Norma Cohen
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 65 - 85
- Height
- 4' 11" (1m 50cm)
- Weight
- 5st. 14lb. (38kg)
- Hair Colour
- Auburn
- Eye Colour
- Brown
- Build
- Slim
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Credits
| Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |
Gran
Commercials & Industrials |
'I'm In': McDelivery Ninian Doff/Reset x Creators Inc. |
|
| 2023 |
Nana G
Television |
swipe Simon Glass/Neopolitan |
|
| 2023 |
Esther
Film |
The Wrong Sort of Jew TWSOJ |
Sands Film Studios |
| 2023 |
Brenda
Commercials & Industrials |
Choice Funeral Plans HOWNOW |
|
| 2022 |
Jenny
Voiceover |
I'm an Alcoholic: Inside Recovery BBC 2; Pamela Gordon (exec. prod.) |
|
| 2022 |
Esther
Film |
The Wrong Sort of Jew Hilary Westlake |
|
| 2022 |
Praying Nan
Commercials & Industrials |
Paddy Power WORLD CUP/CHRISTMAS Rich Hall/Riff Raff |
|
| 2022 |
70s mature dancing woman
Commercials & Industrials |
SPA/META Isaac Ravishankara/Untold Fable |
London Film Studios |
| 2022 |
Constance, frenetically knitting gossip
Commercials & Industrials |
The Neighbours Will Talk/Squarespace Raine Allen Miller/Somesuch US/Sugar-free TV |
|
| 2022 |
Lisa
Film |
PAUL DOOD'S DEADLY LUNCH BREAK Nick Gillespie |
|
| 2021 |
Greta, Liverpudlian fair isle knitter
Online & Multimedia |
YARNING Trevor Pitt / Pod Projects |
|
| 2021 |
Rose
Film |
Forever Flowers Joe Solomon / Spoil Productions |
|
| 2021 |
Joan
Film |
Interview Craving Tom Scurr / Pratfall Productions |
|
| 2021 |
Aunty Roo
Commercials & Industrials |
Turn On The Waterworks: Facebook Portal Em Cole & Marc Reisbig / 1stAveMachine |
CentreStage Studios |
| 2021 |
MARION
Voiceover |
THE BIRDS ARE COMING Tom dussek / TOM DUSSEK PRODUCTIONS |
VIA ZOOM |
| 2021 |
IRINA
Voiceover |
THE SEAGULL Joshua crisp / QUARANTINE PRODUCTIONS |
VIA ZOOM |
| 2020 |
Jewish Grandma
Video |
Jess Glynne / THIS CHRISTMAS Olivia Rose / Voodoo Films |
|
| 2020 |
Big Eyed Lady
Commercials & Industrials |
SKITTLES Blink Productions |
|
| 2020 |
Nan
Commercials & Industrials |
TESCO Food Love Stories: Nan's Long Distance Easter Lamb John E Price / Black Sheep Studios |
On location: own home |
| 2019 |
Dancing Security Granny
Commercials & Industrials |
Desperados Beer Media Monks |
Magazine London |
| 2019 |
Gossipy neighbour Lisa
Film |
Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break Nick Gillespie / Bellstone Pictures |
|
| 2019 |
Karate kicking Grandma
Commercials & Industrials |
Don't Panic: UNISON election ad Sam Taylor / Agile Films |
|
| 2019 |
Rede Witch
Television |
A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES Philippa Langdale / Bad Wolf/SKY |
Pinewood Studios, Cardiff |
| 2019 |
aggrieved mother Diane
Film |
EVE Joe Solomon / Spoil Productions |
On location: Stephen's House, N3 |
| 2019 |
Giulietta Masina
Theatre |
Giulietta's Feast Ship of Fools |
Sidcup kitchen |
| 2019 |
Sally, a lonely grandmother turned inner city escort
Film |
SALLY Rhiann Jones / LSBU |
|
| 2019 |
Joanna, defiant wife of Rabbi Paul of Burgos
Theatre |
Paul of Burgos Paul Sebastian Mauch / Cecilia Cordeiro/ JW3 |
JW3 |
| 2018 |
Wanda
Film |
The Twilight Zone: Nothing in the Dark Tom Clarke / Maidstone TV Studios |
|
| 2018 |
Gusseva: half woman/half beast, cabaret performer, posh woman, Minister to the Tsar
Theatre |
The Rasputin show Georgina Sowerby & Richard Williams / Unfinished Histories |
Southwark Playhouse |
| 2018 |
Flying Granny
Commercials & Industrials |
IKEA: Party Tricks Mathery / 1st Ave Machine London |
Black Island Studios |
| 2018 |
Mediterranean grandma
Commercials & Industrials |
Walkers Crisps Ben Gregor / AMVBBDO |
|
| 2018 |
the voice of Eric Sanders
Theatre |
celebration of 99-year-old Eric Sanders' life & literary works Nicola Burnett Smith / BAFTA/Austrian Cultural Forum |
