Jo Cameron Brown
| Jo Cameron Brown | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Scottish |
| 🏫 Education | RSAMDA Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland MA, Dip Ed, Post-Graduate Diploma in Voice Studies (P.G.D.V.S.) Drama /Theatre Arts, 1985 – 2019 MA (Master of the Arts) Voice & Dialect Central School of Speech and Drama, University London |
| 💼 Occupation | Actor, Voice & Dialect Coach |
| 📆 Years active | 1978 - present |
| 🌐 Website | www |
Jo Cameron Brown is a Scottish born actress, voice and dialect coach,[1] "Playing granny Moira Henderson, Jo was one of the original River City [2] cast. Appearing on screen in Einstein and Eddington, Jo is best known in the industry as a voice and dialect coach including Starter for Ten, Brick Lane as well as coaching Sophia Myles and Jamie Bell in the acclaimed Hallam Foe."[3]
Jo is the dialogue writer on the BAFTA nominated animated short film Achilles.[4] [5]
Jo's most recent screen appearance is in BBC's There She Goes as Nana Anne[6] and is resident voice coach on the award-winning Peaky Blinders (2013– ) Netflix series. [7]
Voice and Dialect Coaching[edit]
In the late 1990s, While working with dialect coach Joan Washington at the Royal National Theatre, a fascination with accents, different voices and vocal choices led to profound character discovery and revelation which led her to train at Central School of Speech and Drama graduating with a Post-Graduate Diploma in Voice Studies (P.G.D.V.S.) and an MA Voice & Dialect.
"A growing fascination with how we sound and how it tells the story of who we are led to a postgraduate qualification from the Central School of Drama. Jo has taught at RADA, LAMDA, Rose Bruford, ALRA, and Oxford University. She coaches internationally for theatre and film."[8]
Directors Jo has worked with a Dialect and/or Voice Coach[edit]
Patty Jenkins, Hugh Hudson, Asif Kapadiea, David MacKenzie, Bille August
Actors Jo has worked with specifically on major roles.[edit]
JJ Feild (Ian), The Etruscan Smile (2018)
Anna Paquin (Dr. Jean Markham), Tell It to the Bees (2018)
Vanessa Hudgens (Stacy De Novo / Lady Margaret), The Princess Switch (2018)
Antonio Banderas (Marcelino), Finding Altamira (2016)
Jessica Chastain (Sara), The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)
Agyness Deyns (Chris Guthrie) Sunset Song (2015)
Jude Law (Robinson) Black Sea (2014)
Jo's credited Films as Dialect Coach[edit]
Malevolent (2018)
Wonder Woman (2017)
The Journey (2016)
Whisky Galore (2016)
The Infiltrator (2016)
Black Sea (2014)
Time Traveller (2013)
Acting Career[edit]
Theatre[edit]
Graduated from RSAMDA (Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Jo began her acting career in the 1970s, working in regional repertory theatre companies performing in London venues and National Theatre by the 1980s appearing in Guys and Dolls. [9] Jo was an original cast member of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita. [10] Jo has worked with Ken Campbell, Giles Havergal, John McGrath, and Michael Bogdanov performing at The Glasgow Citizens, Leicester Phoenix, Watford Palace, York Theatre Royal, Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre, and 7:84.
Jo worked with Giles Havergal’s on his 1982 revival production of Men Should Weep[11] performing at Glasgow Citizens and Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Michael Boyd’s The Guid Sisters [12], A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Servant of Two Masters, Macbeth, American Bagpipes
Equity[edit]
Jo is an elected member of Equity, the UK's entertainment industry's trade union ruling Council of 2018-2020 [13] , elected to the Screen and New Media Committee [14] [15] and has served as chair since 2017. Jo sits on industry working parties and campaigning bodies.
Safety Curtain (formerly... International Performers' Aid Trust - IPAT) [16][edit]
Jo is Co-Chair of the trustees maintaining Safety Curtain (formerly... The International Performers’ Aid Trust), which supports performers in threatening and challenging situations throughout the world.[17]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Jo Cameron Brown". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "RIVER CITY: Where are they now". Evening Times. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Films, Sweet On Sigma (2009-08-24). "Sweet on Sigma Films: Formal Release: Filming Starts on Kevin MacDonald's " The Eagle of the Ninth" Starring Jamie Bell". Sweet on Sigma Films. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ "Current full members of the Academy". www.bafta.org. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ Hiroshima, International Animation Festival. "HIROSHIMA 1996(6th)". International Animation Festival Hiroshima. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "There She Goes Series 1, Episode 4 - The Wrong Grandad". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Peaky Blinders Crew Members List - FamousFix, retrieved 2019-11-16
- ↑ "Guest Artists (BRIT Program) | School of Theatre and Dance | College of The Arts | University of South Florida". theatreanddance.arts.usf.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ "ROB WILTON THEATRICALIA - National Theatre 1980s". www.phyllis.demon.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ "Production of Evita | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ "Production of Men Should Weep | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ Fisher, Mark (2012-09-26). "The Guid Sisters – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ "Equity - The Council - Equity's governing body". www.equity.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ↑ "Screen & New Media Committee 2017-2019 - Equity". www.equity.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "Equity - Screen & New Media Committee". www.equity.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ↑ "Meet the team". SafetyCurtain. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ↑ "Meet the Safety Curtain Team". safetycurtain.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-28. Unknown parameter
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