Sian Brooke
| Sian Brooke | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1980 (age 35–36) Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Other names | Siân Brooke |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Sian Brooke (born Sian Phillips in Lichfield in 1980) is a British actress, known for portraying Laura in All About George and Lori in Cape Wrath.
Background
Brooke is from Lichfield and is the youngest of three siblings.[1] She was born to Welsh parents.[2] She is a former member of the National Youth Theatre and trained at RADA, graduating in 2002.[1]
Brooke's real surname is Phillips. She took her stage name to avoid confusion with actress Siân Phillips, choosing Brooke after an English Civil War general who served at Lichfield, her home town.[3]
Career
Brooke's television credits include A Touch of Frost, Hotel Babylon, Foyle's War and The Fixer. As a child, she was featured in Strangers in Utah with Adrian Dunbar and Phyllida Law. She also played the lead roles of Laura in All About George and Lori Marcuse in Cape Wrath.
Brooke has lent her voice to the radio dramas Murder on the Homefront, A Pin to See the Peepshow and Dreaming in Africa.[4]
Brooke's theatre work includes Harvest, Dying City, Dido Queen of Carthage, In The Club, The Birthday Party and Absolutely Perhaps. She has also appeared in productions of Poor Beck, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet, with the Royal Shakespeare Company.[4] From July to August 2008, Brooke played Dorothy Gale in the musical The Wizard of Oz at the Southbank Centre. The production was directed by Jude Kelly.[1] During 2011 at the Almeida Theatre, London, she appeared in Stephen Poliakoff's My City and Neil LaBute's Reasons to be Pretty. From August to October 2015, Brooke played Ophelia, alongside Benedict Cumberbatch, in the Barbican's Production of Hamlet.[5][6]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Dinotopia | Krista - Marooned (2002) - Making Good (2002) - Lost and Found (2003) - The Cure: Part One (2003) - Crossroads (2003) | Fantasy drama |
| 2006 | All About George | Laura | Comedy-drama |
| Under the Greenwood Tree | Susan Dewy | Television film | |
| 2006 | A Touch of Frost | Carol Haymarsh - Endangered Species (2006) | Police procedural |
| Housewife, 49 | Evelyn Edwards | Television film | |
| 2007 | Foyle's War | Phyllis Law - Bleak Midwinter (2007) | Period crime drama |
| Hotel Babylon | Lisa - Episode 2.4 (2007) | Comedy-drama | |
| Cape Wrath | Lori Marcuse | Drama | |
| 2008 | The Fixer | Melrose Cassidy - Episode 1.2 (2008) | Drama |
| Midsomer Murders | Christine Turner - The Magician's Nephew (2008) | Police procedural | |
| The Commander | DC Marian Randall - Abduction (2008) | Police procedural | |
| 2011 | Garrow's Law | Ann Hadfield | Series three |
References
- 1 2 3 Powell, Lucy (12 July 2008). "Click your heels ... Siân Brooke as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz". The Times. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ↑ Whitfield, Lydia (25 April 2004). "Revealed: Wales's top 50 single women". Wales on Sunday. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ↑ Sian Brooke - Biography IMDB. Retrieved on 2009-08-20.
- 1 2 National Theatre: Company Members: Sian Brooke Retrieved on 2009-08-20.
- ↑ Trueman, Matt (18 November 2011). "Sian Brooke: The beauty of changing places". The Stage. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ↑ Sierz, Aleks (18 November 2011). "Reviews: Reasons To Be Pretty". The Stage. Retrieved 12 January 2012.