BAFTA/Austrian Cultural Forum |
| 2018 |
Edna: Italian-American proprietor: body double
Commercials & Industrials |
New York Bagel Company Nick Carman / Now Agency |
Park Village |
| 2018 |
Neighbour
Commercials & Industrials |
The Party, Legal & General Over 50s Life Insurance Jackie Oudney / Legal & General |
|
| 2018 |
bench pressing wife Agatha
Commercials & Industrials |
HouseSimple Brad Lubin / MindsEye |
on location Watford |
| 2018 |
The Mother
Video |
Young Fathers / Toy Salomon Ligthelm / Stink Films |
Rickmansworth golf club |
| 2018 |
Jasmine
Theatre |
Place to Be: The Launderette Henry C. Krempel / Anima theatre company |
Rosemary Branch |
| 2017 |
Exhilarated grandma
Commercials & Industrials |
CANDY CRUSH James Cameron / Drew London |
|
| 2017 |
The Reader
Theatre |
Mina's Waltz, Global Society Nicola Burnett Smith / Out of Place/BAFTA |
BAFTA |
| 2017 |
quirky, glamorous grandma
Commercials & Industrials |
TUI Jason McGuigan / Indy8 |
Brunel University |
| 2017 |
manically laughing cat lady
Film |
DION Kristaps Lejins / UWL |
|
| 2017 |
Nancy Atkinson, karate-kicking retirement home resident
Film |
GIGABITE Elliott Byrne / Central Film School |
|
| 2017 |
grandmother Gitel
Theatre |
GONE FOR A BURTON Jake Murray / Ship of Fools |
JW3 |
| 2017 |
eccentric landlady MRS ELLIS
Film |
THE FITZROY Andrew Harmer / DRESDEN PICTURES |
LONDON SCI FI FILM FESTIVAL premiere Stratford Picture House |
| 2017 |
RIKA
Theatre |
TWO SISTERS GAIL LOUW / HI-LO PRODUCTIONS |
Yvonne Arnaud, Epsom Playhouse, Rialto Brighton, Uppingham Theatre, Upstairs at the Gatehouse |
| 2016 |
Dylis, a ditsy seaside bookshop manager
Theatre |
Freddie, Ted and the Death of Joe Orton Ray Rackham / London Theatre Workshop |
London Theatre Workshop |
| 2016 |
Lydia, a terrified scrabble player contemplating a Dignitas ending
Theatre |
WAITING FOR THE Q Jenny Foxwell / Lindona Productions |
Tristan Bates Theatre |
| 2016 |
Osteoporosis & diabetes patient
Commercials & Industrials |
Interactive medical video Giulio Tavernesi / LifeLike SA, MILAN |
|
| 2016 |
SLEUTH/ MYSELF
Theatre |
THE WARDROBE PROJECT Rachel Grunwald / VISIBLE THEATRE ENSEMBLE |
Graeae |
| 2016 |
GRETA
Theatre |
YARNING TREVOR PITT / POD PROJECTS |
BIRMINGHAM MAC |
| 2015 |
Giacometti's 86 yr old Italian mother, Liverpudlian hooker
Theatre |
MAN WALKING John Gillett |
White Bear Theatre |
| 2015 |
Active hiker grandma
Commercials & Industrials |
Diamond Challenge: DUKE OF EDINBURGH Award Orlando Pedretti / Agile Films |
|
| 2015 |
HIV support group convenor
Commercials & Industrials |
GILEAD HIV Portfolio Producer Fiona Watson / GILEAD |
Dulwich Park |
| 2015 |
Sharp New York art dealer
Commercials & Industrials |
Photoshoot Guy Harris / Fine Art Bourse |
Arts Building, N4 |
| 2015 |
Irate passenger
Commercials & Industrials |
MTR Crossrail Mark Wesley / J9 Imaging |
Willesden Junction station |
| 2015 |
Patient
Commercials & Industrials |
Virtual Mannequin Neil Kumar / emotive |
|
| 2014 |
Grandma
Commercials & Industrials |
ORAL B online Xmas film Stephen Pipe / Tantrum |
|
| 2014 |
Hazel
Theatre |
DUSK Oliver Lamford / Catherine Willmore Productions |
Epping Forest |
| 2014 |
Liverpudlian teenager, 99-year-old Greek matriarch, Japanese, Greek/Iranian children, `50s campaigning mother
Theatre |
WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE? Sue Lefton / VISIBLE THEATRE ENSEMBLE |
Southwark Playhouse |
| 2014 |
Muriel
Film |
Comedy pilot Jerome Rehioui / Funky Tivi |
Millfields Park |
| 2014 |
Golders Green Ma
Voiceover |
Fade to Blackout Ben Bazell / Off The Page |
Etcetera Theatre |
| 2014 |
Ensemble actor
Theatre |
WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE? Sue Lefton / VISIBLE THEATRE ENSEMBLE |
Royal Festival Hall |
| 2014 |
Spanish widow
