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Samantha Spiro www.hamiltonhodell.co.uk Samantha Spiro Talent Representation Telephone Christian Hodell +44 (0) 20 7636 1221 [email protected], Address [email protected], Hamilton Hodell, [email protected] 20 Golden Square Alexander Cooke London, W1F 9JL, [email protected], United Kingdom saff[email protected] Theatre Title Role Director Theatre/Producer LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN Mrs Erlynne Kathy Burke Vaudeville Theatre THE HOUSE THEY GREW UP IN Peppy Jeremy Herrin Chichester Festival Theatre GUYS AND DOLLS Miss Adelaide Gordon Greenberg Phoenix Theatre, West End Sonia Friedman Productions/Noël A CHRISTMAS CAROL Actor Three Phelim McDermott Coward Theatre DI AND VIV AND ROSE Viv Anna Mackmin Vaudeville Theatre KAFKA'S DICK Linda David Grindley Theatre Royal Bath MACBETH Lady Macbeth Eve Best Shakespeare's Globe THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Katherine Toby Frow Shakespeare's Globe FILUMENA Filumena Michael Attenborough Almeida Theatre COMPANY Amy Jonathan Munby Sheffield Crucible CHICKEN SOUP WITH BARLEY Nominated for the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress, Evening Standard Theatre Awards, 2011 Sarah Kahn Dominic Cooke Royal Court Theatre Nominated for the Best Actress In A Play Award, Whatsonstage.com Awards 2012 HELLO DOLLY Dolly Tim Sheader Regents Park Open Air Theatre Winner of Best Actress in a Musical, Olivier Awards 2010 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Beatrice Tim Sheader Regents Park Open Air Theatre TWELFTH NIGHT Maria Michael Grandage Donmar/Wyndhams FUNNY GIRL Fanny Brice Angus Jackson Chichester Festival THE FAMILY PLAYS Mother Joe Hill-Gibbons Royal Court Theatre TWO THOUSAND YEARS Michelle Mike Leigh Royal National Theatre A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC Charlotte Gary Griffin Chicago Shakespeare’s Theatre Winner of Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, Joseph Jefferson Awards 2004 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Beatrice Sally Avens A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Titania/Hippolyta Michael Grandage Crucible, Sheffield BEDROOM FARCE Jan Loveday Ingram Michael Codron Plays MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Winner of Best Actress in a Musical, Olivier Awards 2001 Mary Flynn Michael Grandage Donmar Warehouse Winner of Best Actress in a Musical, Whatsonstage.com Awards 2001 AS YOU LIKE IT Celia Michael Grandage Crucible/Lyric JUMPERS Dorothy Moore Bill Alexander Birmingham Rep CLEO, CAMPING, EMMANUELLE AND DICK Barbara Windsor Terry Johnson Royal National Theatre ROOTS Beatie Bryant John Retallack Watford Palace/Oxford AS YOU LIKE IT Phoebe Polly Irvin Yorkshire/Bristol TEECHERS Gail Saunders Graham Watts Hull Truck/No 1 Tour ON THE PISTE Bev Ryan Graham Watts Hull Truck HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES Mary Penelope Keith Theatre Royal, Windsor GLYN & ‘IT’ Clara Bow Richard Cottrell Yvonne Arnaud/Tour A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Hermia Delena Kidd London/Middle East TONS OF MONEY Simpson David Conville Mercury Theatre, Colchester A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM First Fairy Ian Talbot Regents Park Open Air Theatre AS YOU LIKE IT Audrey Maria Aitkin Regents Park Open Air Theatre LADY BE GOOD Daisy Ian Talbot Regents Park Open Air Theatre MACBETH Witch Bill Baunt Regents Park Open Air Theatre THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE Courtesan Judi Dench Regents Park Open Air Theatre Television Title Role Director Production Company RIDLEY ROAD Liza Epstein Lisa Mulcahy Red Productions/BBC SEX EDUCATION Series 1 & 2 Mrs Groff Kate Herron Netflix CALL THE MIDWIFE Grace Noreen Kershaw BBC Darlow Smithson AGATHA AND THE TRUTH OF MURDER Pamela Terry Loane Productions/Channel 5 SEMI-DETACHED Kate Ben Palmer Happy Tramp/BBC GRANDPA'S GREAT ESCAPE Patricia Bunting Elliot Hegarty King Bert/BBC PORTERS Rebecca Dolem Vadim Jean Dancing Ledge Productions/Dave DOC MARTIN Tina Collins Stuart Orme ITV TRACEY BREAKS THE NEWS Series 1 & 2 Birgit Dominic Brigstocke BBC DOCTOR WHO Hazran Various BBC BABS Barbara Windsor Dominic Leclerc BBC