Cloudia Swann

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Cloudia Swann is an English actress.

Life and career[]

Cloudia Swann was born in Leicestershire, and spent her early years living in Stratford-upon-Avon where she attended Bromsgrove School until the age of 13. Swann later attended Cheltenham College for her A-Levels before a 3-year Acting Diploma at the Oxford School of Drama.[1]

Swann graduated from the Oxford School of Drama in 2005 when she landed her first screen leading role opposite Jesper Christanson as Alice in an Independent Feature Shaking Dreamland.[2] In 2006 she landed a 3 part series Dream Team 80s Hewland Productions for Sky TV[3] before playing a semi regular role for BBC Scotlands River City.[4] In 2007 Swann landed leading role Sophie in Shine Productions Dis/connected[5] directed by Tom Harper, as part of the BBC 3 Pilot season. Swann played Mark Addy's daughter from the north for ITV Bike Squad directed with Guy Jenkin where she later worked with him on his comedy Fried Brain Sandwich for Sony Pictures.

Swann had a small role in an episode of Demons which screened in February 2009, and also appeared in independent film, Shoot on Sight[6] directed by Jag Mundhra starring Brian Cox and Greta Saatchi about the 7/11 bombings in London.

In 2010, Swann was cast in the Award Winning The Great Game Afghanistan, Tricycle Theatre. A British series of short plays on the history of Afghanistan and foreign intervention there, from the First Anglo-Afghan War to the present day, Directed by Nicolas Kent and Indhu Rubasingham.[7] Swann played six different characters from a young Afgahn girl in Black Tulips to Simon Stephens Canopy of Stars where she portrayed a wife confronting her Sergeant Husband about returning to War. The success of the US Tour resulted in a return to Washington DC early 2011 for two exclusive performances for The Pentagon.

Prior to this Swann guested in many well known TV shows such as police drama The Bill, Doctors and Hollyoaks. Swann appeared in the Multi Million Rowntrees Randoms Campaign playing a random primary school teacher[8] which was aired across the UK. Other company commercials in which Swann has appeared include telecommunications company Orange, Vageta and the Co-op.

She starred in a stage production of Mice and Men at the in Lancaster.[9] In September 2011 she completed filming Real Playing Game a thriller starring a cast from around Europe, produced by MGN Filmes .

Film[]

Year Film Character Director/Producer Studio
2013 Nicola
2013 Ramanujan Ms. Bourne Gnana Rajasekaran Camphor Cinema
2012 7300 Days Later Eddie Luca Bertoluzzi Passion Raw
2012 Next Exit Jenny Ben Goodger Short Film
2011 RPG Young Player No. 3 Tino Navarro MGN Filmes
2007 Shoot on Sight Justine Miller Jag Mundhra Cine Boutique
2006 All Bar Love Eva James Deryshire Te papa
2006 Young Hearts Leap Face Girl Alex Kalymnios BFI
2005 Shaking Dreamland Alice Martina Nagel Eagle Films

Television[]

Year Production Character Director/Producer Studio
2013 RPG Young Player No. 8 David Rebordão and Tino Navarro
2012 Hollyoaks Helen Mickey Jones Lime Pictures
2009 Fried Brain Sandwich Carmel Guy Jenkin Sony Pictures
2009 Hollyoaks Sandy Tant Lay Lime Pictures
2009 Doctors Sally Daniel Wilson BBC
2009 Demons Greta Tom Harper Shine Productions
2008 Dis-connected Sophie (lead) Tom Harper Shine Productions
2007 Bike Squad Susan Guy Jenkin Hatrick Productions
2007 River City Sophie Various Directors BBC Scotland
2006 The Bill Sally Ayling Robert Del Maestro Thames TV
2006 Dream Team Retro Susan Rob McGillivery Hewland

Theatre[]

