Michelle Bonnard

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Michelle Bonnard (born 14 September 1980) [1] is a British /Seychellois actress, writer and director. She attended the Central Junior Television Workshop before studying at LAMDA.

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Career

Michelle Bonnard has worked in television, theatre and film. She first came to prominence playing Helena in the BBC's 2005 adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream , called ShakespeaRe-Told . [2] Other roles include DCI Goodchild in The Fear for Channel 4 starring Peter Mullan, press officer Tops in BBC/HBO drama Five Days [3] (Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated), Raghad Hussein in Channel 4’s Saddam's Tribe [4] and Stephanie Blake in Law and Order UK .

Stage appearances include The Quiet House at Park Theatre (Off West End Award nomination for best actress), A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes at Tricycle Theatre directed by Indhu Rubasingham, Beasts and Beauties at Hampstead Theatre Melly Still, On The Record (Michael Longhurst), Macbeth (Max Stafford-Clark) and Europe (Douglas Rintoul) and The Mirror for Princes (Sulyman Al Bassam) (both at the Barbican Theatre). [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 Ray & Liz Zeinab

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Backup ElaineEpisode: "Badlands"
1998 Bernard's Watch MelEpisode: "Old Time"
1998 Dangerfield First NurseEpisode: "Double Helix"
2004 EastEnders TrishEpisode dated 11 May 2004
2004–2010 Casualty Various roles5 episodes
2004–2015 Doctors 10 episodes
2005 Spooks Delphine LapinEpisode: "The Special: Part 1"
2005 ShakespeaRe-Told Helena Episode: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
2006 Eleventh Hour Junior DoctorEpisode: "Resurrection"
2007 Five Days Tops5 episodes
2007Saddam's Tribe: Bound by BloodRaghadTelevision film
2007My Boyfriend, the Sex TouristNarrator
2008 Waking the Dead Dr Emma McKenna2 episodes
2008 Silent Witness KezEpisode: "Terror: Part 2"
2008 Apparitions Sandra TellorEpisode #1.3
2009MargotSallyTelevision film
2010 Law & Order: UK Stephanie BlakeEpisode: "Anonymous"
2011 Hustle SecretaryEpisode: "Silent Witness"
2012 The Fear Janice Goodchild3 episodes
2013 Holby City Julie HortonEpisode: "Not Aaron"
2013BlackoutNurse GabbyTelevision film
2017 Inspector George Gently Liz PatonEpisode: "Gently and the New Age"
2018 Strike Hazel FurleyEpisode: "Career of Evil: Part 2"
2018–2021 Unforgotten Sal7 episodes
2019 The Last Czars Praskovya 3 episodes
2022 We Hunt Together Prof. Judy Hackwood
2022–2024 House of the Dragon Sylvi

References

  1. "Michelle Bonnard". www.tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  2. "Shakespeare Retold: A Midsummer Night's Dream". ABC Online. 28 January 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  3. Leonard, John (30 September 2007). "Five Days". New York . Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  4. O'Donovan, Gerard (10 May 2007). "Leave Saddam to the historians". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  5. Cargill, Peter (14 March 2007). "Europe". The Stage . Retrieved 1 February 2011.