Cloudia Swann is an English stage, film and television actress.

Life and career

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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, graduating in 2005 when she landed her first screen leading role opposite Jesper Christanson as Alice in an Independent Feature Shaking Dreamland.[1] In 2006, she landed a 3 part series, Dream Team 80s for Sky TV[2] before playing a semi-regular role for BBC Scotland's River City.[3] In 2007, Swann landed leading role Sophie in Shine Productions Dis/connected[4] directed by Tom Harper, as part of the BBC 3 pilot season. Swann played Mark Addy's daughter for ITV's Bike Squad.

Swann had a small role in an episode of Demons which screened in February 2009, and also appeared in independent film, Shoot on Sight[5] directed by Jag Mundhra starring Brian Cox and Greta Scacchi about the 7/11 bombings in London. In 2010, she was cast in the award-winning The Great Game: Afghanistan at the 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.[6] Swann played six different characters from a young Afghan girl in Black Tulips to Simon Stephens' Canopy of Stars as a wife confronting her sergeant husband about returning to war. The success of the US tour resulted in a return to Washington D.C. in early 2011 for two exclusive performances at the Pentagon.[citation needed]

Prior to this, Swann guested in many TV shows. She appeared in the Multi Million Rowntrees Randoms Campaign playing a random primary school teacher[7] 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 Of Mice and Men at the Dukes Theatre in Lancaster.[8] In September 2011, she completed filming Real Playing Game, a thriller.

Selected filmography

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Films

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Year Film Character Director/Producer Studio
2005 Shaking Dreamland Alice Martina Nagel Eagle Films
2006 Young Hearts Leap Face Girl Alex Kalymnios BFI
2006 All Bar Love Eva James Derbyshire Te papa
2007 Shoot on Sight Justine Miller Jag Mundhra Cine Boutique
2011 RPG Young Player No. 3 Tino Navarro MGN Filmes
2012 Next Exit Jenny Ben Goodger Short Film
2012 7300 Days Later Eddie Luca Bertoluzzi Passion Raw
2014 Ramanujan Ms. Bourne Gnana Rajasekaran Camphor Cinema

Television

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "[1] Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine", Eagle Films, Oct 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Dream Team 80" webpage, harchester.net (2006). Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  3. ^ "[2]", The Evening Times, 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  4. ^ Preview of new teen drama Dis/Connected", digitalspy.co.uk. Accessed 22 September 2023.
  5. ^ ""Shoot on Sight Cast and Crew - English Movie". Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2011.", apunkachoice film site, 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  6. ^ Review of The Great Game: Afghanistan, theguardian.com. Accessed 22 September 2023.
  7. ^ "[3]", Rowntrees Advert – YouTube, 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  8. ^ Of Mice and Men, virtual-lancaster.net. Accessed 22 September 2023.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. 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)

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

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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).