Siri Willow Ceridwen Neal, sometimes credited as Siri O'Neal, is a film and television actress. She is best known for appearing as Minty, the lead role in ''
Moondial
Moondials are time pieces similar to sundials, using the moon to cast shadows on a marked dial. The most basic moondial is accurate only on the night of the full moon. Every night after that, it loses on average 48 minutes, while every night ...
'' (1988).
Career
Born Siri Willow Ceridwen Neal, Neal's grandmother's surname was O'Neal. Her mother altered it to "Neal". Since 1996 Neal has also used "O'Neal".
[Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed., Adrian Room, McFarland & Co. Inc., 2010, p. 360]
She is best known for appearing as Minty, the lead role in ''
Moondial
Moondials are time pieces similar to sundials, using the moon to cast shadows on a marked dial. The most basic moondial is accurate only on the night of the full moon. Every night after that, it loses on average 48 minutes, while every night ...
'' (1988), a
children's television series
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originally aired on the
BBC
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.
Neal also appeared as Juanita, a
guerilla leader/
French
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France
** French people, a nation and ethnic group
** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices
Arts and media
* The French (band), ...
double agent
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, in the
television film
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''
Sharpe's Battle
''Sharpe's Battle'' is the twelfth historical novel in the Sharpe (novel series), Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 1995. The story is set during the Peninsular War in Spain in 1811.
Plot summary
While lost near th ...
'' (1995), a part of the multi-part drama series ''
Sharpe''. She also guest starred in two episodes of the TV drama ''
Lovejoy
''Lovejoy'' is a British television comedy-drama mystery fiction, mystery series, based on the Lovejoy (novel series), novels by John Grant (Lovejoy), John Grant under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six ser ...
'': "Highland Fling Part 1" and "Highland Fling Part 2".
Her last credited role was as a social worker in the film ''
Urban Ghost Story'' (1998).
Since then, Neal has worked on various audiobooks, including the Doctor Who spin off ''
UNIT
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General measurement
* Unit of measurement, a definite magnitude of a physical quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law
**International System of Units (SI), modern form of the metric system
**English units, histo ...
'' (2004) alongside
David Tennant
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.
Neal has also provided TV/radio voiceovers for Argos, Clover, Nescafe, Powergen, Sainsburys, Channel 4, Jazz FM & Homelessness.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Audiobooks
References
External links
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* Moondia
Little Gems Fan Page
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Living people
British child actresses
British film actresses
British television actresses
1972 births