Film |
EL FUNERAL DE VICTOR ABANO Chris Thomas (Raindance) / Freya Berry |
|
| 2014 |
faded eccentric in a seedy bar
Video |
Paloma Faith / A Perfect Contradiction Paul Gore / Somesuch & Co |
Bethnal Green Working Men's Club |
| 2014 |
Ensemble actor
Theatre |
WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE? ongoing developmental workshops 2013 Sue Lefton / VISIBLE THEATRE |
Toynbee Hall/National Theatre Studio, Royal Festival Hall |
| 2013 |
La MaMa
Film |
La MaMa Kevin Muyolo / NFTS |
NFTS, Beaconsfield |
| 2013 |
Ensemble actor
Theatre |
WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE? Sue Lefton / VISIBLE THEATRE ENSEMBLE: National Theatre Studio |
National Theatre Studio |
| 2013 |
tasered tea lady
Commercials & Industrials |
Paddy Power Andy McLeod / Rattling Stick |
Tottenham Hotspur football stadium |
| 2013 |
Elsie, an elderly widow
Film |
BERTIE, THE BUDGIE Rick Frier / FRESH CUT |
|
| 2013 |
Mrs Ellis
Film |
The Fitzroy Andrew Harmer / Dresden Pictures |
on location (submarine) |
| 2013 |
Psychiatrist
Commercials & Industrials |
That's English! (for Spain) Gill Williams / Wildside Productions |
Wildside Productions |
| 2013 |
COPD patient
Commercials & Industrials |
Talking Heads Video/North West Ambulance Service Paul Gilmour / Activation Business Theatre |
|
| 2013 |
Grandmother
Voiceover |
Olympia mobile phones (Germany) Patrick Gather / New Art Productions |
|
| 2013 |
Orthodox Jewish secretary
Film |
SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR ME Ido Zeevi / London Film School |
on location at BBC studios |
| 2013 |
Liz: carer wife
Theatre |
LIVING WITH LONGTERM CONDITIONS Sonja Linden / VISIBLE/ AGE UK |
Centrepoint |
| 2012 |
ensemble actor
Theatre |
The Man Who Lost His Voice Alan Lyddiard/Sue Lefton / The Performance Ensemble, a new company of older actors founded by playwright Sonja Linden |
workshopping at Central School of Speech & Drama |
| 2012 |
Joan, vampish Old Great Britain
Film |
Marriage of Inconvenience Katerina Curtis / Inventome |
|
| 2012 |
flamboyant dog walker
Commercials & Industrials |
Future is Dave/UKTV Chris Balmond / Red Bee |
|
| 2012 |
Leie
Theatre |
Requiem for a Friday Night Daniel Goldman / Tangram/CASA Festival |
Bolivar Hall |
| 2012 |
glamorous grandmother
Commercials & Industrials |
Billy Boy Condoms Dan Sully / Love Films |
|
| 2012 |
cheery bus passenger
Commercials & Industrials |
Unilever Anthony Austen / Mother |
|
| 2012 |
Mrs Levy
Film |
REFLECTION Anirudh Ganapathy / MET |
|
| 2012 |
Lois: animated wife (V/O)
Voiceover |
TIRED OF SWIMMING Anna Eijsbouts / RCA |
RCA |
| 2012 |
Intrepid pensioner on mobility scooter
Television |
THE CHRONICLES OF PROFESSOR ELEMENTAL Benjamin Field / HoloMedia |
Petworth House, on location |
| 2012 |
Rochel, Jewish matriarch
Theatre |
POP Trilby James / Act Up |
Tristan Bates Theatre |
| 2012 |
Second Witch, Macbeth
Commercials & Industrials |
Olympics ad for Mexico Felipe Fernandez del Paso / RSA Films |
Lyric Theatre |
| 2012 |
Italian matriarch
Commercials & Industrials |
M&S training film Peter Ashcroft / Media Zoo |
on location: I. Camisa & Sons |
| 2012 |
Katerina, retired government official
Film |
Listen Daniel Rothschild / Unfurling Films |
|
| 2012 |
Mrs Harry (lead): dementia sufferer
Film |
Where is Harry? Malwina Sworczuk / Krakow Film Lab. |
|
| 2012 |
Jane
Film |
As Old As You Feel Stephen Kenny / London Film School |
National Gallery |
| 2011 |
Miss Higgins, a busybody
Commercials & Industrials |
That's English Benjamin Field / Highwood Productions/Spanish TV |
|
| 2011 |
Countess
Theatre |
The Queen of Spades Max Hoehn / Arcola Theatre/ Fusebox |
Arcola |
| 2011 |
cheer leader
Television |
Odd One In Steve Smith / Zeppotron |
BBC Studios, Elstree |
| 2011 |
Mother Teresa
Video |
