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'''Siobhan Redmond''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|ə|ˈ|v|ɔː|n}} {{respell|shə|VAWN|'}}; born 27 July 1959<ref>http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/02-2005/20-questions-withsiobhan-redmond_24156.html</ref>) is a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[actor|actress]]. |
'''Siobhan Redmond''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|ə|ˈ|v|ɔː|n}} {{respell|shə|VAWN|'}}; born 27 July 1959<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/02-2005/20-questions-withsiobhan-redmond_24156.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-07-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226052728/http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/02-2005/20-questions-withsiobhan-redmond_24156.html |archivedate=26 December 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>) is a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[actor|actress]]. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Originally from [[Tollcross, Glasgow|Tollcross]], [[Glasgow]], Redmond attended Park School for Girls in Glasgow's West End. She studied English at [[St Andrews University]] and was said to have been 'discovered' by playwright [[Liz Lochhead]] while performing in a student Mermaids society production written by Marcella Evaristi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Liz Lochhead to be awarded honorary degree|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2002/title,42482,en.php|website=University of St Andrews news|publisher=St Andrews University|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Davies|first1=Gill|title=St Andrews University alumni remember their student days|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/arts/st_andrews_university_alumni_remember_their_student_days.shtml|website=BBC Scotland|publisher=BBC Scotland|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref> |
Originally from [[Tollcross, Glasgow|Tollcross]], [[Glasgow]], Redmond attended Park School for Girls in Glasgow's West End. She studied English at [[St Andrews University]] and was said to have been 'discovered' by playwright [[Liz Lochhead]] while performing in a student Mermaids society production written by Marcella Evaristi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Liz Lochhead to be awarded honorary degree|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2002/title,42482,en.php|website=University of St Andrews news|publisher=St Andrews University|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Davies|first1=Gill|title=St Andrews University alumni remember their student days|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/arts/st_andrews_university_alumni_remember_their_student_days.shtml|website=BBC Scotland|publisher=BBC Scotland|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref> |
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She undertook a one-year postgraduate year at the Bristol Old Vic.<ref>{{cite web|title=20 Questions With...Siobhan Redmond|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/02-2005/20-questions-withsiobhan-redmond_24156.html|website=What's On Stage|publisher=What's On Stage|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref> Her first television appearances were in the early 1980s, the first of these being in 1982 in the sketch show ''[[There's Nothing To Worry About!]]''. |
She undertook a one-year postgraduate year at the Bristol Old Vic.<ref>{{cite web|title=20 Questions With...Siobhan Redmond|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/02-2005/20-questions-withsiobhan-redmond_24156.html|website=What's On Stage|publisher=What's On Stage|accessdate=16 July 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226052728/http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/02-2005/20-questions-withsiobhan-redmond_24156.html|archivedate=26 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Her first television appearances were in the early 1980s, the first of these being in 1982 in the sketch show ''[[There's Nothing To Worry About!]]''. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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| Born | 27 July 1959 |
| Education | University of St Andrews |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1982–present |
Siobhan Redmond MBE (/ʃəˈvɔːn/ shə-VAWN; born 27 July 1959[1]) is a Scottish actress.
Early life
Originally from
St Andrews University and was said to have been 'discovered' by playwright Liz Lochhead while performing in a student Mermaids society production written by Marcella Evaristi.[2][3]
She undertook a one-year postgraduate year at the Bristol Old Vic.There's Nothing To Worry About!.
Career
After appearing in the two series of Maeve Brown in EastEnders; clinical psychiatrist Pru Plunkett in Midsomer Murders; and Ailsa in Shoebox Zoo. She also appeared on radio including in the 2002 BBC Radio 4 series The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and as Jean Brash in BBC Radio 4's ongoing McLevy series.[5]
Redmond is also a stage actress, having starred in such theatre productions as The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in 2003, and is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, with whom she appeared as Maria in Twelfth Night in 2007. She played Titania/Hippolyta for Shakespeare's Globe in A Midsummer Night's Dream, in its summer 2008 season.
Redmond appeared in the "
Lorna Hart and in 2010 played one of the leads in David Greig's play Dunsinane, reprising her role for the BBC Radio 3 adaptation on 30 January 2011.[6]
On 26 June 2014, it was announced that Redmond would play a new incarnation of
the Rani, a villainous character in the long-running series Doctor Who, originally portrayed on television by Kate O'Mara, who had died earlier that year. Redmond's version of the Rani is to be featured in BBC-licensed audio dramas by Big Finish Productions beginning with The Rani Elite, which was released in December 2014.[7]
In November 2014 Redmond joined Alun Armstrong and William Gaunt in a production of Eugène Ionesco's Exit the King at the Ustinov Studio in Bath. [8]
Honours
Redmond was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by her alma mater, the
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to drama.[10]
Footnotes
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Liz Lochhead to be awarded honorary degree". University of St Andrews news. St Andrews University. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ Davies, Gill. "St Andrews University alumni remember their student days". BBC Scotland. BBC Scotland. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "20 Questions With...Siobhan Redmond". What's On Stage. What's On Stage. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ IMDb
- ^ Profile, bbc.co.uk; accessed 22 August 2014.
- ^ "The New Rani". Big Finish Productions. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "Exit The King". Theatre Royal, Bath.
- ^ "Honorary degrees 2000". University of St Andrews news. St Andrews University. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 21.
External links
- Siobhan Redmond recent performances, holby.tv; accessed 22 August 2014.
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