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Kate Sissons

Height: 5 Feet 5 Inches
Hair: Brunette
Eyes: Brown

Nationality: British
Natural Accent: RP

Agent: Andy Herrity at Gardner Herrity - 020 7388 0088

Theatre Whilst At RADA:

Character
Mrs Haggett
Hamlet/Polonia
Sanitonella Propsero/
Second Surgeon/Jolenta
Praskovya Ivanovna
Rivka/Zlateh
Arina
Caroline
Younger Sarah Eldridge/Sarah Albinia
Martha Whiting
 Production
The Late Christopher Bean
Hamlet
The Devil's Law-Case

Devils
Yentl
Innocent as Charged
Whale Music
Entertaining Strangers

 Director
Dee Cannon
Brigid Panet
Gregory de Polnay

William Gaskill
Dee Cannon
Paul Jepson
Fiona Buffin
Jeff Teare


Special Skills
Accomplished horse rider, accents, stage fighting certificate (BASSC) - won 'Most Outstanding Individual Performance' at the RADA Prize Fights 2000, Guildhall acting exams grades 1-7 at honours/merit, G.C.S.E and A-Level Theatre Studies.

Other Experience
Member of National Theatre youth group 1994-97. 1996, lead role Christina Rossetti in Goblin Market by Deidre Strath, performed at National Theatre studio. Also extensive work with many new and established playwrights in association with the British Telecom National Connections scheme, including several weekend play-reading retreats with the education department of the N.T. 1998 - Fizzy Pizzy in Don't Eat Little Charlie, a new play by Tankred Darst and Ursula Ehler, directed by Lucy Baxter as part of the Drama and Education Course at Central School of Speech and Drama.

Special Interests
History of art, English literature, current affairs, athletics, swimming, theatre, cinema, dance and music.

Since leaving RADA
Film - Taste Of Tears (1st witch in short film), Vampire Diary (Haze in feature film), Jen in The Sickie a short film premiering at The London Film Festival 2006.
TV - Casualty (Laura) BBC, The Courtroom (Nikki) Channel 4,The Bill (Ella) ITV, Sal Newell in Doctors 1000th episode special - to be aired September 2006.
Theatre - Something Cloudy, Something Clear, How I Got That Story, Almost Nothing