Deirdre Forrest
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 55 - 65
- Height
- 5' 2" (1m 57cm)
- Weight
- 9st. 5lb. (59kg)
- Hair Colour
- Blonde
- Eye Colour
- Grey
- Build
- Medium
Images
Video
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video fileCalista -DEIRDRE FORREST -Commercial
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video file'Penny' - Deirdre Forrest
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video file'Moonlight Requiem' 2020
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video fileDeirdre Forrest -NIA - older Italian woman
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video fileDeirdre Forrest -NIA- monologue - Italian accent
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video fileDeirdre Forrest 2020 Showreel
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video fileDEIRDRE FORREST - LOU -
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video fileDeirdre Forrest 'The Nest'- Delora
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video fileShowreel 2 - 2022
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video fileDeirdre Forrest OLD CRYSTAL- CRYSTAL:DEAD IMG.MOV
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video fileDeirdre Forrest 'Evelyn' Henry 1
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video fileDeirdre Forrest'Evelyn' HENRY 1
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Documents
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Agent
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Victoria Steven Managemen...Agent
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07583534022Contact
- Website
Other
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My Contact Number:
07957211065
Links
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2023 |
Mrs Healy - S. Irish cantankerouse mother/grandmother at a 'wake'
Film |
In My Beginning Is My End Trevor Murphy - Screentone E5 9RZ |
Film Studio W.London |
2023 |
Play true life Killer: Penelope Jackson
Television |
True Crime - dramatised documentary WAG Entertainment |
Gravesend UK |
2023 |
Jenny Slaughter - ascerbic wife
Film |
The Diabolical Banquet - dark comedy Edward Woolford Dir/Writer |
Gloucester |
2023 |
Distraught mother
Video |
'Warsaw' Music Video - Lovejoy (Band) Ricky Allen, Blood Films |
Margate |
2023 |
Barbara -Californian mother 1950/60's
Film |
Barely Jean - LGBTQ+ Mira Burgi |
London |
2023 |
Evelyn - Journalist/Novelist career drivenmother
Film |
Kite Antonia kabitzky Dir. |
Slough/ Eastbourne |
2023 |
Anne - grandmother with a YouTube following, uncovering scams.
Film |
Scam Granny Connor & Declan Miles Dirs. |
Clapham S. London |
2023 |
Crystal - murderess
Film |
Crystal Dead TJ Lane |
Caterham |
2023 |
Lady Laura Edwards
Film |
MAYFAIR Steve Graham -Henry Hadaway Organisation |
Broxbourne/Enfield |
2022 |
Teresa - Italian accent
Film |
NIA - BBC funded Chantelle Ampomah - Norto Productions Ltd |
Biggin Hill UK |
2022 |
Professor Vanessa Forbes
Film |
Choice Rebecca Dykstra - Dykstra Productions. |
Croydon |
2022 |
Charlotte - Entrepreneur
Film |
Violeta Cristina Rios Cisneros |
Regents Park |
2022 |
The Commander
Film |
The Fallout -dystopian dictatorship James Rowan / Limbo Productions |
Studio Preston Lancs |
2021 |
Mother - N. Carolina accent
Film |
The Outing - LGBTQ+ Carolina Ratcliffe |
Lincolnshire/ East Sussex |
2021 |
Psychiatrist
Film |
Dead Man's Phone -Series 3 Adam Butcher / Electric Noir Studios |
Guildford UK |
2021 |
Police Woman -Sarah Burns
Film |
Dimension Slip Barbara Toschi / Peracals Productions Ltd /info @peracals.com |
House in Bromley |
2021 |
Forensic Pathologist
Television |
Who Killed Soloman Reid Richard Andrew Dunsford / Hypericum Films |
Film Studio |
2021 |
Scientist
Film |
OILMEN Philip Lakka / Oilmen COP26 |
Ealing Studios |
2021 |
Lara Marques MI6 'M' character
Film |
Holy Grail- Bond spoof Callum Swain / Portsmouth Film School |
Location :Portsmouth |
2021 |
Pam
Film |
Where The Marigolds Lie - up for a BAFTA nomination 21' Dark two hander comedy. Jamie Gibson / Aperture Alley Productions |
on Location UK |
2021 |
Mary Mason - Best Actress at Frostbite International Film Festival. Won Best Horror & Best Ensemble CANNES 21'
Film |
Moonlit Requiem Arthur Edelman / Somnia Films |
On Location UK |
2018 |
Katherine Hepburn, Caitlin Moran
Theatre |
Love Letters Sarah Drew / Brighton Little Theatre |
Brighton Little theatre |
2017 |
Widow Quinn
Theatre |
Playboy Of The Western World Nick Roche / Brighton Little Theatre |
Brighton Little theatre |
2016 |
Desiree Armfeldt
Theatre |
A Little Night Music Luis Craig / Brighton Little Theatre |
Brighton Little theatre |
2000 |
Mrs Moody
Television |
Renford Rejects Steven Bawol / Nickelodeon/C4 |
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1997 |
Sister Margeretta
Theatre |
The Sound Of Music Michael Houghton Dir & Wendy Gadian (MD) / Cheltenham Everyman Theatre |
Cheltenham Everyman Theatre. |
1996 |
Pru Rose
Theatre |
Billy Blue Laura Copeland / Oval House Theatre |
Oval House Theatre, London |
1995 |
Albertine
Theatre |
House Of Obsession Christina Jones / Babel Theatre |
London Tour Inc. Mile End Theatre/Half moon |
1993 |
Sister Berthe
Theatre |
The Sound Of Music Mark Dorrel (MD) / West Yorkshire Playhouse |
West Yorkshire Playhouse - now- Leeds Playhouse |
1992 |
TV Interviewer to Sam West
Theatre |
Mail Order Bride Prunella Scales / West Yorkshie Playhouse |
West Yorkshire Playhouse - now- Leeds Playhouse |
