- Cinsyla Key
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Cinsyla Key (born 12 September 1984) is an Anglo-French actress and singer, with Irish roots. She has appeared in such films as Angel, Mr Nobody, In Bruges, ...
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Early life and Career
Exposed to the world of performing arts from an early age, Cinsyla Key started auditioning for local singing/dance competitions and theatre companies at the age of seven, with success, and appeared in a series of educational theatre tours dedicated to Moliere's work.
After succeeding an Arts degree at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, she came back to performing arts through a first MA collaborating with the Royal Conversatory of Brussels, where she directed her courses to film performances analysis. From that point she navigated a gradual hill up the acting craft. While appearing briefly in international feature films, she took back the road of auditions and academies in Ireland and England, worked with the theatre director Andrew Visnevski on his RADA workshop, until getting her chance at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in 2007 where she attended a summer Shakespeare course before having been offered a place on its renowned PG (Dip) Classical acting. She got there first meaningful acting experiences by playing Shakespearean characters and developing a particular interest for James M. Barrie, Edgar Allan Poe and unusual parts.
Today, as an active member of the British Actors' Equity, affiliated to Spotlight and legally represented in London by Lee & Thompson, she has already grabbed a variety of acting work in theatre and film. She has worked with directors Alain Berliner, François Ozon, Eric Emmanuel Schmitt, Jaco Van Dormael and Martin McDonagh, and appeared next to actors such as Billy Boyd, Sam Neill, Diane Kruger, Jared Leto, Sarah Polley and Aaron Eckhart, to name but a few. She lately associated her name with the next Philipp Stolzl's production, The Expatriate, and concept photo shoots connected to fashion campaigns launched in the UK and France by top fashion designers like Jean-Paul Gaultier.
Selected stage credits
- Phoebe, Quality Street, Brussels Shakespeare Society - Scarabeus Theatre [Brussels], McOwan Theatre [London], 2007
- Phoebe, As You Like It, McOwan Theatre, London, 2007
- Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Linbury Studio, London, 2007
- Hermia, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Linbury Studio, London, 2007
- Hell Guide, Huis Clos, Theatre au Vert, France, 2007
- Harpagon, L'Avare, L'Envol Theatre, France, 2006
Filmography
Year Title Role 2012 The Expatriate The Metropole manager 2011 The Invader The American girl 2010 Glenn, The Flying Robot Barmaid 2009 Mr Nobody Elise (double) 2008 In Bruges Hotel guest 2008 A Shadow Behind the Door Monique 2007 Odette Toulemonde The bookshop customer 2007 Angel Guest at the Ball 2007 Gone For a Dance Voice References
External links
Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- English film actors
- French film actors
- English people of French descent
- English people of Irish descent
- English stage actors
- English television actors
- English voice actors
- English female models
- People from London
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