Bang On! / Got It Jamie Roberts / Pulse Films |
Jacuzzi Studios |
| 2011 |
Miss Sophie
Film |
Dinner for One Susannah Bragg / MET |
Ealing Film Studios |
| 2011 |
Prudence, a bohemian
Film |
WINDY DAY Agnes Zubyte / Royal Holloway |
|
| 2011 |
Wyn, estate queen & librarian
Theatre |
Without Planning Permission Chris Johnston / Fluxx |
Cecil Sharp House |
| 2010 |
Older Lady
Commercials & Industrials |
Expedia Mood Will McGregor / Casual Films |
Hive Bar, Brixton |
| 2010 |
Myrtle: Cockney grandmother
Theatre |
The 9.21 to Shrub Hill Ed Bartram / Waxwing Theatre |
New Diorama Theatre |
| 2010 |
Molly: drama queen, 70 year old star of silent horror movies
Theatre |
The Stanville Beast Ruth Torjussen / FilmDirecting4Women |
|
| 2010 |
Charity worker, Scout leader
Commercials & Industrials |
Functional Maths and English (series) Guy Hawkins / Juice Moving Images |
Juice, Faringdon, Oxon. |
| 2010 |
Cleaner
Film |
MERCY Nana Obiri Yeboah / Spring Media Production |
|
| 2010 |
compere
Theatre |
Tribute to Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald & Billie Holiday Michael Collins / Issy Postill Quartet |
Rosemary Branch Theatre |
| 2010 |
Amalia, obsessive Italian housewife
Film |
GENOVA 1960 Josh Sawley / Josh Sawley Productions |
LCC |
| 2010 |
Ant's Mum (of Ant & Dec)
Film |
Ant & Dec promo provisionally titled Fan to Friend Hannah Perry & Emily Dockett / Ravensbourne Film School |
Ravensbourne College |
| 2010 |
Richenda, an elderly knitter
Theatre |
Does It Come With Ketchup? Stephen Lwrence/Gemma Salter / Royal Knees Up Variety Night |
Theatre Royal, Stratford East |
| 2010 |
Echo:political prisoner
Theatre |
Echo Mark Butcher / instructionsfor.com |
Vitrine Gallery & Pilot@AE Harris, Birmingham |
| 2010 |
Betsy Pollock, MP
Theatre |
Building Natasha Campbell / Crow Theatre |
Elmwood School |
| 2010 |
Richenda
Theatre |
Does It Come With Ketchup? Nora Connolly / Ship of FoolsTheatre |
Rosemary Branch Theatre |
Education
| Year | Qualification | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 3 year movement & dance training | Laban Art of Movement Studio |
About me
Movement trained with a flair for comedy, I'm currently working across the media in theatre, TV, film and audio. Recent roles inc. Mrs Ellis (think Ladykillers' Miss Wilberforce)in the comedy feature The Fitzroy, vampish Thatcherite mother Joan in the satirical indie feature film on the banking crisis: Marriage of Inconvenience, the 87 year old Countess in Pushkin's Ace of Spades (Arcola) & intrepid pensioner for the Chronicles of Professor Elemental (TV comedy pilot), workshops with VISIBLE, writer Sonja Linden's new company of older actors, director Sue Lefton.New website: www.normacohen.co.uk
Additional skills:
improvisation, role play, devising, presenting, tai chi, mime, Pilates
journalism,dance/drama workshop leader, presentation/interview skills lecturer,
excellent sight reader
Additional information:
native Liverpudlian, recently played two Jewish grandmothers with an East European accent
License & Passport
| Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
| Languages Spoken | French, German, Italian |
|---|---|
| Accents/Dialects | English - Cockney, English - England North East (Tyneside, Geordie), English - England North West (Liverpool, Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire), English - General, English - London, English - Northern England, English - Received Pronunciation, English - West Midlands (Shropshire, Birmingham, Brummie), English - Yorkshire & Humber, French (Standard International), German, Italian (Standard International), New York, Turkish, Yiddish |
| Dance Styles | Ballet, Ballroom, Contemporary, Folk, Jazz, Latin American, Swing Dance, Tango, Tap |
| Vocal Types | Soprano |
| Organisations / Memberships | Equity (UK) |