Rona Morison

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Rona Morison
Born
Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation(s)Actress and narrator
Years active2012–present
Known for Our Ladies (2019) and Absentia (2020)

Rona Morison is a Scottish actress and narrator. She played Chell in Our Ladies in 2019 and Thompson in Absentia in 2020.

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Early life and career

Morison was born and raised near to Glasgow in Scotland. [1] Morison attended St Columba's School in Kilmacolm, [2] then joined the Scottish Youth Theatre before being accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London at the age of 17. [1] She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2011, after attending workshops with Charlotte Munkso at Prima del Teatro and with the Royal Shakespeare Company. [3] [4]

Between roles, Morison doubles as an acting teacher at the Fontainebleau School of Acting in Fontainebleau just outside of Paris, France. [5]

In 2020, Morison appeared in a main role as Chell in the Michael Caton-Jones directed Our Ladies , the world premiere of which, was held at the 2019 BFI London Film Festival on 4 October. [6] and was later screened at the 2020 Glasgow Film Festival. [1]

Theatre career

Morison's theatre career has included Scuttlers at the Royal Exchange Theatre, To Kill a Mockingbird at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, Illusions at the Bush Theatre and The Second Mrs Tanqueray at Rose Theatre in Kingston. [7] Morison played the lead role of 15-year-old Minnie in the 2017 in a play based on the Phoebe Gloeckner novel and Marielle Heller film The Diary of a Teenage Girl , at the Southwark Playhouse. [8] [9] Morison performed another lead role in the 2018 production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at the Donmar Warehouse. [10] [11] Morison received a nomination at the 2018 Evening Standard Theatre Awards for the Emerging Talent Award for her performance as Sandy in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at the Donmar Warehouse in 2018. [12]

Morison has appeared in The Haystack at the Hampstead Theatre in 2020 [13] In 2022, Morison starred as Danni in the Glasgow-based 3-part BBC drama thriller The Control Room [14]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2012City SlackerReceptionist
2012 Love Bite Fiona
2015Sliding (Short Film)Annie
2018 Ready Player One Oology Expert
2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story Spaceport mother
2019 Our Ladies Chell
2021It's Not Gonna Suck Itself (Short Film)The Barmaid

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Decline and Fall Tia1 episode - Pompilia de la Conradine
2020 Absentia Thompson6 episodes
2021- This farming life Narrator15 episodes
2022 The Control Room Danni [14] All 3 episodes

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workCompany/TheatreResultRef.
2017 BroadwayWorld UK AwardsBest Actress in a new production of a play The Diary of a Teenage Girl Southwark Playhouse Nominated [15]
2017 The Offies Full Run Plays: Best Female PerformanceNominated [16]
2018 Evening Standard Theatre Awards Emerging Talent AwardThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Donmar Warehouse Nominated [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "'Scotland's answer to Derry Girls': Star Rona Morison on new film Our Ladies". heraldscotland.com. 27 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Rona Morison". st-columbas.org. 14 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Graduates 2010-2011 Rona Morison". gsmd.ac.uk. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Rona Morison Acting Tutor". fonact.com. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Meet our Team, Acting Tutors". fonact.com. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  6. ↑ Dunn, Jamie (24 February 2020). "Riot Girls: Michael Caton-Jones on Our Ladies". The Skinny . Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Rona Morison". orangetreetheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Review : Diary of a Teenage Girl". ayoungertheatre.com. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Review: The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Southwark Playhouse)". whatsonstage.com. 7 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Interview with Rona Morison on The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". londonstudent.coop. 2018. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Lia Williams, Rona Morison and more at the opening night of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". whatsonstage.com. 13 June 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Guildhall alumni nominated in Evening Standard Theatre Awards". gsmd.ac.uk. 30 October 2018. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021.
  13. ↑ "The Haystack cast and creative team celebrate show opening at the Hampstead Theatre". whatsonstage.com. 7 February 2020.
  14. 1 2 "BBC's The Control Room: What has Rona Morison who plays Danni been in before?". entertainmentdaily.co.uk. 19 July 2022.
  15. ↑ "Shortlist Announced For The 2017 BroadwayWorld UK Awards". broadwayworld.com. 5 October 2017.
  16. ↑ "2017: Full Run: Plays: Female Performance – Rona Morison – The Diary Of A Teenager Girl". offies.london. 2017.
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