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Grainne Gillis

• Actor
  Female / Greater London
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• Ethnicity

  Caucasian

  Age Range

  39 - 45

  Height

  5' 8" (1m 73cm)

  Weight

  10st. (64kg)

  Hair Colour

  Blonde

  Eye Colour

  Blue

  Build

  Medium

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  Files

  • Gráinne Gillis Games Montage sound file (mp3)
  • Montage sound file (mp3)
  • Alpro - Advert sound file (mp3)
  • Early Learning Centre - Advert sound file (mp3)
  • Bravia LCD TVs - Advert sound file (mp3)
  • The Woman Who Hated Xmas sound file (mp3)
  • The Twits - showreel sound file (mp3)
  • He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven - Poem sound file (mp3)
  • Morrisons- Advert sound file (mp3)
  • Dove - Advert sound file (mp3)
  • Digging for Fire - Play sound file (mp3)
  • Dates in the City - TV VO sound file (mp3)
  • The Beautiful and the Damned - showreel sound file (mp3)
  • Crysis - Games sound file (mp3)
  • Florette - advert sound file (mp3)
  • Phineas Gage - documentary sound file (mp3)
  • Mary Tighe - documentary sound file (mp3)
  • Eamonn Andrews - documentary sound file (mp3)

• Agent

  Agent

  The Voice Agency

  Contact

  020 7240 2345

  Website

  www.thevoiceagency.co.uk

  Links

  Personal Website

  www.grainnegillis.com

  IMDB

  IMDB

  Twitter

  @grainnegillis

  LinkedIn

  @grainnegillis

  Spotlight Member

  yes

  Equity

  yes

Credits

• Education

  Year	Qualification	Where
  2010	Opera Performance	Morley College Opera School
  2006	Diploma in Opera Performance	Birkbeck College, University of London
  2002	Post Graduate Acting	Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

  Additional Skills

  Can play the tin whistle, recorder, Balinese gamelan, accordion; Has worked as a waitress, office worker, sales executive, teacher and workshop leader, provisional driver; Additional Skills include: computer skills, boardsailing, sailing, horseriding, strong swimmer, pilates, Bikram yoga, aerobics/running, basic stage combat (BADC), Irish dancer, native Irish speaker, period dancer.Also holds dual citizenship (Irish & American), and is a member of Equity UK and Actors Equity in the US. Was awarded a grant by the Equity Charitable Trust to train as a yoga teacher specialising in yoga for opera singers and performers.

  Gráinne is an experienced VO artist and has recorded, among many other audiobooks, one of the 2011 Man Booker nominees, "On Canaan's Side" by Sebastian Barry, for Clipper Audio. Recordings available for download are available on Amazon and Audible, as well as directly through the publishing houses.

  She is an accomplished operatic singer (mezzo-soprano),with extensive experience as a soloist. For more information, testimonials and reviews, please visit www.grainnegillis.com

  "Thank you so much for your amazing performance at Crusaid's Summer Garden Party last Sunday. Although it's only a couple of days since the event, I've already been deluged with really positive comments from guests and many of them have particularly said how much they enjoyed your being there...Perhaps you could let me know when you're next performing in London, as I'd love to come along and have the full 'Grainne Gillis experience'!" Hugh Wright, Events Fundraising Executive, Crusaid

  "I loved your programme and the performance. You entertained us brilliantly and I look forward to your next visit." Tom Butler, St Olave's Church, London

  Personal website: www.grainnegillis.com

  Additional Information

  Certificate in Business Skills from the Dublin School of Business

  Qualified TEFL Teacher

  Level 1 Reiki Healing

  About me

  Trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Accomplished operatic dramatic mezzo-soprano.

  Also a highly skilled VO artist with IPDTL & a home studio.

  "....Gillis – whose voice has rich, dramatic potential – [is] powerful in the title role." - Fiona Maddocks (The Observer) on "The Medium", Grimeborn 2014.

• Skills

  Skin Colour

  • White

  Accents (International)

  • German
  • Russian

  Experienced In

  • Corporate
  • Film (Professional)
  • Film (Student)
  • Radio
  • Theatre (Fringe)
  • Theatre (Professional)
  • TV
  • Voice Over

  Interested in

  • Corporate
  • Film (Professional)
  • Radio
  • TV
  • Voice Over

  Languages Spoken

  • French
  • German
  • Italian

  Musical Skills

  • Piano

  Organisation Memberships

  • Equity

  Accents (UK)

  • Cockney
  • Gloucester
  • Northern Irish
  • Scottish, Standard
  • Somerset
  • Southern England

  Accents (North American)

  • Boston
  • General American
  • Midwest Farm & Ranch
  • New York City
  • Southern American
  • Texas

  General Dance Skills

  • Jazz
  • Tap

  Hair Length

  • Long

  Specific Singing Skills

  • Alto
  • Mezzo-Soprano

  Perform nude?

  • Only Professionally

  Stage Combat Skills

  • Yes

  General Singing Skills

  • Solo

  Native accent

  • Irish

  DBS checked

  • Yes