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Clemency Burton-Hill Born Clemency Margaret Greatrex Burton
1 July 1981
London,United KingdomOther names Clemmie Burton-Hill Years active 1992-present Spouse James Roscoe Clemency Margaret Greatrex Burton (born 1 July 1981 in London) is a British actress, novelist, journalist and violinist.[1]
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Private life
The daughter of the TV presenter and writer Humphrey Burton and Gillian Hawser, an agent (who had married Robert I Hill in 1970), she attended St Paul's Girls' School and Westminster School and went on to read English at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Since university, Burton-Hill has combined a career in acting, writing, music, and political and arts consultancy. She married James Roscoe on 18 October 2008.
Writing career
Her first journalistic role was as a staff fashion writer at Vogue and she has since written for The Economist, The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent, The Sunday Times, The Sunday Telegraph, The Times Literary Supplement, Elle, and The Mail on Sunday. She has also been a columnist at Total Politics and The Liberal magazines and also for The Daily Telegraph and now is a freelance contributing editor of The Spectator.
In January 2009 Burton-Hill's first novel, The Other Side of the Stars, was published by Headline Review, a division of Hodder Headline. She has since signed a new two-book deal with Headline.
Television and radio
Burton-Hill is a presenter on both BBC Radio 3's classical music Breakfast show and The Culture Show on BBC Two television.
In 2008 and 2009, she was a member of the live presenting team at the Proms for BBC Four and BBC Two interviewing Philip Glass and Daniel Barenboim. She has fronted the medical documentary Operation Smile, filmed in Madagascar; presented a film about Frederic Chopin for BBC World as part of their Visionaries series; and recently co-presented, with Huw Edwards, six films about the Leeds International Piano Competition for BBC Four.
In April and May 2010 Burton-Hill presented the BBC Young Musician 2010 programme on BBC Four with the semi-finals and final also shown on BBC Two.[2]
Acting
Working as an actress since 1997 in film and television productions, she appeared in Hustle, Midsomer Murders, The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, Supernova, and Dream Team and played the regular role of Sophie Montgomery in Party Animals.
Music
Burton-Hill, a former scholar at The Royal College of Music where she was the recipient of the Hugh Bean Violin Prize, has toured with Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. In 2005 Burton-Hill co-founded Aurora Orchestra and is a trustee of the Choir of London and a member of its orchestra with whom she regularly tours to the West Bank and Occupied Territories.
Charity interests
She is a trustee of Dramatic Need.[3]
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes 1992 Emily's Ghost Kelly 1993 The Higher Mortals Melissa 1997 Dream Team Georgina Jacobs The Promise Elizabeth Gage 2000 The Last of the Blonde Bombshells Young Vera Hit List Nicky 2002 Until Death Emma Oldfield 2005 Midsomer Murders Hettie Trent La Femme Musketeer Marie Mancini 2005 Supernova (TV movie) Ginny McKillip Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God Melora A Higher Agency Anna 2006 Party Animals Sophie Montgomery Hustle Melissa DeMonfort The Prince and Me 2: The Royal Wedding Princess Kirsten direct-to-video 2007 The Palace Alice Templeton Shoot on Sight Pamela Davies The Wreck Isabelle 2008 Agatha Christie: Poirot Claudia Reece-Holland 1 episode Kis Vuk Arabella voice 2009 Shadows in the Sun Isabelle Elegy Mother completed Vivaldi Laura Padovan post-production Crusades Rebecca post-production References
- ^ "My week - Clemency Burton-Hill". The Observer. 21 January 2007. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/7days/story/0,,1995197,00.html. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
- ^ BBC Young Musician 2010 to be broadcast on BBC Two, BBC Four and BBC Radio 3 BBC, 12 April 2010
- ^ Dramatic Need, Registered Charity no. 1119443 at the Charity Commission
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Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from London
- Alumni of the Royal College of Music
- Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
- Harvard University alumni
- English journalists
- English female singers
- English film actors
- English television actors
- English voice actors
- Old Westminsters
- Old Paulinas
- English classical violinists
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