CARNAGE Amelie Simon Amstell BBC GAME OF THRONES Series 6 Melessa Tarly Jack Bender HBO PLEBS Series 3 & 5 Sylvia Sam Leifer Rise Films/ITV2 TRACEY ULLMAN'S SHOW Series 1 & 2 Various Various BBC LONDON SPY Detective Taylor Jakob Verbruggen Working Title/BBC THE WRONG MANS Series 2 Maria Jim Field Smith BBC BAD EDUCATION Series 2 Professor Green Elliot Hegarty Tiger Aspect PSYCHOBITCHES Series 1 & 2 Various Jeremy Dyson Tiger Aspect PANTO! Di Chris Gernon ITV REBECCA FRONT'S LITTLE CRACKER: RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS Rebecca's Mum Chris Gernon Tiger Aspect/Sky 1 Judy Garland/Mary PSYCHOBITCHES Jeremy Dyson Tiger Aspect/Sky Arts Whitehouse GRANDMA'S HOUSE Series 1 & 2 Liz Chris Gernon Tiger Aspect Winner of Best Female Comedy Breakthrough Artist, British Comedy Awards 2010 ROCK & CHIPS Beryl Bird Dewi Humphries BBC AFTER YOU'VE GONE Anne Venables Tony Dow BBC COUPLING Jeffina Martin Dennis Hartswood Films M.I.T. DI Viv Friend Various Thames COLD FEET Ruth Wylie Tim Whitby Granada T.V GO HOME Various Tristram Shapero Channel 4 NOBLE & SILVER Denise Paul Anderson Channel 4 THE BILL Sherrie Badel Charles Beeson Thames Television Film Title Role Director Production Company ME BEFORE YOU Jodie Clarke Thea Sharrock MGM/New Line Cinema A RUNNING JUMP Debbie Mike Leigh Thin Man Films TOMORROW LA SCALA! Janey Francesca Joseph Home Movies Ltd FROM HELL Martha Tabram Allan Hughes/Albert Hughes 20th Century Fox COR BLIMEY Barbara Windsor Terry Johnson Company Films BEYOND BEDLAM WPC Foster Vadim Jean Metrodome Films Radio Title Role Director Production Company THE DOOR IN THE PILLOW Terri Allegra McIlroy BBC Radio 4 NO PLACE TO LAY ONE'S HEAD Reader Duncan Minshull BBC Radio 4 INCREDIBLE WOMEN 6 Various Claire Jones BBC Radio 4 TSARS OF ALL THE RUSSIAS Series 2 Catherine Sasha Yevtushenko BBC Radio 4 TWO TALES BY TEFFI Narrator Duncan Minshull BBC Radio 3 CLUTCH, THROTTLE, BRAKE Nat BBC Radio 4 LITTLE LIFETIMES: BEVERLEY IN SHOES Narrator Sally Avens BBC Radio 4 SAINT MAZIE Mazie Karen Rose BBC Radio 4 THE BIG BROADCAST: CULTURE & SNOW Myrna Lefkowitz David Hunter BBC Radio 4 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Mrs. Bennet Sally Avens BBC Radio 4 BELIEVE IT Series 2 Sheila/Susie Barker Pacificus Productions (Pr.) BBC Radio BESIDE THE SEASIDE Brenda/Dirty Maureen Karen Rose BBC Radio 4 THE CHRISTMAS OF INSPECTOR STEINE Mrs Groynes Karen Rose BBC Radio 4 PETITE MORT Luce Emma Harding BBC Radio 4 INCREDIBLE WOMEN Narrator Claire Jones BBC Radio 4 CHICKEN SOUP WITH BARLEY Sarah Kahn Kate Brook BBC Radio 3 INSPECTOR STEINE Series 4: THE RETURN OF INSPECTOR STEINE Mrs Groynes Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4 SHOW BOAT Magnolia Tracey Neale BBC Radio 4 INSPECTOR STEINE Series 3 Mrs Groynes Karen Rose BBC Radio 4 DEVELOPMENT Zoe Janet Whitaker BBC Radio 4 JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES Vera Gordon House BBC Radio 4 THE CASEBOOK OF INSPECTOR STEINE Mrs Groynes Karen Rose BBC Radio 4 HORST BUCHHOLZ AND OTHER STORIES Jules Gordon House BBC Radio 4 WAITING FOR DI Abi Celia De Wolff BBC Radio 4 TONY'S LITTLE SISTER AND THE PARADOX OF MONASTICISM Dious Marc Beeby BBC Radio 4 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Beatrice Sally Avens BBC Radio 3 OTHERKIN Jinn Steven Canny BBC Radio 4 SAD GIRL Rachel Jonquil Panting BBC Radio 4 TALKING TO STRANGERS Miriam Claire Grove BBC Radio 4 THE PIPER'S CHAIR Maria David Hunter BBC Radio 4 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARY MAGDALENE Ruthie Marine Calderone BBC Radio 3 SNAP Dawn/Ozzie David Ian Neville BBC Radio 4 SPRING FORWARD, FALL BACK Maggie Cherry Cookson BBC Radio 4 BY THE COAST OF COROMANDEL Lady Jingly Jones Jeremy Mortimer BBC Radio 4 DON'T STEP ON THE CRACKS Kirsty David Hunter BBC Radio 4 LITTLE CINDERELLAS Isla Janet Whitaker BBC Radio 4 Skills Skills ACCENTS: Very good ear for all accents SINGING: Strong Mezzo Soprano SPORTS: Very good all-round sportswoman STAGE FIGHTING: BSFD Certificate OTHER: Full Driving Licence Characteristics Characteristic Info Height 5'1" Hair Brown Eyes Brown Training Webber Douglas [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7636 1221.
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