Beatrice May
Overview
- Age Range
- 23 - 33
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2016 |
BA Acting course (3yrs) (2013-16)
Film |
The Arts Educational School |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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Ba acting | The Arts Educational School London |
About me
From a young age I knew that I always wanted to be a performer. I have been training in the Arts since the age of 11. Later down the line I went on to do 3 years at drama school which helped me grow as a performer both in Theatre and Film, which the course provided 50:50Skills
Languages Spoken | English |
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Accents/Dialects | English - London |
Additional Skills | Acting, Modeling |
Highlights
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Trophy presenting at the Olivier Awards
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I am 5'8''
I have done various freelance and paid modelling jobs.
Work includes :-
High fashion lookbooks for fashion designers
Magazine work - SurfGirl magazine which I am featured in a 10 page spread.
Catwalk - For Rakel Blom and Fred Perry -
I trained in musical theatre for 3 years at Tring Park, then I moved to The Arts Educational School to study acting (BA acting course). Whilst being there I performed at the Hammersmith Lyric Theatre performing the play - Tomorrow I Will Be Happy by Jonathan Harvey.
I was in Jessica Swale's play (Olivier winner of her play 'Nell Gwynn' starring Gemma Arterton) called 'The Mission', It is a play based in the 1920s about an adoption home (the mission) which fallen women can give away, and middle class women can adopt their child. I played one of the leading roles - here is a Guardian Review of Beatrice May from the play which she is mentioned - https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/may/13/the-mission-review-jessica-swale-arts-educational-london
I was in multi award winning feature film 'Into The Mirror', where I play a supporting lead, The film has just had it's theatrical release in the US and is now on Amazon Prime.
Press release on Into The Mirror - https://geeks.media/into-the-mirror
I have most recently collaborated with Megan O’Connell in A Mothers Ruin which is set in the 1950s in Derby and I play the lead character. Interview on the film -
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/jack-oconnells-little-sister-could-2784016
Other credits include 'Handymen' directed by Lawrence Till, who directed Mr Selfridge, and also 'We are Happy' directed by Matt Winn, this starred Tara Fitzgerald and Peter Sullivan nominated for Best International Short. I have also just been in sc fi 'R4B.BIT' which has been selected and nominated for Best Sci Fi.
Theatre Roles at drama school included :-
2016, Stage, Veronica, THE MOTHERF*CKER WITH THE HAT, The Lyric Theatre, Gareth Farr - (Writer of 'The Quiet House' at the Park Theatre)
2015, Stage, Jasmine, EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON, The Arts Educational Schools, Anna Jordan - ('YEN' at the Royal Court, Writer and Director)
2014, Stage, Rosalind, AS YOU LIKE IT, The Arts Educational Schools, Gbolahan Obisesan - (Young Vic's New Genesis)
2014, Stage, Varya, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, The Arts Educational Schools, Janette Smith