Rona Morison

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Rona Morison
Born (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 31)
Glasgow, Scotland
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present
Known forOur Ladies (2019) and Absentia (2020)

Rona Morison is a Glaswegian actress having had roles playing Chell Our Ladies in 2019 and as Thompson in Absentia 2020.

Early life and career[]

Morison was born and raised very close to Glasgow in Scotland.[1] Morison attended St Columba's School in Kilmacolm, [2] then joined the Scottish Youth Theatre to hone her acting skills, before being accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London at the age of 17.[1] She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2011, after attending workshops with Charlotte Munkso at Prima del Teatro and with the Royal Shakespeare Company.[3][4]

Between roles, Morison doubles as an acting teacher at the Fontainebleau School of Acting in Fontainebleau just outside of Paris, France.[5]

In 2020, Morison appeared in a main role as Chell in the Michael Caton-Jones directed Our Ladies, the world premiere of which, was held at the 2019 BFI London Film Festival on 4 October.[6] and was later screened at the 2020 Glasgow Film Festival.[1]

Theatre career[]

Morison's theatre career has included appearing in Scuttlers at the Royal Exchange Theatre, To Kill a Mockingbird at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, Illusions at the Bush Theatre, The Second Mrs Tanqueray at Rose Theatre in Kingston.[7] Morison played the lead role of 15-year-old Minnie in the 2017 in a play based on the Phoebe Gloeckner novel and Marielle Heller film The Diary of a Teenage Girl, at the Southwark Playhouse.[8][9] Morison performed another lead role in the 2018 production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at the Donmar Warehouse.[10][11] Morison received a nomination at the 2018 Evening Standard Theatre Awards for the Emerging Talent Award for her performance as Sandy in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at the Donmar Warehouse in 2018.[12]

Morison has appeared in The Haystack at the Hampstead Theatre in 2020 [13]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role
2012 City Slacker Receptionist
2012 Love Bite Fiona
2015 Sliding (Short Film) Annie
2018 Ready Player One Oology Expert
2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story Spaceport mother
2019 Our Ladies Chell

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2017 Decline and Fall Tia 1 episode - Pompilia de la Conradine
2020 Absentia Thompson 6 episodes

Awards and Nominations[]

Year Award Category Nominated work Company/Theatre Result Ref.
2017 BroadwayWorld UK Awards Best Actress in a new production of a play The Diary of a Teenage Girl Southwark Playhouse Nominated [14]
2017 The Offies Full Run Plays: Best Female Performance The Diary of a Teenage Girl Southwark Playhouse Nominated [15]
2018 Evening Standard Theatre Awards Emerging Talent Award The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Donmar Warehouse Nominated [12]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "'Scotland's answer to Derry Girls': Star Rona Morison on new film Our Ladies". heraldscotland.com. February 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "Rona Morison". st-columbas.org. 14 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Graduates 2010-2011 Rona Morison". gsmd.ac.uk. 2011.
  4. ^ "Rona Morison Acting Tutor". fonact.com. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "Meet our Team, Acting Tutors". fonact.com. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  6. ^ Dunn, Jamie (24 February 2020). "Riot Girls: Michael Caton-Jones on Our Ladies". The Skinny. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Rona Morison". orangetreetheatre.co.uk. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "Review : Diary of a Teenage Girl". ayoungertheatre.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  9. ^ "Review: The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Southwark Playhouse)". whatsonstage.com. March 7, 2017.
  10. ^ "Interview with Rona Morison on The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". londonstudent.coop. 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-07-04.
  11. ^ "Lia Williams, Rona Morison and more at the opening night of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". whatsonstage.com. June 13, 2018.
  12. ^ a b "Guildhall alumni nominated in Evening Standard Theatre Awards". gsmd.ac.uk. October 30, 2018.
  13. ^ "The Haystack cast and creative team celebrate show opening at the Hampstead Theatre". whatsonstage.com. February 7, 2020.
  14. ^ "Shortlist Announced For The 2017 BroadwayWorld UK Awards". broadwayworld.com. October 5, 2017.
  15. ^ "2017: Full Run: Plays: Female Performance – Rona Morison – The Diary Of A Teenager Girl". offies.london. 2017.

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