Camilla Joy Cynthia Power (born 13 November 1976) is an Irish-born English actress. She is best known for her appearances in the television series ''

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'' and '' Waterloo Road''.

Early life and education

Power was born in Cork,

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, and is a distant cousin of the actor

Tyrone Power Tyrone Edmund Power III (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include ''Jesse James (193 ...

. Her great-grandfather was Sir John Power, Member of Parliament for Wimbledon before the

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. She attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School in

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, and started acting from an early age; her first TV appearance was on a chicken nuggets commercial, and an early screen role was as Sabina Halliday in ''

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'' (1988).

Career

Power appeared in

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’s '' The Manageress'' in 1990 and played Jill Pole in

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’s '' The Silver Chair'' (1990), an adaptation of the book by C. S. Lewis. She also had parts in ''Bonjour la Classe'' (1993) and ''Moonacre'' (BBC, 1993), the last calling for skill at horse-riding. From 1993 to 1995 she was a regular cast member on the Yorkshire Television soap ''

'', playing

Jessica McAllister ''Emmerdale'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 16 October 1972. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 1993, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by either Morag Bain or Nicholas Prosser, ...

. Power made her stage debut in a theatrical adaptation of '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' at the National Theatre in 1998. She had roles in the television drama series '' Murder in Mind'' and '' The Brief''. In 2006, she appeared in the

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school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road'' as English teacher Lorna Dickey and returned for the second series in 2007, until her character committed suicide after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In early 2008 she starred in the '' Torchwood'' episode " From Out of the Rain" as Pearl, a circus star who escapes from an old cinema film and seeks revenge on those who put her out of business. Power was seen in the British action movie '' The Tournament'' as the ruthless assistant to Liam Cunningham's Tournament Master. In 2012, she appeared in two episodes of ITV drama ''

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''. In 2016, she appeared in " Shut Up and Dance", an episode of the anthology series '' Black Mirror''.

Filmography

References

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* 1976 births Living people English television actresses English people of Irish descent 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Alumni of the Sylvia Young Theatre School Actresses from Cork (city) {{England-actor-stub