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Rebecca Humphries
Rebecca Humphries (born 3 October 1987) is a British actress and writer. Career Humphries attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and has appeared on stage in productions of ''Temple'' at the Donmar Warehouse, ''Pomona'' at the National Theatre and ''Blackout Songs'' at the Hampstead Theatre. She is also the author of the memoir ''Why Did You Stay?'' published in 2022. Humphries comedy television roles have included ''Friday Night Dinner'' and ''Morgana Robinson's The Agency''. She played Julie Fincham in the Amazon Prime Video series ''Ten Percent'', a British remake of ''Call My Agent!'', in April 2022. In 2023, Humphries portrayed Carrie Johnson in the Channel 4 docu-drama ''Partygate''. Previously, she had portrayed Carol Thatcher in the television drama series ''The Crown''. In 2023, she started filming Ben Wheatley comedy-horror series ''Generation Z''. Personal life Humphries began a relationship with British comedian Seann Walsh in 2013 which lasted for five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Academy Of Music And Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. It is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. LAMDA's Principal is Professor Mark O'Thomas, who succeeded Director Sarah Frankcom in 2022. Benedict Cumberbatch succeeded Timothy West as President of LAMDA's Board of Trustees in 2018. The Academy's graduates work regularly at the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare's Globe, and the theatres of London's West End and Hollywood, as well as on the BBC, HBO, and Broadway. It is registered as a company under the name LAMDA Ltd and as a charity under its trading name London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. There is an associate organisation in America under the name of American Friends of LAMDA (AFLAMDA). A very high proportion of LAMDA's stage management and technical theatre graduates find work in their chosen field wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seann Walsh
Sean Christopher Walsh (born 2 December 1985), known professionally as Seann Walsh, is an English stand-up comedian. Early life Walsh was born in Camden in London, but was brought up in Brighton. He left school with one GCSE examination pass, in Drama. Career Walsh is a graduate of Jill Edwards' comedy workshops and performed his first gig in November 2006. He won several awards early in his career including '' Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year (2009)'' and ''Chortle Best Newcomer (2009)''. Walsh supported Stephen K. Amos on his 2008/09 ''Find the Funny'' and 2009/10 ''The Feelgood Factor'' tours, as well as at the 2010 '' Reading and Leeds Festival''. Walsh was resident host at Komedia's ''Comic Boom'' in Brighton and has also been an 'audience wrangler' (a more recent version of the traditional warm-up comedian) for '' QI''. Walsh performed his 2012 show ''Seann to Be Wild'' at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and toured the country with it. He has performed shows with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Writers
List of English writers lists writers in English, born or raised in England (or who lived in England for a lengthy period), who already have Wikipedia pages. References for the information here appear on the linked Wikipedia pages. The list is incomplete – please help to expand it by adding Wikipedia page-owning writers who have written extensively in any genre or field, including science and scholarship. Please follow the entry format. A seminal work added to a writer's entry should also have a Wikipedia page. This is a subsidiary to the List of English people. There are or should be similar lists of Irish, Scots, Welsh, Manx, Jersey, and Guernsey writers. This list is split into four pages due to its size: * List of English writers (A–C) * List of English writers (D–J) *List of English writers (K–Q) *List of English writers (R–Z) List of English writers lists writers in English, born or raised in England (or who lived in England for a lengthy period), who alread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Television Actresses
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From London
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. Finke was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as being worth "millions of dollars", as well as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piglets (TV Series)
