Flora Spencer-Longhurst

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Flora Spencer-Longhurst
Born1985
Birmingham, England
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present

Flora Spencer-Longhurst (born 1985 or 1986) [1] is an English actress. She is known for her roles in the CBBC series Leonardo (2011), and the FX series The Bastard Executioner (2015).

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Early life

Spencer-Longhurst joined the National Youth Music Theatre at age eleven, and subsequently studied at Manchester University.

Career

Spencer-Longhurst made her television debut in 2005 in the BBC television series Dalziel and Pascoe. Her professional stage debut was in 2007 at the Young Vic Theatre in a critically acclaimed production of The Member of the Wedding where she played the part of Frankie Addams. [2] [3] She played Rosalie in the Lillian Helman play The Children's Hour at The Royal Exchange Theatre, Cecily in a musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, [4] [5] and had also performed the role of Belle in a stage version of A Christmas Carol at the King's Head Theatre. In addition, she had roles as Reza in the West End production of the musical Once and Lavinia in Titus Andronicus at Shakespeare's Globe. [6]

In 2011, she played the dual role of Lisa and Tomaso in the CBBC series Leonardo where she played the part of a girl disguised as an apprentice male artist. Other roles in television included Losing It with Martin Clunes, and the 2006 pilot episode of Inspector Lewis . [7] Her motion picture debut Walking with the Enemy had won her a Best Supporting Actress award at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival and was released in April 2014. [8] She has also appeared in Wallander , Unforgiven, "Father Brown", and Walking with the Enemy.

Acting credits

Film and television

Theatre

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  1. ↑ Spencer, Charles (17 September 2007). "The Member of the Wedding: slow-burning drama flares into tragedy". The Telegraph . 21-year-old Flora Spencer-Longhurst
  2. ↑ "Theatre review: The Member of the Wedding". britishtheatreguide.info.
  3. ↑ "London Theatre Guide Review of The Member of the Wedding". londontheatre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "The Importance of Being Earnest Review". telegraph.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Cast and Creative". earnestthemusical.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Interview with Flora Spencer-Longhurst". Londontheatre1.com. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Press Office". bbc.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "FLIFF announces winners". Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "Theatre Royal Haymarket, Girl With a Pearl Earring". london-theatreland.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "Review of A Christmas Carol". thestage.co.uk.
  11. ↑ "review of The Beggar's Opera". whatsonstage.com.
  12. ↑ "Titus Andronicus, directed by Lucy Bailey/Shakespeare's Globe". shakespearesglobe.com.
  13. ↑ "Love's Labour's Won (also known as Much Ado About Nothing) – cast and creative". Royal Shakespeare Company.
  14. ↑ "Flora Spencer-Longhurst". United Agents.
  15. ↑ Brien, Jeremy. "The Real Thing review at Theatre Royal, Bath – 'a sparkling revival'". The Stage.
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