Coryse Borg

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Coryse Borg is a Maltese actress, director and SEO content writer, resident in Malta. She appeared in a range of productions, both in the theatre and in the movies. She currently works as an SEO content writer and also provides writing, voice over, proofreading and hosting services through her venture SayIt.

She appeared in Gladiator [ citation needed ], Helen of Troy and Revelation . She also has played various parts both in comedies and straight theatrical productions, including Shakespeare and musicals. In 2007 she starred in the Malta Arts Festival production of A Midsummer Nights' Dream, produced by the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts. [1]

She played "Sharon" in the TV series Dejjem Tiegħek Becky . Other Maltese stage roles included: Sylvia in Life x 3, [2] As You Like It , West Side Story and Jack and the Beanstalk . [3]

She has written for a number of other productions, [4] including Malta George Cross, a film on which Borg worked with the assistance of students at the San Andrea School, won Best Screenplay by the Jury of the Documentary and Fiction Festival of Hollywood in 2007. [5]

Her directing credits include Glorious , the story of Florence Foster Jenkins, [6] and a production of Audacity, [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "MADC Present 'A Midsummer Nights' Dream'". Out & About. MaltaMedia. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
  2. ↑ "MADC with Life x 3 at Manoel Theatre". Out & About. MaltaMedia. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
  3. ↑ Ramona Depares (23 June 2002). "What a Week!". Malta Today. Archived from the original on 10 November 2002. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
  4. ↑ "'With Friends Like These' at St James Cavalier". Out & About. MaltaMedia. 19 August 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
  5. ↑ "Local Film Awarded Best Screenplay in Hollywood". Out & About. MaltaMedia. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
  6. ↑ "World's Worst Soprano". Times of Malta. 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  7. ↑ "MADC Presents 'Audacity' at St. James Cavalier". Out & About. MaltaMedia. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
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