Deirdre Forrest

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Deirdre Forrest

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'Missing Presumed'feature film due out Aug 24' Lead -'Jenny Slaughter'.
I returned to acting in film and TV in 2020 after a career break as a Voice & Dialect coach in TV and Film. Previously: stage work from Shakespeare to West End musicals.Since then I've done leading & supporting roles in many films, including my first 'Moonlit Requiem' which won 18 Int. awards including 2 at Cannes and a Best Actress as Mary Mason a strong scheming matriarch. 'Holy Grail' a tough MI6 head. 'Where The Marigolds Lie'- Pam. nosey neighbour who ends up beneath the marigolds and a close BAFTA nominee contender.

Deirdre Forrest
Vita as Open in Filmmakers
Actor•58-68 years•British •
Place of residence Hove (GB), Greater London (GB)
Genderfemale, She /Her
Driver's licensesCar class
Eye colorgray-green
Height (cm)157
Weight (in kg)59
LanguagesEnglish
DialectsAmerican-CaliforniaAmerican-New YorkAmerican-StandardAustralianBelfastCentral ScottishCockney(native dialect)DublinEssexEstuary English(native dialect)GlasgowHeightened RP(native dialect)LiverpoolLondon(native dialect)ManchesterRP(native dialect)Welsh-StandardWest CountryYorkshire
AccentsScandinavian
SportScuba divingStandup paddleboarding
PitchMezzo-soprano
SingingA cappellaClassicJazzPop
Training

Middlesex Polytechnic, Drama & Oral Skills, 2 years, 1977-1979
Royal Central School Of Speech & Drama - PG course in Voice/Accents & Dialects1997-1998
London Actors Workshop - Acting for Film & TV -2019

