Emma Cleasby

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Emma Cleasby
Born
1971 or 1972 (age 49 or 50) Dent, Cumbria, England
Alma mater University of Hull
OccupationActress
Years active2000present

Emma Cleasby is an English theater, television, and film actress. She is best known for her role as Megan in the 2002 horror film Dog Soldiers , directed by Neil Marshall.

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Career and Early life

Cleasby grew up in Cumbria and at first originally decided on a career in the theatre as a set designer. Gradually, whilst living in Newcastle, she started acting, combining it with part-time work as a teacher for autistic children. In 1999, she took the plunge and moved to London and over the past couple of decades, she's found herself working full-time as an actress.

She gained a degree in drama from the University of Hull, and studied at the L'Ecole Philippe Gaulier. She has appeared on stage in productions of Private Lives , The Islander, Night Swimming, Vurt and Robin Hood . She has also appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe , directed by Adrian Noble, and as "Lady Anne" in the English Shakespeare Company's Richard III , directed by Michael Bogdanov. [1]

On television, Cleasby has appeared in British TV series Heartbeat , Holby City , Doctors , 55 Degrees North and Coronation Street , as well as one-off dramas Sweet Dreams and The Project. [1] Her appearance in Mogwai's music video Stanley Kubrick from EP+6 filmed in black and white placed her in the role of a beautiful woman with the video's characteristic of close unblinking expressions throughout. She has appeared in two films by director Neil Marshall - as Megan in the 2002 horror film Dog Soldiers - and Katherine Sinclair in Doomsday . [1] Cleasby also stars in the horror thriller F under the direction of Johannes Roberts. [2]

Cleasby is active on the social media company, Twitter, with her official account being @CleasbyEmma.

Filmography

Films

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Dog Soldiers Megan
2006One Hundredth of a SecondKate(Short)
2008 Doomsday Katherine Sinclair
2010 F Lucy
2013 Soulmate Alex

TV

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Heartbeat Linda(TV Series), 1 episode: "Cold Turkey"
2001Sweet DreamsSam(TV Movie)
2001-2010 Holby City Tricia Moore (2001-2002) / Caroline Peters (2010)(TV Series), 3 episodes: "Shadow of a Doubt: Part 1", "Shadow of a Doubt: Part 2" and "The Short Straw"
2002-2010 Doctors Molly Wheeler (2002) / Elizabeth Thorn (2010)(TV Series), 2 episodes: "Trapped" and "Echoes"
2002 The Project Martha(Two-part television film)
2003 Hear the Silence Lisa - ABA(TV Movie)
2004-2005 55 Degrees North Sgt. Katherine Brookes(TV Series), 14 episodes
2006'Coronation Street Sylvia Ramsden(TV Series), 5 episodes
2010 Lewis Jessica Neill(TV Series), 1 episode: "Your Sudden Death Question"
Missing Kath Walters(TV Series), 1 episode: "Episode #2.10"

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