Leah Whitaker

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Founded by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in 1904

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Leah Whitaker

Height: 5' 7"
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel

Nationality: British
Natural Accent: RP/Yorkshire (click here to hear my voice)

Represented by Deborah Willey at Independent.

Theatre Whilst At RADA:

Character
Constance
Gwendolyn/Cecily
Magdelon
Beatrice Joanna
Dorothy
Helen
Desdemona /Emilia
Olga /Anfisa
Dunya Yegorovna
Jan
Gertie
Minnie Huxtable / Marion Yates
Leonora
Beatrice

Production
The Canterbury Tales
The Importance of Being Earnest
Les Précieuses Ridicules
The Changeling
The Strangeness of Others
A Taste of Honey
Othello
Three Sisters
Vassa Zheleznova
Breaking Up
Lethal Cocktails
The Madras House
Ursula
Much Ado About Nothing

Director
Aileen Gonsalves
Tim Walker
Helen Strange
Gerrard McArthur
Tamara Harvey
Dee Cannon
Oleg Mirochnikov
Nicholas Barter
Joseph Blatchley
Marcus White
Jonathan Tafler
Dawn Walton
Melanie Jessop
Wilson Milam

Special Skills
Stage Combat (BASSC); Full driving licence; Horse riding (Instructor level); Excellent ear for accents; Flamenco, Modern and Period Dance; Conversational French; Singing (Soprano)

Other Experience
Calder Valley Youth Theatre 1990-2000; University of Manchester – BA (Double Hons) English and Drama; Roles at University include Medea in Medea, Kate in Whale Music, Maria in Twelfth Night, Cymbeline in Cymbeline, Caiphus in The Messiah, various in Attempts on Her Life; Contact Theatre The Same Old Story, Mother in Roberto Zucco; TIE Projects with The Imperial War Museum North and The National Trust; Prison theatre with TIPP Centre/HMP Styal; Best Supporting Actress 2004 at the Manchester In-Fringe Theatre Awards; Rehearsed reading Norah/Louise in No Name; Ignition 2, Royal Court Theatre

Special Interests
The great outdoors, vintage clothing, interior design, Augusto Boal, travel, yoga, poetry

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