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Fifi Garfield

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Script error: No such module "AfC submission catcheck". Fifi Garfield is a British actor, director, producer and presenter. She is Deaf and a British Sign Language user.

Personal life[edit]

Her twin sister is Paula Garfield, herself an actress and theatre director. She has been deaf since birth.

Activity[edit]

Garfield starting acting with London Deaf Drama Group when she was 19. She has worked with, among others, Bill Nighy, Jenny Éclair and Joe Absolom.

She has appeared in a number of productions of Deafinitely Theater, such as Contractions[1] and A Midsummer Night's Dream; Macbeth (Royal Shakespeare Company); Emma (London Bubble Theatre Company/UK Tour), as well as a production in Sign Language of Horrible Histories.[2]

Her television credits include Deaf Funny (Juggle Productions), Don't Leave Me This Way and Switch (BBC). She often appears as a presenter on BSL Zone and on BBC's deaf magazine See Hear. Garfield has appeared in commercials for BT and as a studio dancer for Smirnoff.

Her radio credits include All Fingers and Thumbs (BBC Radio 4).

In addition to her acting career, Garfield works freelance within the creative industry in a variety of roles, such as a translator from English to BSL, director and editor.

References[edit]

  1. "Deafinitely Theatre marks 15th Anniversary with new play 'Contractions'". British Deaf News.
  2. "Interview With…Fifi Garfield". Love London Love Culture.

External links[edit]


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