Annie Hemingway

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Annie Hemingway
Born
Annie Elizabeth Mary Graham-Brown

(1985-12-14) 14 December 1985 (age 37)
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present

Annie Hemingway (born 14 December 1985) is a British actress and voice-over artist. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. [1]

Career

On graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art [1] (RADA) in 2007 Hemingway played the role of Melissa in the world premiere of Hassan Abdulrassak's Baghdad Wedding [2] [3] at the Soho Theatre [3] and subsequently acted in the BBC Radio 3 dramatisation of the play broadcast on 20 January 2008. She then toured the UK with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre [4] playing the role of Constance Neville in She Stoops to Conquer [5] alongside Liza Goddard. Hemingway went on to perform in the world premiere of Breakfast at Tiffany's [6] at The Theatre Royal Haymarket, [6] directed by Sean Mathias starring Anna Friel. Further productions include Mrs Reynolds and the Ruffian at The Watford Palace Theatre, [7] and Rosaline in the Guildford Shakespeare Company production of Love's Labour's Lost . [8]

In 2011 Hemingway was chosen to represent The Old Vic in New York City as part of its T. S. Eliot US/UK exchange project. [9] She went on to play Rita in the Chichester Festival Theatre world premiere of The Syndicate with Ian McKellen and Fog, a play by Toby Wharton and Tash Fairbanks directed by Ché Walker and produced at Finborough Theatre in 2012. Hemingway is the voice of numerous audiobooks for BBC AudioGo including Witch Crag, Katya's World and Alice: Spooks. In 2013 and 2014 she was one of the ten actors involved in the Spanish Golden Age Season which was a co-production between the Theatre Royal, Bath and the Arcola Theatre directed by Laurence Boswell and Mehmet Ergen.

Her father is the playwright Dougie Blaxland.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Rada". Archived from the original on 18 May 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Annie Hemingway | London Theatre Database". Ltdb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  3. 1 2 Jane Harper (21 July 2007). "baghdad wedding – Soho Theatre, London". Sohotheatre.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "Birmingham Repertory Theatre". Birmingham Repertory Theatre. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Hamilton Hodell - ANNIE HEMINGWAY". Archived from the original on 29 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  6. 1 2 "Annie Hemingway - Latest news reviews and interviews". Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  7. ↑ "Watford Palace Theatre | Mrs Reynolds and the Ruffian". Watford Palace Theatre. 8 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "LLL". Guildford Shakespeare Company.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  9. ↑ "The TS Eliot US/UK Exchange". Old Vic Theatre. 22 July 2002. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
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