Camilla Power

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Camilla Power
Born
Camilla Joy Cynthia Power

(1976-11-13) 13 November 1976 (age 47) [1]
Cork, Ireland
Education Sylvia Young Theatre School
OccupationActress
Years active1988–present
Known for Emmerdale
Waterloo Road
The Silver Chair
Children1
Relatives Tyrone Power (distant cousin)
Sir John Power (great-grandfather)

Camilla Joy Cynthia Power (born 13 November 1976) [2] is an Irish-born English actress. She is best known for her appearances in the television series Emmerdale and Waterloo Road . [3]

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Early life and education

Power was born in Cork, Ireland, and is a distant cousin of the actor Tyrone Power. [1] Her great-grandfather was Sir John Power, Member of Parliament for Wimbledon before the Second World War. [1] She attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone, [3] and started acting from an early age; her first TV appearance was on a chicken nuggets commercial, [3] and an early screen role was as Sabina Halliday in A Summer Story (1988). [3]

Career

Power appeared in Channel 4’s The Manageress in 1990, [4] and played Jill Pole in BBC Television’s The Silver Chair (1990), [5] an adaptation of the book by C. S. Lewis. She also had parts in Bonjour la Classe (1993), [4] and Moonacre (BBC, 1993), [4] the last calling for skill at horse-riding. From 1993 to 1995, she was a regular cast member playing Jessica McAllister on the Yorkshire Television soap Emmerdale . [3]

From 1997 to 1998, she played teenager Adele Bannerman in The Grand , [5] a series set at the "Grand hotel", Manchester in the 1920s. Power made her stage debut in a theatrical adaptation of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at the National Theatre in 1998. [4] She had roles in the television drama series Murder in Mind (2002), [2] and in the 2003 film Hornblower: Duty . [5]

In 2006, she appeared in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road [5] as English teacher Lorna Dickey, and returned for the second series in 2007, until her character committed suicide after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In early 2008 she starred in the Torchwood , [5] episode "From Out of the Rain" as Pearl, [4] a circus star who escapes from an old cinema film and seeks revenge on those who put her out of business. Power was seen in the British action movie The Tournament , [4] as the ruthless assistant to Liam Cunningham's Tournament Master. In 2012, she appeared in two episodes of ITV drama Whitechapel . [2]

In 2013, she appeared in two episodes of Lewis , [4] as Tara Faulkner, and in 2 episodes of Father Brown . [4] In 2016, she appeared in "Shut Up and Dance", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror . [4] In 2022, she appeared as Agatha Jack in Trigger Point . [2]

Personal life

Power is a supporter of 'ERA (Equal Representation for Actresses)', a movement devoted to gender equality for actresses, within the stage, television and film industry. [6]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988Soft SoapsTelevision film
Alice Alice (voice)Uncredited
A Summer Story Sabina Halliday
1989 The Manageress Young GabriellaSeason 1 episode 1 - "A Man's Game"
Not the End of the WorldEllenTelevision film
1990 The Chronicles of Narnia - The Silver Chair Jill Pole6 episodes
1993 Bonjour la Classe Pamela Slotover6 episodes
1993–1995 Emmerdale Jessica McAllister Series regular; 103 episodes
1996 The Treasure Seekers DoraTelevision film
ThrowawaysSky
1997 Stone Cold Girl
UnderworldGilda Smith6 episodes
1997 - 1998 The Grand Adele Bannermann10 episodes
1998The EchoLisaTelevision film
2000 The Calling Lynette PetersonA straight-to-video film
2002 Sparkhouse Becky LawtonTelevision film
Manchild Scarlet3 episodes
2003 Hornblower: Duty BetsyTelevision film
Byron Lady Caroline LambTwo-part BBC TV film
2004 The Brief Millie MarshTV series
2006–2007 Waterloo Road Lorna DickeySeries regular; 18 episodes
2008 Torchwood PearlSeries 2: Episode 10: From Out of the Rain
2011 Doctors Elsa AthertonTV series
2012 Whitechapel DI Mina NorroyTV series
2013 Lewis Tara FaulknerSeries 7: Episodes 3 & 4: "The Ramblin’ Boy"
Father Brown Dominique BaxterEpisode 5: "The Eye of Apollo"
2016 Black Mirror SandraEpisode: "Shut Up and Dance"
2021 Showtrial Cressida Campbell3 episodes
2022 Trigger Point Agatha Jack2 episodes

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