Ffion Jolly
Ffion Jolly is a British actress best known for her work on stage with Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory.[1] and on screen in McMafia, Stan Lee's Lucky Man and Requiem.
Early Life[edit]
Jolly was born in Surrey to an English father and Welsh mother. At the age of 12 she spent a term studying at the Tigoni Girls Academy in Limuru, Kenya. While attending Sutton High School, she became one of the youngest people to be accepted into the National Youth Theatre at the age of just 13[2]. At 14, she began working professionally in voiceover. She went on to study at Hurtwood House Sixth Form College[3].
Career[edit]
Jolly was one of only four females to be accepted on to the three year acting course at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. When she landed the lead in the school's production of All's Well That Ends Well[4], she came to the attention of the renowned Shakespeare director Andrew Hilton who went on to regularly cast her in his productions at Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory[5][6][7]. It was in the STF production of A Comedy of Errors[8] that she was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award for her portrayal of Luciana[9][10]. Jolly went on to receive considerable critical acclaim for her portrayal of Fanny Price in Tim Luscombe's stage adaptation of Jane Austen's 'Mansfield Park'[11][12][13] She continued to work on stage with innovative, immersive and experimental theatre companies including The Fitzrovia Radio Hour, The Factory Theatre Company and The Wrong Crowd[14]. In 2017 Jolly appeared in Stan Lee's Lucky Man and has gone on to feature in Doctors, McMafia and Requiem. She has voiced multiple characters in video games including 'Divinity: Original Sin' and 'The Book of Unwritten Tales 2'.
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Expectation Management | Lisa | Short |
| 2011 | O Romeo, Romeo | Juliet | Short |
| 2012 | Callum | Policewoman | Short |
| 2015 | Camel | The Producer | Short |
| 2017 | Unspeakable | Claire | TV Movie |
| 2018 | Mission: Impossible- Fallout | Woman at Desk |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Stan Lee's Lucky Man | Melanie | Sky 1 |
| 2017 | Doctors | Alexia Hewitt | BBC |
| 2018 | Requiem | Yard Duty Teacher | BBC/Netflix |
| 2018 | McMafia | Masha's Neighbour | BBC/AMC |
Stage[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | All's Well That Ends Well | Helena | BOVTS |
| 2009 | Othello | Desdemona | Creation Theatre Co. |
| 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia | Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory |
| 2010 | The Tempest | Miranda | Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory |
| 2011 | Richard II | Queen Isabel | Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory |
| 2011 | A Comedy of Errors | Luciana | Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory |
| 2011 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Baz Productions |
| 2012 | Mansfield Park | Fanny Price | Theatre Royal Bury St. Edmunds |
| 2013 | The Girl with the Iron Claws | Girl | The Wrong Crowd |
| 2016 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Helena | Actors from the London Stage |
| 2017 | Macbeth | Various | The Factory |
Video Game[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Timedancer | Kazuo | |
| 2014 | Divinity: Original Sin | Multiple | Voice |
| 2015 | The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 | Headhunter | Voice |
| 2018 | Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire | Multiple | Voice |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Home Page – The TLS". TheTLS.
- ↑ "Short NYTs (Play) archive [PLAY]". www.uktw.co.uk.
- ↑ "DRAMA SCHOOL PLACES OVER THE YEARS! - News Archive - Life - Hurtwood …". 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
- ↑ BBC. "A swell All's Well".
- ↑ Gardner, Lyn (1 April 2010). "The Tempest - Theatre review". the Guardian.
- ↑ Cavendish, Dominic (3 March 2010). "A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol, review" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "Theatre review: The Tempest at The Tobacco Factory, Bristol". www.britishtheatreguide.info.
- ↑ "Theatre review: The Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol". www.britishtheatreguide.info.
- ↑ "Ian Charleson Awards – Nominations 2011London theatre tickets - London theatre tickets". www.westendtheatre.com.
- ↑ Holland, Peter, ed. (2012). Shakespeare Survey: Volume 65, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Cambridge University Press. pp. 457–458. ISBN 978-1316139530. Search this book on
- ↑ Purves, Libby (25 September 2013). "Mansfield Park, touring" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ↑ Stebbing, Eve (24 September 2012). "Mansfield Park, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, review" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ Luscombe1 Austen2, Tim1 Jane2 (2012). Mansfield Park (1 ed.). Oberon Books. p. 5. ISBN 978-1849435253. Retrieved 16 March 2018. Search this book on
- ↑ Maxwell, Dominic (1 May 2013). "The Girl with the Iron Claws at Little Angel, N1" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
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