Anna Francolini

Anna Francolini is an English actress.

Early life

Francolini was born in Chertsey, Surrey, and studied theatre at the University of Warwick.[1] She also trained as a member of the National Youth Theatre.

Career

In the early part of her career, Francolini appeared in two acclaimed musical productions at the Donmar Warehouse - Company (1995) and Merrily We Roll Along (2000), both by Stephen Sondheim. She also played the Baker's Wife in the Royal Opera House production of Sondheim's Into the Woods in 2007. She won the 2009 TMA Award for Best Performance in a Play with her portrayal of Jean Brodie in Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which was staged at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton.

In 2010, she played the role of Maria Callas in Martin Sherman's play Onassis, running at the Novello Theatre.[2] In July 2015, she will be part of the premiere cast of Damon Albarn's new musical Wonder.land at the Manchester International Festival.[3] Her screen credits include the movie Topsy-Turvy and the TV series Rome.

References

  1. ↑ "20 Questions With...Anna Francolini, Whatonstage.com, 30th June 2003"
  2. ↑ "Brief Encounter With ... Onassis' Anna Francolini, Whatsonstage.com, 4th October 2010"
  3. ↑ "Casting announced for Damon Albarn's wonder.land". whatsonstage.com. Whats On Stage. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, October 01, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.