Film
2024
Missing Presumed .. R'lease August 24' - Dark Comedy (Feature film)
Jenny Slaughter - Murderess (Lead)
Edward Woolford Woolford Films
2024
In My Beginning Is My End -release date July 24'
Mrs Healy (Dublin)
Trevor Murphy Screentone - London E5 9RZ
2024
'I'm Not Brilliant' (Short film)
Elsie
Julian Kerridge NFTS
2024
'Whispers Of Retribution' (St American)
Madeline (ST American)
Gregory Randolph Open Frame Films Ltd, 71-75 Pritchard Street,London,WC2H 9JQ
2024
'Henry Your Wife Finds An Andrologist For You'
Evelyn Ashford
Open Frame Films Ltd, 71-75 Pritchard Street,London,WC2H 9JQ
2024
Choice -24' Int. Short Festivals Circuit. (Short film)
Professor Vanessa Forbes
Rebecca Dykstra Dykstra Productions
2023
True Crime (Documentary)
Penelope Jackson - killer. True story re-enactment
WAG Entertainment
2023
Crystal Dead
Crystal - murderess
Oshana Martinez Pugh
2023
Scam Granny
Anne - older woman - YouTube followers, uncovering scammers live .
Connor & Declan Miles Central Films
2023
Kite
Evelyn. -Journalist/Novelist, career driven mother
Antonia Kabitzky
2023
Barely Jean LGBTQ+(L.A.)
Barbara -Californian uptight mother 1950's
Mira Burgi MetFilms
2022
Nia release September 23' (Short film)
Teresa - Italian Aunt
Chantelle Ampomah Norto Productions Ltd BBC funded
2022
Violeta (Short film)
Charlotte (Entrepreneur)
Cristina Rios Cisneros
2022
The Fallout
The Commander
James Rowan Limbo Productions
2022
Dimension Slip (Feature film)
Policewoman -Sara Burns
Barbara Toschi Peracals Productions Ltd
2021
OILMEN COP26
Retired Oil Co. Scientist
Philip Lakka
2021
The Outing - LGBTQ+(N. Carolina USA Accent) (Short film)
Liz Anderson - N. Carolina USA Accent
Carolina Ratcliffe LFS
2021
Fresh Start
Marjorie
Chris Mylord Chris Mylord Prod's
2021
Where The Marigolds Lie - Dark Comedy Close BAFTA nominee
Pam ( interfering pushy neighbour)
Jamie Gibson Aperture Alley Productions
2021
Moonlit Requiem - Short Horror- 2 Cannes wins
Mary Mason -matriarch
Arthur Edelman Somnia Productions
1977
The Class Of Miss Macmichael - Glenda Jackson & Oliver Reed (Feature film)
Deirdre
Silvio Narizzano Kettledrum Films
Television
2022
Who Killed Soloman Reid -series 2
Helen Olendrake - Forensic Pathologist
Richard Anthony Dunsford Hypericum Films
2000
Renford Rejects
Mrs Moody
Steven Bawal Nickelodeon/C4
Theater
2018
Love Letters
Katherine Hepburn & Caitlin Moran
Sarah Drew Brighton Little Theatre
2017
Playboy Of The Western World
Widow Quinn
Nick Roche Brighton Little Theatre
2016
A Little Night Music
Desiree Armfeldt
Luis Craig Brighton Little Theatre
1996
Billy Blue
Pru Rose
Laura Copeland Oval House Theatre
1994
House Of Obsession (London Tour)
Albertine
Christina Jones Babel Theatre Co
1993
Piaf
Madelaine & Understudy Piaf
Paul Kerryson Leicester Haymarket Theatre
1992
Mail Order Bride
TV Interviewer
Prunella Scales West Yorkshire Playhouse
1984
A Lover And His Lass (Shakespeare Anthology)
Juliet/Katherine/Lady M/Rosalind/Beatrice
Sue Glanville/Harold Reese Jericho Theatre Productions
1983
As You Like It
Chorus/US Rosalind
Joseph Calder Birmingham Repetory Theatre
1982
Lovers And Other Enemies LGBTQ+
Helen of Troy
Jo Granger Oval House Theatre London
Other
2024
Mayfair -trailer for a streaming series.(St American)
Lady Laura Edwards (St American)
Steve Graham Henry Hadaway Organisation
2023
'Warsaw' music video for - Lovejoy (Music video)
Distraught mother
Ricky Allen Blood Films
2022
Dead Man's Phone -Series 2 (Video game)
Psychiatrist
Adam Butcher Electric Noir Studios
2021
Tokyo Biennale - Nights Of Chiyoda. Interactive exhibition on social history of Japan
2nd Generation Zainichi Grandmother
Ting-Ting Cheng National Art Foundation of Taiwan
2021
Holy Grail ( James Bond/Kingsman spoof)
Lara Marques ( Judy Dench M type)
Callum Swainstone Portsmouth Film School.
2021
Antony & Cleopatra - Moscow
Cleopatra/Black Queen
Sasha Doulerain Jr.Prod. Bacchae Productions/Moscow Electric Stansilavsky Th.
2020
Breathe
Rose
Melissa Restrepo Melirestre
1992
Merrily We Roll Along (Musical)
Reporter/Ensemble
Paul Kerryson, Stephen Sondheim, George Furth Leicester Haymarket Theatre
1992
The Sound Of Music (Musical)
Sister Berthe
Mark Dorrell (MD) West Yorkshire Playhouse
1992
Merrily We Roll Along - Cast Album
Reporter/Ensemble
TER/Leicester Haymarket Theatre
1990
The Sound Of Music (Musical)
Sister Margaretta
Wendy Gadian (MD) Cheltenham Everyman
1986
Les Misérables (Musical)
Trinket Buyer/US Madam Thenardier
John Caird RSC/Cameron Mackintosh Ltd
1985
Chess (Musical)
Ensemble/Swing
Trevor Nunn Fox Productions, Prince Edward Theatre
1985
Babes In The Wood
Robin Hood
Jimmy Perry Duncan C Weldon/Richmond Theatre London
1984
The Rocky Horror Show (National Tour) (Musical)
Columbia
Vivian Ellacot Theatre Royal Hanley
1981
Cinderella
Cinderella
Boreham Wood Theatre
1980
Oklahoma! - Cast Album Recording
Dorothe/US Laurey
Cameron Mackintosh Ltd, James Hammerstein Palace Theatre London, STIFF Records
1978
Oklahoma! (National Tour) (Musical)
Dorothea/US Laurey
James Hammerstein Palace Theatre London, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd