Michelle Terry

Michelle Terry is an English actress and writer, known for her work on stage and for portraying Sara on Reunited.

Background

Born in Weston-super-Mare,[1] she was raised in Kewstoke, and attended Priory Community School and Broadoak Sixth Form Centre.[2]

Terry aspired to be an actress from an early age.[3] She attended an amateur dramatic society and took LAMDA exams at school in poetry, prose and spoken verse. At the age of fourteen she joined the National Youth Theatre.[1][4] She read English literature at Cardiff University before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2004.[4]

Career

Terry made her professional debut in the touring and subsequent West End production of Blithe Spirit, playing the Maid and understudying Elvira.[1] Her other theatre credits include The War on Terror, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, The Man Who Had All the Luck, Tribes and As You Like It. Her work at the National Theatre includes London Assurance, All's Well That Ends Well and England People Very Nice.[3][5]

For the Royal Shakespeare Company, Terry has appeared in productions of Days of Significance, Pericles, The Winter's Tale, The Crucible and Love's Labour's Lost, playing Rosaline.[5] She was among the writers of Sudden Loss of Dignity, staged at the Bush Theatre in 2009.[6]

Terry has appeared in broadcast versions of London Assurance and All's Well That Ends Well, as part of National Theatre Live, and in Globe Theatre productions of Love's Labour's Lost and "A Midsummer Night's Dream", both of which were released on DVD. Her television credits include episodes of Extras, Law & Order: UK and the Mike Bullen pilot Reunited, playing "Sara".[7] She was co-writer, with Ralf Little, of the comedy drama TV series, The Cafe, which aired on Sky1 from 2011-13, in which she played "Sarah Porter". The series was set and filmed in her own hometown, Weston-super-Mare.[2][8]

Theatre credits


Awards

Terry won Best Actress in a Visiting Production at the 2008 Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards, for the Donmar Warehouse production of The Man Who Had All the Luck.[9]

She won Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 2011 Olivier Awards, for her portrayal of Sylvia in the Royal Court Theatre production of Tribes.[10]

Filmography

List of television performances
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Extras Female Extra 1 episode: "Patrick Stewart"
2009 Law & Order: UK Debbie Grove 1 episode: "Unloved"
2010 Reunited Sara Television pilot
2011 The Café Sarah Porter Co-writer

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Stage/Features/Showpeople/Michelle Terry; retrieved 20 February 2011.
  2. 1 2 Michelle is right at home for new Sky comedy show Weston Mercury; retrieved 15 November 2011.
  3. 1 2 "National Theatre Update" (PDF). National Theatre. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  4. 1 2 GlobeLink :: Princess of France: Michelle Terry plays the Princess of France; retrieved 20 February 2011.
  5. 1 2 Michelle Terry – Company Members – National Theatre; retrieved 20 February 2011.
  6. ↑ Michelle Terry | London Theatre Database; retrieved 20 February 2011.
  7. ↑ BBC – BBC One Programmes – Reunited; retrieved 20 February 2011.
  8. ↑ She is currently playing the role of Luciana in the National Theatre's production of 'A Comedy of Errors'. Somerset seafront sitcom The Cafe ready for airing on Sky One | This is Somerset Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  9. ↑ "M.E.N Theatre Awards: The Judges' verdict". City Life. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  10. ↑ Terry wins Best Actress In A Supporting Role – Laurence Olivier Awards Retrieved 2011-03-16.

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