Courtney Webb
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Courtney Webb, real name Laura Franki Webb, is a British
actress and writer
. She was born on January 20, 1988 in London
, England
to a Colombia
n mother and British
father.
Webb has released eleven movies in her 20 years. She has established herself as a voice-over
actress. She also attended BRIT School
for the Performing Arts in Croydon
.
.
By age 11 she had started acting in minor films such as Girl and the film version of the video game Blood Bath
. She also started getting roles in international arthouse movies.
, a movie about Colombia
n gangsters which got her a nomination at the Colombian Internet Movie Awards. Also in 1999 she tried out for the role of Hermione Granger
in the Harry Potter
movies but lost out to Emma Watson
. Courtney also voiced anime shows such as Diamond Daydreams
and also voiced on British television
, most notably 2DTV
with fellow soap star turned movie actress Jennifer Ellison
. She dropped the role of starring in the film version of the videogame Fatal Frame as the heroine Miku Hinasaki so she filmed a part in the film version of the videogame Forbidden Siren
.
a release in 2008. She now goes under her real name of Laura Franki Webb. Her first novel is that of the fantasy genre, she has already started promotion for it, with its own Myspace account and a free podcast available at the Writer's Cafe.
Webb also has a manga
-influenced comic entitled RockGod which is currently in production, the title will be out in 2009 and most likely be published by Tokyopop
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
actress and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
. She was born on January 20, 1988 in London
London
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, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
to a Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n mother and British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
father.
Webb has released eleven movies in her 20 years. She has established herself as a voice-over
Voice-over
Voice-over is a production technique where a voice which is not part of the narrative is used in a radio, television production, filmmaking, theatre, or other presentations...
actress. She also attended BRIT School
BRIT School
The London School for Performing Arts & Technology is a British school located in Selhurst, Croydon, in London, England, with a mandate to provide education and vocational training for the performing arts, media, art and design and the technologies that make performance possible...
for the Performing Arts in Croydon
Croydon
Croydon is a town in South London, England, located within the London Borough of Croydon to which it gives its name. It is situated south of Charing Cross...
.
The beginning
Webb started acting at the age of five, when she appeared in the West End production of A Tale of Two CitiesA Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature....
.
By age 11 she had started acting in minor films such as Girl and the film version of the video game Blood Bath
Blood Bath
Blood Bath is a 1966 horror film directed by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman. William Campbell stars as an artist with vampiric tendencies who kills beautiful women and dumps their bodies into a vat of boiling wax in his studio...
. She also started getting roles in international arthouse movies.
Solidifying her career
At the age of 16, In 2004, Courtney appeared in El ReyEl Rey
-People:*Juan Carlos I of Spain , current King of Spain*Don Omar, Puerto Rican reggaeton singer nicknamed El Rey-Locations:*El Ray, a legendary city in Mexico, a safe haven for criminals from the US*El Rey National Park in Argentina...
, a movie about Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n gangsters which got her a nomination at the Colombian Internet Movie Awards. Also in 1999 she tried out for the role of Hermione Granger
Hermione Granger
Hermione Jean Granger is a fictional character and one of the three protagonists in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. She initially appears in the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as a new student on her way to Hogwarts...
in the Harry Potter
Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
movies but lost out to Emma Watson
Emma Watson
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is an English actress and model.Watson rose to prominence playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. Watson was cast as Hermione at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. From 2001 to 2011, she starred in all eight Harry Potter...
. Courtney also voiced anime shows such as Diamond Daydreams
Diamond Daydreams
is a Japanese visual novel game series, set in Hokkaidō. It was developed by Red Entertainment and published by Hudson Soft.-History:The series began with , which was released on March 18, 1999 for the Dreamcast. A fandisc, , was later released on August 5, the same year. On October 30, 2003, the...
and also voiced on British television
British television
Public television broadcasting started in the United Kingdom in 1936, and now has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of...
, most notably 2DTV
2DTV
2DTV is a British satirical animated television show that was broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom, directed by Tim Searle.2DTV employs the same satirical style as Spitting Image, but using animation rather than puppets. The animation was produced on computer, frequently with animators working up...
Current work
In July 2006, Webb's talent agency debunked rumors that she was going to play Miku in the upcoming movie Fatal Frame; instead, she will be starring in The CottageThe Cottage
The Cottage is a 2008 British darkly comic horror film, written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams.-Plot:Two brothers, David and Peter , kidnap Tracey , the stepdaughter of Arnie , an underworld crime boss...
with fellow soap star turned movie actress Jennifer Ellison
Jennifer Ellison
Jennifer Lesley Ellison is an English actress, glamour model, television personality, dancer and singer...
. She dropped the role of starring in the film version of the videogame Fatal Frame as the heroine Miku Hinasaki so she filmed a part in the film version of the videogame Forbidden Siren
Siren (video game)
, known as Forbidden Siren in Europe and Australasia, is a survival horror video game developed by SCE Japan Studio for the PlayStation 2 in 2003.-Plot:...
.
Author
According to Webb's agency and many fansites, Webb is starting a career as a writer with her first novel already seeinga release in 2008. She now goes under her real name of Laura Franki Webb. Her first novel is that of the fantasy genre, she has already started promotion for it, with its own Myspace account and a free podcast available at the Writer's Cafe.
Webb also has a manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
-influenced comic entitled RockGod which is currently in production, the title will be out in 2009 and most likely be published by Tokyopop
Tokyopop
Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works. The existing German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well...
.