actor, Felicity made her television debut at age eight, as Young Mary Quinn in Land of Hope (1986) and her voice over debut in ABC Radio's Cyclone Tracey (1985) which lead to her working on A Country Practice (1981).

In 1993, she won a 12 month scholarship at atyp (Australian Theatre for Young People) and went on to perform in plays with the company. On stage she is best known for "I May Fly" which spans the 75 year career of actress May Pusey which was performed in Sydney, London & New York.

She appeared in Green Means Stop (2012) starring Pooja Shah written and directed by Will Middleton, which won Best Community Film at the Rob Knox Film Festival in London.

Further screen credits include; The Drover's Wife, Home & Away, Doctor Doctor.

Commercial campaigns as an actor in the UK, NZ & Australia incl; Choosi (AU), Samsung Galaxy (Global), Little Angels Nappies (UK), AMI (NZ), NSW & QLD Law Society (AU), Richmond Foods (UK) and more.

An established voice artist, she has worked extensively on national commercial campaigns incl; Bring up Respect (AU), Heinz (AU), Nicabate (AU), Quickbooks (AU), Sendro Group (AU), King (AU), eHarmony (AU), GHD Hair (UK), Nurofen (AU) & Wentworth (UK). She played Principal Duvall & Constable Fernandez for the ABC Kids podcast, Mackeroy Uncovered.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature & French Language from Macquarie University and has voiced many audiobooks including the best sellers; You Need to Know by Nicola Moriarty, Summertime by Danielle Celermejer, Double Deal by John M. Green, One Punch by Julie Fison and Daughters of Eve by Nina D. Campbell.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

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Gender / Gender identity
Female

Trivia

Her grandmother is May Pusey. Her mother is Elizabeth Pusey. Her brother is Elliot Jurd.
She studied full time at the Atlantic Theater Company New York 1997 - 1999.
Fluent in French.
Studied Shakespeare & Classical Theatre at LAMDA, London.
Credits Robert Bella, Karen Kohlhaas, May Pusey, Juliet Jordan and Emily Caigan as the acting and voice teachers that have had most influence on her.

Quotes

[about her play I May Fly before it's season in London]: In putting together this piece, I chose to focus on the May that I experienced, the teacher, the actress, the naughty schoolgirl who never grew up. She was a true heroine who faced her challenges with dignity, grace and, most importantly, humor.