1988 |
Trinket Buyer/Understudy Mdme Thenardier
Theatre |
Les Miserables John Caird / Cameron Macintosh Productions |
Palace Theatre London |
1977 |
Deirdre
Film |
The Class Of Miss Macmichael Silvio Narizzano / Kettledrum Films |
Cinemas |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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1977 | Post Graduate Acting | Middlesex Polytechnic (University) |
About me
I am returning to acting after a career break as a successful Accent /Dialect & Voice Coach but l have also had a successful career before this as an actor and singer as I was born into a theatre family with both my parents being actors and singers and was encouraged to follow in my parents opera careers which through prof. children's choirs led to performing at The Festival Hall each Christmas and amazing places like The Royal Albert Hall, a tour of Sweden singing in Swedish and working on Benjamin Britten operas for young people and recordings which were all incredible experiences.But in my teens l was pulled far more towards acting in local youth theatres and then onto The National Youth Theatre leaving school in the middle of my A levels to work on a film starring Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed playing a delinquent teenager. This was a great start to my professional career and allowed me to observe great talents at work. From there l worked on small fringe theatre plays like Goethe’s ‘Faust’ and community theatre with Camden Council devising and creating productions which was a great learning curve interacting with audiences. Then due to my singing background my mother persuaded me to go up for a UK number 1 tour of ‘‘Oklahoma’ that would come into the Palace Th. in London’s West End and was produced by Cameron Macintosh. Members of the cast were Alfred Molina as Judd and Maria Friedman. Maria and myself then auditioned for understudy roles and we both got lead covers. l was lucky enough to get the lead understudy Laurey and Maria -Ado Annie. From here l did a string of musicals inc The Rocky Horror Show/ Chess/ Piaf/ The Sound Of Music/ Chicago/Merrily We Roll Along which was co directed by Stephen Sondheim & George Furth at Leicester’s Haymarket Theatre - an amazing experience working with such huge icons. During the early to mid 80’s l also played the leads in several regional Cinderella’s and Aladdin’s in Panto inc playing Robin Hood at Richmond Th. alongside Susie Blake, Spike Milligan, Patrick Cargill and Peter Wyngard. During my 20’’s l also wanted to keep my acting going and worked on new writing - inc. a piece about Marcel Proust’s life called ‘House Of Obsessions’ playing alongside Adele Anderson of ‘Fascinating Aida’, also becoming part of a small theatre co. - Babel Theatre -in which we focused on exploring Shakespeares lovers from R&J to Lord and Lady M, toured it around the country in outdoor venues and small theatres and festivals - costumes/ set and two actors all fitted into a London Black cab! I was also lucky enough to work on 'Much Ado About Nothing’ at Birmingham Rep and was asked to understudy the part of Rosalind as the lead became very ill. As l continued to work through my 30’s on various musicals and acting jobs - things began to slow down work wise and l decided to retrain to supplement my income and went to the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London to do a course on voice, accents and dialects and graduated with a PGVS. Almost immediately l was being offered work in major drama schools in London and the voice/accent work began to take me away from my acting career. But now the acting bug has returned:-).
Acting experience:
See CV
Additional skills:
Very good at accents
Industry awards:
Best Actress in Moonlit Requiem' Jan 21' release IMDB. Best Director & 14 Best Short Horror Film Awards for 'Moonlit Requiem' 2021
Additional information:
Accent & Dialect Coach 1998 onwards Major Drama schools Film/TV/ Theatre/Commercials
www.yourvoicecoach.co.uk
License & Passport
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Languages Spoken | English |
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Accents/Dialects | American - General, Australian, Australian, Austrian, Austrian, Eastern European, Eastern European, English - Cockney, English - England North West (Liverpool, Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire), English - England North West (Liverpool, Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire), English - Essex, English - General, English - London, English - Northern England, English - Received Pronunciation, English - Received Pronunciation, English - Southwest England, English - Southwest England, English - Yorkshire & Humber, French (Standard International), German, Irish, Irish Eastern (Leinster, Dublin), Italian (Standard International), New York, New York, New Zealand/Kiwi, New Zealand/Kiwi, Northern Irish, Northern Irish, Norwegian, Russian, Scandinavian, Scottish (Aberdeen, Dundee), Scottish (Edinburgh), Scottish (Glaswegian), Scottish (Highland, Inverness), Scottish (Lowland, Broad Scots), Southern American, Southern American, Swedish, US West Coast (California, Portland), Welsh, Welsh |
Media Specialism | Spoken word & performance poetry |
Vocal Types | Mezzo Soprano |
Singing Styles | Cabaret, Jazz/Blues, Musical Theatre, Opera, Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock |
Organisations / Memberships | Equity (UK) |