Tessa Skola
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 50 - 59
- Height
- 5' 4" (1m 63cm)
- Weight
- 8st. 0lb. (51kg)
- Hair Colour
- Brown
- Eye Colour
- Blue
Agent
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Take 1 CastingAgent
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07775670431Contact
- Website
Other
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My Contact Number:
07779297209
Links
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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1970 |
5 year course
Film |
Brooking Ballet School |
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1976 |
As featured in 'Bare - A cabaret dancer's life'. Autobiography
Film |
Windmill Theatre |
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1991 |
Solo dance attraction show
Film |
Nairobi Casino |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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1970 | Ballet Cecchetti certificates Grade 1-4 | Brooking School of Ballet and Drama |
1971 | Summer Schools | Royal Ballet Richmond |
1999 | Private Drama tuition | Exeter University |
About me
Tessa Skola - Comedy/Character Actress. Articulate.Versatile, Fit, Appealing, Petite but packs a punch! Whose life shines through her eyes. Playing ages 38 - 58. Any location.Full Equity since 1977.I have led a life in showbusiness: from ballet/drama school, to teens TV appearances including CANDID CAMERA, THE GOODIES to WestEnd dancer; Paul Raymond's RIP OFF. Modelling. Adverts eg GUINNESS and 25 years touring the world with my own dance show. Coached by director John Schlesinger & casting director/actor -Noel Davis, I appeared in TV series and films including JUDGE JOHN DEED, HARRY POTTER, THE MUMMY RETURNS, NICHOLAS NICKELBY,DOC MARTIN,ROSAMUND PILCHER plus theatre productions with Polruan Rep.
Author of A Cabaret Dancer's Life, I have spoken at Literary Festivals, RADIO CORNWALL & DEVON, TV- THIS MORNING, featured in magazine and newspaper articles eg DAILY MAIL.
License & Passport
Passport: | Yes |
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Languages Spoken | English, French |
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Accents/Dialects | English - London |
Dance Styles | Contemporary |
Musical Style | Jazz |
Additional Skills | Acting, Modeling |
Organisations / Memberships | Equity (UK) |
Highlights
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Candid Camera
John Hopkins Show Live - New Zealand
Channel 5 Documentary Italy
The South Bank Show
Two Golden Balls with Kim Cottrell - ITV
Judge John Deed - Secretary of Home Secretary - ITV
This Morning 2012 -
Studied classical ballet for 11 years. Royal Ballet and Brooking School of Ballet, London.
Windmill Theatre 1976
1977-2001 own solo dance attraction show, touring worldwide
Contracts include: Alexandras Discos Stockholm and Barbados, Dakar and Nairobi Casinos, Palamino Club Las Vegas, Crazy Horse Adelaide Australia. Moulin Rouge in Paris, Geneva, Berlin, Stuttgart. Copacobana Athens, Xenon, Embassy, Eve and Mirandas Clubs .London -
TV series-The Goodies, Rumpole Of The Bailey The Bill, Grange Hill, Wild West, Nighty Night, Down To Earth, Judge John Deed, Casualty, The Way We Live Now.
Films- speaking parts/walk-on/dance : Alice In Wonderland. Adventures of a Plumber's Mate, Yanks. Harry Potter 1 and 2, The Mummy Returns. Possession, Nicholas Nickelbey ITV 2005, Wild West, Judge John Deed-Margaret Secretary.. Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box. Rosamund Pilcher series 2015/16/17 including Martha- Planetarium manager 2016 "From Another Planet". Doc Martin - Local 2014-17. Delicious SKY - Family friend, Tara.. Series 1. The Coroner- Mara-Solicitor 2015/16.
Theatre: Wind in Willows-Mole-2016. Private Lives-Louise-2015. Holiday Snaps - Eve-2016. Proscenaphobia - Judy-2016. Inspektor Drake - Sabrina-2017. Bread Pudding - Denise - 2017.
Adverts- Lyons Maid, Cadburys, Guinness, Harp Lager -
Foreign publications in Australia, Strip Magazine Norway, The Press Newspaper New Zealand.
What's On London, The Stage, Yoga and Health, Vogue, Best, Cornish Guardian, Easy Living magazine 2011, Curtain Call. Cornwall Today. Essentials 2011. Daily Mail 2012 The Sun 2012