- Camilla Power
Camilla Power (born
November 13 ,1976 ) is an Irish-born English actress who is probably most notably remembered in her role asJill Pole in BBC's TV adaptation of the book "The Silver Chair " byC.S. Lewis . The show was aired in the six Sundays precedingChristmas 1990, shortly after her 14th birthday.This was followed by parts in 'Bonjour La Classe' for the BBC(1993), and 'Moonacre'(BBC)(1993) a part which involved horse-riding. Other early parts have included: 'The Manageress' (Ch4)(1990).
Power started acting from an early age; her very first T.V. appearance was on a chicken nuggets advertisement.
She made her stage debut in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" at the National Theatre in 1998. Her voice was featured in the English dubbed version of "Alice". She was a regular cast member on
Yorkshire Television soap "Emmerdale " for two years.In 2006 she appeared in the BBC drama "Waterloo Road" as English teacher Lorna Dickey and returned for the second series in 2007, until her character committed suicide having been diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis .Power was born in Cork,
Ireland and is a distant cousin of Irish actorTyrone Power . Power's great-grandfather was Sir John Power, Member of Parliament for Wimbledon before theSecond World War . Power Hall at Chatham House is named in his honour.She attended the
Sylvia Young Theatre School inMarylebone . During her teenage years, Power's heart-throb idol was film actorLiam Neeson according to Inside Soap magazine 1994. She has a partner, but is not married and has one child from a former relationship.In early 2008 she starred in an episode of
Torchwood as Pearl, a circus star who escapes an old cinema and seeks revenge on those who put her out of business.External links
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