Piglets is a British comedy series set in a police training college. It was first broadcast on ITV1 and streamed on ITVX on 20 July 2024. Synopsis Six new police recruits attend a fictional police training college. Cast * Mark Heap as Superintendent Bob Weekes * Sarah Parish as Superintendent Julie Spry * Rebecca Humphries as Melanie * Ukweli Roach as Mike * Ricky Champ as Daz * Callie Cooke as Steph * Sam Pote as Leggo * Sukh Kaur Ojla as Geeta * Halema Hussain as Afia * Abdul Sessay as Dev * Jamie Bisping as Paul Production From Monicker Pictures, the series is written by Victoria Pile, Robert Harley, James Henry, Oriane Messina, and Fay Rusling who all previously collaborated on the ''Channel 4'' comedy series ''Green Wing''. ''Piglets'' is directed by Sam Leifer and Victoria Pile and produced by Victoria Pile, Caroline Leddy, Robert Harley and Sam Leifer. The writers were also joined by ITV's Comedy Writers Initiative candidate Omar Khan and new writers Abiola Ogunbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hold The Sunset
''Hold the Sunset'' is a British television British sitcom, sitcom first broadcast on BBC One on 18 February 2018. When first announced, it had the working title ''Edith''. Premise The plot revolves around two retired neighbours, Phil (Cleese) and Edith (Steadman), who live in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire (although filming is largely in and around Richmond, London). They are both widowed and planning to start a new life together in Gozo. Those plans are scuppered when Edith's 49-year-old son Roger (Watkins), moves back into his mother's house after walking out on his wife and their two teenage children. Cast *Alison Steadman – Edith *John Cleese – Phil, Edith's boyfriend *Jason Watkins (actor), Jason Watkins – Roger, Edith's son *Rosie Cavaliero – Wendy, Roger's wife *Joanna Scanlan – Sandra, Edith's daughter *Anne Reid – Queenie, Edith's cleaner *James Cosmo – Bob, Edith's ex (relationship), ex-boyfriend *Peter Egan – Jack Dugdale, neighbour, a retired doctor *Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crackanory
''Crackanory'' is a storytelling television series aimed at adults and inspired by the popular children's series ''Jackanory''. It is broadcast on the UKTV channel Dave. Each episode features tales narrated by contemporary comedians and actors, containing a mix of live-action, original music and animation, all read from the same oversized chair, in a set consistent and reflective of the story. The first series attracted widespread critical acclaim and over half a million viewers to Dave. There are a number of reoccurring themes through the series, with the fictional company Tripec Plastics, the town of Specsham, and "fat Nicola from accounts" being frequently referenced. First series Episode 1 * Jack Dee "Bitter Tweet" * Sally Phillips "What Peebee Did Next" Episode 2 * Rebecca Front "Fakespeare" * Kevin Eldon "What Do You Say?" Episode 3 * Harry Enfield "The Teacup Has Landed" * Sarah Solemani "Pleasure Drone" and Episode 4 * Sharon Horgan "The Translator" * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Bad World (TV Series)
''Big Bad World'' is a British television sitcom which first aired on Comedy Central in 2013. Created by Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf, it stars Blake Harrison as Ben, a directionless, young graduate who returns to his home town of Great Yarmouth after leaving university. Cast * Blake Harrison as Ben Turnbull *Rebecca Humphries as Beth * David Fynn as Oakley *Seann Walsh as Eggman *James Fleet as Neil Turnbull *Caroline Quentin as Jan Turnbull *Scarlett Alice Johnson as Lucy Deacon * Alex Lanipekun as Steve *Julia Deakin as Shirley *Jay Brown as Dean Episodes Reception The show received a generally positive critical reaction with some mixed reviews. ''The Guardian'' praised the series as "a surprisingly engaging original series from Comedy Central UK" and "a funny take on the challenges of adulthood". The ''Metro'' said of episode 1, "So far, so promising. Harrison is adept at the whole man-child thing and he's surrounded by a convincing bunch of slacker, lives-going-nowhere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardinal Burns
''Cardinal Burns'' is a British television sketch show starring Seb Cardinal (born 1973 or 1974) and Dustin Demri-Burns (born July 1978). After a pilot on BBC Three, the first series began on 8 May 2012 on E4, before moving to Channel 4 for the second series in 2014. Series 1 (2012) Recurring characters included The Office Flirt, a pair of Cockney cabbies, and a middle-class spoken word poet, alongside parodies of Banksy and " scripted reality" programmes such as '' The Hills'' and '' Made in Chelsea''. Ensemble cast members for this series were Bridget Christie Bridget Louise Christie (born 17 August 1971) is an English stand-up comedian, actress and writer. She has written and performed 12 Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows and several comedy tours, in addition to radio and television work. She has rece ..., James Puddephatt, Ronnie Lushington, Aisling Bea, Fiona Button, Lucinda Dryzek, Jeff Wode, Simon Coombs, Ayuk Marchant, Clare Warde, William Hartley, Terence M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
