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Michelle Terry is an Olivier Award-winning English actress and writer, known for her work in Shakespeare's Globe, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre. She is also the artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe since 2018 and has appeared in several TV shows, including The Café.
Michelle Terry is a British actress who has performed in classical and contemporary roles on stage and screen. She is also a writer, producer and the next director of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
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Terry was born in Weston-super-Mare in 1979. She took up acting at an early age and joined the National Youth Theatre at the age of 14.
After studying English Literature at Cardiff University, Terry graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2004.
Terry's professional stage debut came in a touring production of Blithe Spirit, in which she played the Maid and understudied Elvira. Directed by Thea Sharrock, the production transferred to the Savoy Theatre in London's West End, and in her review for the GuardianLyn Gardner said: "The acting from every member of the cast is impeccable".
Following Blithe Spirit, her next role was Celia in As You Like It at the New Vic Theatre in Newcastle-under-Lyme, which turned out to be one of many Shakespearean roles for the actress. A period with the Royal Shakespeare Company followed, which saw Terry star in several productions in Stratford-upon-Avon including Pericles (2006/7) and The Winter...
Terry's relationship with the Globe started in 2007 when she starred alongside a recently graduated Gemma Arterton in Love's Labour's Lost. Further credits at the Bankside venue include Titania/Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream (2013), and Rosalind in As You Like It (2015). She directed Richard III, King John and As You Like Itfor The Complete...
Other stage roles include The War on Terror and 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover at the Bush Theatre; The Man Who Had All the Luck and Privacy at the Donmar Warehouse; Tribes and In The Republic of Happiness at the Royal Court; London Assurance, England People Very Nice and Cleansed at the National Theatre; Light Shining in Buckinghamshire at the Arcola...
For her portrayal of Sylvia in the Royal Court production of Nina Raine's Tribes, Terry won the 2011 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2008 she won Best Actress in a Visiting Production at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards for the Donmar Warehouse production of The Man Who Had All the Luck.
Terry's screen credits include Extras, Law & Order: UK and the pilot of Mike Bullen's Reunited. With Ralf Little she co-wrote and starred in the comedy drama TV series, The Cafe, which aired on Sky1 from 2011 to 2013.
Talking to The Stagelast year, Terry said: "I love the Globe. There’s something about the conversation you have with the audience there – it’s always about them." She continued: "[The Globe] taught me more about performing Shakespeare than anything else… It’s a place unlike any other, the appetite, the energy. The audience are standing in the sun f...
Less than an hour after the announcement 'Michelle Terry' was top of the trending topics on Twitter in the UK. Here are some of the reactions from industry figures:
Learn about Michelle Terry, the award-winning actress who will take over as the artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in 2017. Discover her stage and screen credits, Shakespearean roles, and industry reactions.
Jul 25, 2017 · In a seismic event for London theatre, actress Michelle Terry was announced yesterday as the new artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe, replacing Emma Rice, who remains in post despite...
Michelle Terry. Actress: Shakespeare's Globe: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Michelle was born in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset and attended local schools, where she first became interested in acting, joining amateur drama groups and taking LAMDA exams before, at age fourteen, joining the National Youth Theatre.
May 16, 2018 · Terry, an actor with huge amount of experience playing Shakespearean roles on stage – including Henry V – is launching her first season with productions of Hamlet and As You Like It. Clearly not...
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Michelle Terry is an Olivier award-winning English actress and writer, known for her work in Shakespeare and other theatre. She also co-wrote and starred in Sky's sitcom The Café and became artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in 2018.