Cloudia Swann – Of Mice and Men
Year Production Character Director
2010/11 Black Tulips (The Great Game) Nahid Nicolas Kent
2010/11 Wood for the Fire Karen Rachel Grunwald
2010/11 Night Is Darkest Before the Dawn Minoo Indhu Rubasingham
2010/11 On the Side of Angels Fiona Indhu Rubasingham
2010/11 Fiona Gall Fiona Nicolas Kent
2010/11 Canopy of Stars Cheryl Nicolas Kent
2009 Of Mice and Men Curleys Wife Kevin Dyer
2006 Othello Desdemona Kathryn Hunter, Marcello Magni
2004 Edmund Glenna Che Walker

Other work[]

Year Production Character Medium
2012 Orange Christmas Commercial Mum Romania (TV,Internet)
2010 Canopy of Stars Cheryl BBC 3 (Radio)
2010 Tantemarie Commercial Girl Gordon Ramsay (Viral)
2009 Loose Women N/a BBC Lancaster (Radio)
2009 Rowntrees Randoms Commercial School Teacher UK (TV)
2008 Vageta Commercial Girl Baltic States (TV)
2007 Orange Commercial Sushi Girl Israel (Cinema and TV)
2006 The Co-op Commercial Jealous Girl Switzerland (Cinema and TV)

References[]

  1. ^ "[1]",IMDB, 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  2. ^ "[2] Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine", Eagle Films, Oct 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  3. ^ "[3]", Dream Team 80's webpage, 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  4. ^ "[4]", River City – The Evening Times, 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  5. ^ "[5]", Digital Spy, 27 Mar 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  6. ^ ""Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)", apunkachoice film site, 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  7. ^ "[6]", HuffPost, 28 Oct 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  8. ^ "[7]", Rowntrees Advert – YouTube, 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  9. ^ " [8]", Stage Review, 28 September 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2011.

1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/lancashire/hi/things_to_do/newsid_8246000/8246828.stm Of mice and Men BBC Lancashire Radio Interview and Images

2. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/designer-babe-set-to-shake-up-shieldinch-1.972933 River City – The Evening Times Profile on Cloudia Swann

3. http://www.denofgeek.com/television/249802/lily_allen_eyes_doctor_who_role.html Doctor Who

4. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402073753/http://www.eaglefilms.co.uk/Shaking%20Dream%20Land/press/cloudia_swann.html Shaking Dreamland Film Press Page

5. http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/25682/of-mice-and-men Of Mice and Men – The Stage Review

6. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/tubetalk/a91028/preview-new-teen-drama-disconnected.html?start=2 Dis/connected – Shine Productions Film

7. http://virtual-lancaster.blogspot.com/2009/10/in-review-of-mice-and-men.html Of Mice and Men – Virtual Lancaster

8. https://web.archive.org/web/20111002204513/http://www.berkeleyrep.org/press/photos-10gg.asp The Great Game – Berkley Rep

9. http://outwestarts.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-ten-and-only-best-of-theater-10.html The Great Game – 10 of the best Review

10. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117943942?refCatId=33 The Great Game Variety Review

11. http://outwestarts.blogspot.com/2010/10/like-poppies.html The Great Game Review

12. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v4m2g BBC radio 3 Canopy of Stars

13. http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/greatgame10-rev.htm The Great Game (review)

14. http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/greatgame10-rev.htm The Great Game(review)

15. http://www.theatreindc.com/playdetail.php?playID=174 The Great Game (Washington DC)

16. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lauren-gunderson/theatre-of-the-right-now-_b_774123.html (Berkley US Review)

17. http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/artsfun/afterhours/16812.html (Washington The Great Game Review)

18. http://theater.nytimes.com/show/25491/The-Great-Game-Afghanistan-/overview (New York Times – Overview of cast)

19. http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/09/21/the-great-game-afghanistan-part-2/ The Great Game Review

20. https://web.archive.org/web/20120514111357/http://www.stagevoices.com/stage_voices/2010/12/the-great-game-afghanistan-in-new-york-review.html (New York performance standout)

21. http://www.zimbio.com/Afghanistan/articles/eyZdZh3VS8Z/Olivier+Nominated+Great+Game+Afghanistan+Arrives http://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/30957 (Minneapolis Programme – The Great Game)

External links[]

1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2014175/ (Cloudia Swann IMDB Page).

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPRwHxXbCZc (Cloudia Swann as a teacher in Rowntree's Randoms Advert).

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