Cloudia Swann

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Cloudia Swann is an English stage, film and television actress.

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Life and career

Swann was born in Leicestershire, and spent her early years living in Stratford-upon-Avon where she attended Bromsgrove School until the age of 13. Swann later attended Cheltenham College for her A-Levels before a 3-year Acting Diploma at the Oxford School of Drama, graduating in 2005 when she landed her first screen leading role opposite Jesper Christanson as Alice in an Independent Feature Shaking Dreamland. [1] In 2006, she landed a 3 part series, Dream Team 80s for Sky TV [2] before playing a semi-regular role for BBC Scotland's River City. [3] In 2007, Swann landed leading role Sophie in Shine Productions Dis/connected [4] directed by Tom Harper, as part of the BBC 3 pilot season. Swann played Mark Addy's daughter for ITV's Bike Squad.

Swann had a small role in an episode of Demons which screened in February 2009, and also appeared in independent film, Shoot on Sight [5] directed by Jag Mundhra starring Brian Cox and Greta Scacchi about the 7/11 bombings in London. In 2010, she was cast in the award-winning The Great Game: Afghanistan at the Tricycle Theatre, a British series of short plays on the history of Afghanistan and foreign intervention there, from the First Anglo-Afghan War to the present day, directed by Nicolas Kent and Indhu Rubasingham. [6] Swann played six different characters from a young Afghan girl in Black Tulips to Simon Stephens' Canopy of Stars as a wife confronting her sergeant husband about returning to war. The success of the US tour resulted in a return to Washington D.C. in early 2011 for two exclusive performances at the Pentagon.[ citation needed ]

Prior to this, Swann guested in many TV shows. She appeared in the Multi Million Rowntrees Randoms Campaign playing a random primary school teacher [7] which was aired across the UK. Other company commercials in which Swann has appeared include telecommunications company Orange, Vageta and the Co-op. She starred in a stage production of Of Mice and Men at the Dukes Theatre in Lancaster. [8] In September 2011, she completed filming Real Playing Game, a thriller.

Selected filmography

Films

YearFilmCharacterDirector/ProducerStudio
2005Shaking DreamlandAliceMartina NagelEagle Films
2006Young Hearts LeapFace Girl Alex Kalymnios BFI
2006All Bar LoveEvaJames DerbyshireTe papa
2007 Shoot on Sight Justine MillerJag MundhraCine Boutique
2011RPGYoung Player No. 3Tino NavarroMGN Filmes
2012Next ExitJennyBen GoodgerShort Film
20127300 Days LaterEddieLuca BertoluzziPassion Raw
2014 Ramanujan Ms. Bourne Gnana Rajasekaran Camphor Cinema

Television

YearProductionCharacterDirector/ProducerStudio
2013 RPG Young Player No. 8David Rebordão and Tino Navarro
2012 Hollyoaks HelenMickey Jones Lime Pictures
2009Fried Brain SandwichCarmel Guy Jenkin Sony Pictures
2009HollyoaksSandyTant LayLime Pictures
2009DoctorsSally Daniel Wilson BBC
2009DemonsGreta Tom Harper Shine Productions
2008Dis-connectedSophie (lead) Tom Harper Shine Productions
2007Bike SquadSusanGuy JenkinHatrick Productions
2007River CitySophieVarious Directors BBC Scotland
2006The BillSally AylingRobert Del MaestroThames TV
2006Dream Team RetroSusanRob McGilliveryHewland

Theatre


YearProductionCharacterDirector
2010/11Black Tulips (The Great Game)NahidNicolas Kent
2010/11Wood for the FireKarenRachel Grunwald
2010/11Night Is Darkest Before the DawnMinooIndhu Rubasingham
2010/11On the Side of AngelsFionaIndhu Rubasingham
2010/11Fiona GallFionaNicolas Kent
2010/11Canopy of StarsCherylNicolas Kent
2009 Of Mice and Men Curleys WifeKevin Dyer
2006 Othello DesdemonaKathryn Hunter, Marcello Magni
2004EdmundGlennaChe Walker

Other work

YearProductionCharacterMedium
2012Orange Christmas CommercialMumRomania (TV,Internet)
2010Canopy of StarsCherylBBC 3 (Radio)
2010Tantemarie CommercialGirlGordon Ramsay (Viral)
2009Loose WomenN/aBBC Lancaster (Radio)
2009Rowntrees Randoms CommercialSchool TeacherUK (TV)
2008Vageta CommercialGirlBaltic States (TV)
2007Orange CommercialSushi GirlIsrael (Cinema and TV)
2006The Co-op CommercialJealous GirlSwitzerland (Cinema and TV)

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1. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/designer-babe-set-to-shake-up-shieldinch-1.972933 River City – The Evening Times Profile on Cloudia Swann

2. http://www.denofgeek.com/television/249802/lily_allen_eyes_doctor_who_role.html Doctor Who

3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402073753/http://www.eaglefilms.co.uk/Shaking%20Dream%20Land/press/cloudia_swann.html Shaking Dreamland Film Press Page

4. http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/25682/of-mice-and-men Of Mice and Men – The Stage Review

5. https://web.archive.org/web/20111002204513/http://www.berkeleyrep.org/press/photos-10gg.asp The Great Game – Berkley Rep

6. http://outwestarts.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-ten-and-only-best-of-theater-10.html The Great Game – 10 of the best Review

7. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117943942?refCatId=33 The Great Game Variety Review

8. http://outwestarts.blogspot.com/2010/10/like-poppies.html The Great Game Review

9. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v4m2g BBC radio 3 Canopy of Stars

10. http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/greatgame10-rev.htm The Great Game (review)

11. http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/greatgame10-rev.htm The Great Game(review)

12. http://www.theatreindc.com/playdetail.php?playID=174 The Great Game (Washington DC)

13. http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/artsfun/afterhours/16812.html (Washington The Great Game Review)

14. http://theater.nytimes.com/show/25491/The-Great-Game-Afghanistan-/overview (New York Times – Overview of cast)

15. http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/09/21/the-great-game-afghanistan-part-2/ The Great Game Review

16. https://web.archive.org/web/20120514111357/http://www.stagevoices.com/stage_voices/2010/12/the-great-game-afghanistan-in-new-york-review.html (New York performance standout)

17. http://www.zimbio.com/Afghanistan/articles/eyZdZh3VS8Z/Olivier+Nominated+Great+Game+Afghanistan+Arrives http://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/30957 (Minneapolis Programme – The Great Game)

1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2014175/ (Cloudia Swann IMDB Page).

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPRwHxXbCZc (Cloudia Swann as a teacher in Rowntree's Randoms Advert).