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Cloudia Swann, New York - The Great Game
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Life and career
Cloudia Rose Swann is an English actress. Cloudia Swann was born in Leicestershire, and spent her early years living in Stratford Upon Avon where she attended Bromsgrove School until the age of 13. Swann later attended Cheltenham College for her A-Levels before a 3 year Acting Diploma at the Oxford School of Drama.[1]
Swann graduated from the Oxford School of Drama in 2005 when she landed her first screen leading role opposite Jesper Christanson as Alice in an Independent Feature Shaking Dreamland.[2] In 2006 she landed a 3 part series Dream Team 80’s Hewland Productions for Sky TV [3] before playing a semi regular role for BBC Scotlands River City.[4] In 2007 Swann landed leading role Sophie in Shine Prodcutions Dis/connected [5] directed by Tom Harper, as part of the BBC 3 Pilot season. Swann played Mark Addy’s daughter from the north for ITV Bike Squad directed with Guy Jenkin where she later worked with him on his comedy Fried Brain Sandwich for Sony Pictures.
Cloudia Swann – Charity PhotoshootSwann had a small role in an episode of Demons which screened in February 2009, and also appeared in independent film, Shoot on Sight [6] directed by the late Jag Mundhra starring Brian Cox and Greta Saatchi about the 7/11 bombings in London.
In 2010, Swann was cast in the Award Winning The Great Game Afghanistan, Tricycle Theatre. 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 Nicolas Kent and Indhu Rubasingham.[7] Swann played six different characters from a young Afgahn girl in Black Tulips to Simon Stephens Canopy of Stars where she portrayed a wife confronting her Sergeant Husband about returning back to War. The success of the US Tour resulted in a return to Washington DC early 2011 for two exclusive performances for The Pentagon.
Cloudia Swann - Of Mice and MenPrior to this Swann guested in many well known TV shows such as police drama The Bill, Doctors and Hollyoaks. Swann appeared in the Multi Million Rowntrees Randoms Campaign playing a random primary school teacher [8] which was aired across the UK. Other company commercials in which Swann has appeared include telecomunications company Orange, Vageta and the Co-op.
She starred in a stage production of Of Mice and Men at the Dukes Theatre in Lancaster.[9] In September 2011 she completed filming Real Playing Game ref>"[10]", IMDB, 24-10-2011. Retrieved 24-10-2011.</ref> a thriller starring a cast from around Europe, produced by MGN Filmes Tino Navarro.Filmography
Film
Year Film Character Director/Producer Studio 2011 RPG Young Player #3 Tino Navarro MGN Filmes 2007 Shoot on Sight Justine Miller Jag Mundhra Cine Boutique 2006 All Bar Love Eva James Deryshire Te papa 2006 Young Hearts Leap Face Girl Alex Kalymnios BFI 2005 Shaking Dreamland Alice Martina Nagel Eagle Films Television
Year Production Character Director/Producer Studio 2009 Fried Brain Sandwich Carmel Guy Jenkin Sony Pictures 2009 Hollyoaks Sandy Tant Lay Lime Pictures 2009 Doctors Sally Daniel Wilson BBC 2009 Demons Greta Tom Harper Shine Productions 2008 Dis-connected Sophie (lead) Tom Harper Shine Productions 2007 Bike Squad Susan Guy jenkin Hatrick Productions 2007 River City Sophie Various Directors BBC Scotland 2006 The Bill Sally Ayling Robert Del Maestro Thames TV 2006 Dream Team Retro Susan Rob McGillivery Hewland Theatre
Year Production Character Director 2010/11 Black Tulips (The Great Game) Nahid Nicolas Kent 2010/11 Wood for the Fire Karen Rachel Grunwald 2010/11 Night is darkest before the Dawn Minoo Indhu Rubasingham 2010/11 On the side of Angels Fiona Indhu Rubasingham 2010/11 Fiona Gall Fiona Nicolas Kent 2010/11 Canopy of Stars Cheryl Nicolas Kent 2009 Of Mice and Men Curleys Wife Kevin Dyer 2006 Othello Desdemona Kathryn Hunter, Marcello Magni 2004 Edmund Glenna Che Walker Other Work
Year Production Character Medium 2010 Canopy of Stars Cheryl BBC 3 (Radio) 2010 Tantemarie Girl Gordan Ramsey (Viral) 2009 Loose Women N/a BBC Lancaster (Radio) 2009 Rowntrees Randoms School Teacher UK (TV) 2008 Vageta Girl Baltic States (TV) 2007 Orange Sushi Girl Israel (Cinema and TV) 2006 The Co-op Jealous Girl Switzerland (Cinema and TV) References
- ^ "[1]",IMDB, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ "[2]", Eagle Films, Oct 2006. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ "[3]", Dream Team 80's webpage, 2006. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ "[4]", River City - The Evening Times, 2006. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ "[5]", Digital Spy, 03-27-2008. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ "[6]", apunkachoice film site, 2009. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ "[7]", The Huffington Post, 10-28-2010. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ "[8]", Rowntrees Advert - Youtube, 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ "[9]", Stage Review, 28-09-2009. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/lancashire/hi/things_to_do/newsid_8246000/8246828.stm Of mice and Men BBC Lancashire Radio Interview and Images
2. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/designer-babe-set-to-shake-up-shieldinch-1.972933 River City - The Evening Times Profile on Cloudia Swann
3. http://www.denofgeek.com/television/249802/lily_allen_eyes_doctor_who_role.html Doctor Who
4. http://www.eaglefilms.co.uk/Shaking%20Dream%20Land/press/cloudia_swann.html Shaking Dreamland Film Press Page
5. http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/25682/of-mice-and-men Of Mice and Men - The Stage Review
6. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/tubetalk/a91028/preview-new-teen-drama-disconnected.html?start=2 Dis/connected - Shine Productions Film
7. http://virtual-lancaster.blogspot.com/2009/10/in-review-of-mice-and-men.html Of Mice and Men - Virtual Lancaster
8. http://www.berkeleyrep.org/press/photos-10gg.asp The Great Game - Berkley Rep
9. http://outwestarts.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-ten-and-only-best-of-theater-10.html The Great Game - 10 of the best Review
10. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117943942?refCatId=33 The Great Game Variety Review
11. http://outwestarts.blogspot.com/2010/10/like-poppies.html The Great Game Review
12. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v4m2g BBC radio 3 Canopy of Stars
13. http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/greatgame10-rev.htm The Great Game (review)
14. http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/greatgame10-rev.htm The Great Game(review)
15. http://www.theatreindc.com/playdetail.php?playID=174 The Great Game (Washington DC)
16. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lauren-gunderson/theatre-of-the-right-now-_b_774123.html (Berkley US Review)
17. http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/artsfun/afterhours/16812.html (washington The Great Game Review)
18. http://theater.nytimes.com/show/25491/The-Great-Game-Afghanistan-/overview (New York Times - Overview of cast)
19. http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/09/21/the-great-game-afghanistan-part-2/ The Great Game Review
20. http://www.stagevoices.com/stage_voices/2010/12/the-great-game-afghanistan-in-new-york-review.html (New York performance standout)
21. 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. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2014175/ (Cloudia Swann IMDB Page).
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPRwHxXbCZc (Cloudia Swann as a teacher in Rowntree's Randoms Advert).
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- English television actors
- English stage actors
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