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Mary Drake

Mary Drake
Female, Actor
Location: London
Ethnicity
Caucasian
Age Range
40 - 50
Height
5' 8" (1m 72cm)
Weight
9st. 8lb. (61kg)
Hair Colour
Auburn
Eye Colour
Blue
Build
Slim

Overview

Ethnicity
Caucasian
Age Range
40 - 50
Height
5' 8" (1m 72cm)
Weight
9st. 8lb. (61kg)
Hair Colour
Auburn
Eye Colour
Blue
Build
Slim

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Credits

Year Role / Type Name of Production / Director Company / Venue
2019 Anita Forbes
Film (Short) 		Pose
Damla Duru 		NUA
2018 Claire
Film (Feature) 		Dorcha
Tharun Productions
2016 - 2018 Gran/Shelley
Theatre 		Seven Letters
Seven Letters Productions
2017 Cleopatra
Theatre 		Cleopatra
Seamus Newham 		Pentameters
2015 The Other Shakespeare/Giving Notes
Theatre 		Ad Infinitum
Anthony Shrubsall 		Open Ealing
2015 Liz
Theatre 		The Moment We Met
Red Needle Productions
2014 Jill
Theatre 		Falling
Anthony Shrubsall 		DO$H/Catalyst
2014 Mother
Film (Short) 		Peacefully, At Home
AWL
2014 Poppy/Angela/Ms Smythe/Mary/Susan/Nurse Edward
Theatre 		POPPY & THE CLOCKWORK MAN/THE LAST SUPPER/DOCTOR, I'M IN TROUBLE/CAGED/...AND THE ECSTASY/JOURNEY'S END
Anthony Shrubsall 		Open Ealing
2013 Elise/Ensemble
Theatre 		A Doll's House
Carrie Cracknell 		Young Vic
Duke Of York's Theatre
2013 Hermione
Rehearsed Reading 		The Winter's Tale
Michael Murray 		North London Actors
Oak and Pastor
2012 Kitty/Mrs Griggs
Workshops 		The Sound of Breaking Glass
Kate Glover 		Historia Theatre Co.
2012 Anne Hathaway
Theatre 		The Other Shakespeare - One-Woman Show
Shakespeare 2012
2012 Mrs Warren
Theatre 		Mrs Warren's Profession
Kenneth Michaels 		North London Actors
2012 Ellida Wangel
Rehearsed Reading 		The Lady From The Sea
Gareth Pilkington 		NLA
2011 Teacher
Music Video 		Loven / Lost
Nelson Sivalingam 		Barking Mad Productions
2011 Various
Theatre 		Henry IV Parts 1&2
Peter Hall 		Peter Hall Company
Theatre Royal, Bath
2011 The Teacher
Film (Short) 		Claire
Mikaela Ayres 		Met Film School
2011 Resident
Corporate 		Saxon Weald Housing
Mark Sharon 		Useful Thinking Ltd
2011 Marion
Rehearsed Reading 		The Secret Rapture
Dimitry Devdariani 		North London Actors
Grand Union
2010 u/s Delia, Jan, Kate, Susannah
Theatre (Tour) 		Bedroom Farce
Peter Hall 		Bill Kenwright Ltd.
National Tour
2009 Sally (Woman at Meeting)
TV 		EastEnders
Nic Phillips 		BBC
2009 N@t's Mother
Film (Short) 		N@T
Bruno Sbardella 		Trilogik Production
2008 Martha
Theatre 		Martha, Josie & The Chinese Elvis
Christopher Diacopoulos 		@theatre co.
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
2007 Over 30 Shakespeare Characters
Theatre 		The Good, The Bard & The Ugly
Herald Pearse Productions
Brighton Festival
2007 Antonia
Theatre 		Reunion
John Caine 		Tabard Theatre
Tabard
2006 Helena, Flute
Theatre 		A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mary Drake 		Herald Pearse Productions
Highley Manor, Sussex
2006 Sandra
Theatre 		The Same...But Different
Jonathan Loe 		Kazida/Old Vic
Pleasance Theatre, Islington & Edinburgh
2006 Sandra
Theatre 		The Same...But Different
Thom Hammond 		Old Vic New Writers
Old Vic
2005 Mistress Page
Theatre 		The Merry Wives of Windsor
Vivienne Cozens 		Hamptworth Festival Theatre
Hamptworth Lodge, Salisbury
2005 Juana/Marica,
Theatre 		Divinas Palabras
Thorston Manderlay 		Tehuti Theatre Co.
Chats Palace Theatre
2004 The Mother
Film (Short) 		Cold Comfort for Change
Scott Payne 		Hairbrain Schemes
2004 Ursula Major
Theatre (Tour) 		The Star Factory
Susan Burton 		Hairbrain Theatre Co.
2004 Maggie
Theatre 		The Fire Play
Oliver Emmanuel 		Silver Tongue
2004 Juana/Benita/Ludovina
Theatre 		Divinas Palabras (Divine Words)
Thorston Manderlay 		Tehuti Theatre Co.
2003 Jack's Mother
Theatre (Tour) 		Jack & the Beanstalk
Susan Burton 		Hairbrain Theatre Co.
2003 Queen Elizabeth, Joan la Pucelle, Hamlet, Puck , Richard III, Henry VI Pt 1, Hamlet
Theatre 		Bard Unbound
Lara Muth 		Bard Unbound
Tower of London
2003 13 Roles M/F
Theatre 		Side by Side by Shakespeare
Chris Orr 		Shakespeare To Go
2002 Titania/Hippolyta
Theatre 		A Midsummer Night's Dream
Chris Orr 		Shakespeare To Go
2001 Macbeth
Theatre 		Macbeth
Chris Orr 		Shakespeare To Go

Education

Year Qualification Where
1998 RSA Counselling Lewes Tertiary College
1991 3 yr. Acting Manchester School of Theatre
1985 Joint BA Hons German/French Lancaster University

About me

I am a versatile actor, equally at home in straight or comic roles with a forte in creating strong, emotional characters.

I have a particular love of playing Shakespeare and has performed over 40 characters including Titania, Macbeth, Queen Elizabeth, Puck, and Hamlet.

Additional Information

Member of Actors & Writers London (AWL)
See website below:

www.marydrake.info

Freelance trainer in Stress Control & Body Language/ Roleplay for North Shields Council.
Roleplay for Sussex Police Training Headquarters.

Additional Skills

Fire-eating
Horse-riding
Rock-climbing
Swimming
Tennis
Computer-literate

Improvisation, Role-play

Excellent Ear for Accents

French/German Speaking, Basic Italian

Skills

Skin Colour White
Hair Length Shoulder Length
Native accent English
Accents (UK) Cockney, Lancashire, Liverpool, London, Manchester, RP, Somerset, South London, Southern England, Welsh, Standard, Yorkshire
Accents (North American) General American, Southern American
Accents (International) French, German, Irish
Languages Spoken French, German
Interested in Commercials, Corporate, Film (Professional), Film (Student), Modelling, Music Videos, Radio, Rehearsed Readings, Roleplay, Theatre (Fringe), Theatre (Professional), Theatre (Touring), TV, Voice Over
Experienced in Comedy, Corporate, Film (Professional), Film (Student), Modelling, Music Videos, Panto, Presenting, Rehearsed Readings, Theatre (Fringe), Theatre (Professional), Theatre (Touring), TIE/TYA, TV
Specific Singing Skills Mezzo-Soprano, Soprano
Organisation Membership Equity
Driving Licences Standard
DBS checked Yes