Sian Brooke
Encyclopedia
Sian Brooke is an English
actress, known for portraying Laura in All About George and Lori in Cape Wrath
.
and is the youngest of three siblings. She is of Welsh
descent. She is a former member of the National Youth Theatre
and trained at RADA
, graduating in 2002.
Brooke's real surname is Phillips. She took her stage name to avoid confusion with actress Siân Phillips
, choosing Brooke after an English Civil War
general who served at Lichfield, her home town.
, Hotel Babylon
, Foyle's War
and The Fixer
. As a child, she was featured in Strangers in Utah with Adrian Dunbar and Phyllida Law. She also played the lead roles of Laura in All About George and Lori Marcuse in Cape Wrath
.
Brooke has lent her voice to the radio drama
s Murder on the Homefront, A Pin to See the Peepshow and Dreaming in Africa.
Brooke's theatre work includes Harvest, Dying City, Dido Queen of Carthage, In The Club, The Birthday Party and Absolutely Perhaps. She has also appeared in productions of Poor Beck, A Midsummer Night's Dream
, King Lear
and Romeo and Juliet
, with the Royal Shakespeare Company
. From July to August 2008, Brooke played Dorothy Gale in the musical The Wizard of Oz
at the Southbank Centre. The production was directed by Jude Kelly
.
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2002 || Dinotopia || Krista
- Marooned (2002)
- Making Good (2002)
- Lost and Found (2003)
- The Cure: Part One (2003)
- Crossroads (2003) || Fantasy
drama
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2006 || All About George || Laura || Comedy-drama
|-
| Under the Greenwood Tree || Susan Dewy || Television film
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2006 || A Touch of Frost
|| Carol Haymarsh
- Endangered Species (2006) || Police procedural
|-
| Housewife, 49
|| Evelyn Edwards || Television film
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2007 || Foyle's War
|| Phyllis Law
- Bleak Midwinter (2007) || Period crime drama
|-
| Hotel Babylon
|| Lisa
- Episode 2.4 (2007) || Comedy-drama
|-
| Cape Wrath
|| Lori Marcuse || Drama
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2008 || The Fixer
|| Melrose Cassidy
- Episode 1.2 (2008) || Drama
|-
| Midsomer Murders
|| Christine Turner
- The Magician's Nephew (2008) || Police procedural
|-
| The Commander || DC Marian Randall
- Abduction (2008) || Police procedural
|-
| Garrow's Law || Ann Hadfield
- List of Garrow's Law episodes#Series three
(2011) ||]
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
actress, known for portraying Laura in All About George and Lori in Cape Wrath
Cape Wrath (TV series)
Cape Wrath is a British drama television series produced by Ecosse Films which focuses on a family trying to escape its past while confronting an even more uncertain future...
.
Background
Brooke is from LichfieldLichfield
Lichfield is a cathedral city, civil parish and district in Staffordshire, England. One of eight civil parishes with city status in England, Lichfield is situated roughly north of Birmingham...
and is the youngest of three siblings. She is of Welsh
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
descent. She is a former member of the National Youth Theatre
National Youth Theatre
The National Youth Theatre is a registered charity in London, Great Britain, committed to creative, personal and social development of young people through the medium of creative arts....
and trained at RADA
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is a drama school located in London, United Kingdom. It is generally regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in the world, and is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1904.RADA is an affiliate school of the...
, graduating in 2002.
Brooke's real surname is Phillips. She took her stage name to avoid confusion with actress Siân Phillips
Siân Phillips
Jane Elizabeth Ailwên "Siân" Phillips, CBE, is a Welsh actress.-Early life:Phillips was born in Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, the daughter of Sally , a teacher, and David Phillips, a steelworker-turned-policeman...
, choosing Brooke after an English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
general who served at Lichfield, her home town.
Career
Brooke's television credits include A Touch of FrostA Touch of Frost (TV series)
A Touch of Frost is a television detective series produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1992 until 2010, initially based on the Frost novels by R. D. Wingfield....
, Hotel Babylon
Hotel Babylon
Hotel Babylon was a BBC television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen Edwards-Jones, that aired from 19 January 2006 to 14 August 2009, produced by independent production company Carnival Films for BBC One...
, Foyle's War
Foyle's War
Foyle's War is a British detective drama television series set during World War II, created by screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz, and was commissioned by ITV after the long-running series Inspector Morse came to an end in 2000. It has aired on ITV since 2002...
and The Fixer
The Fixer (TV series)
The Fixer is a British drama television series, produced by Kudos for ITV. Set in modern Britain, it follows the life of an ex-British Special Forces soldier arrested by police after he killed his aunt and uncle following his discharge from the military...
. As a child, she was featured in Strangers in Utah with Adrian Dunbar and Phyllida Law. She also played the lead roles of Laura in All About George and Lori Marcuse in Cape Wrath
Cape Wrath (TV series)
Cape Wrath is a British drama television series produced by Ecosse Films which focuses on a family trying to escape its past while confronting an even more uncertain future...
.
Brooke has lent her voice to the radio drama
Radio drama
Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...
s Murder on the Homefront, A Pin to See the Peepshow and Dreaming in Africa.
Brooke's theatre work includes Harvest, Dying City, Dido Queen of Carthage, In The Club, The Birthday Party and Absolutely Perhaps. She has also appeared in productions of Poor Beck, A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
, King Lear
King Lear
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological...
and Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
, with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
. From July to August 2008, Brooke played Dorothy Gale in the musical The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (adaptations)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum, which has been adapted into several different works, the most famous being the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland...
at the Southbank Centre. The production was directed by Jude Kelly
Jude Kelly
Judith Pamela Kelly OBE is a theatre director and producer from Liverpool, England.Kelly founded Solent People's Theatre, a touring company in 1976, and was artistic director of the Battersea Arts Centre from 1980 to 1985. In 1986, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company...
.
Filmography
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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2002 || Dinotopia || Krista
- Marooned (2002)
- Making Good (2002)
- Lost and Found (2003)
- The Cure: Part One (2003)
- Crossroads (2003) || Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2006 || All About George || Laura || Comedy-drama
Comedy-drama
Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...
|-
| Under the Greenwood Tree || Susan Dewy || Television film
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2006 || A Touch of Frost
A Touch of Frost (TV series)
A Touch of Frost is a television detective series produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1992 until 2010, initially based on the Frost novels by R. D. Wingfield....
|| Carol Haymarsh
- Endangered Species (2006) || Police procedural
Police procedural
The police procedural is a subgenre of detective fiction which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. While traditional detective novels usually concentrate on a single crime, police procedurals frequently depict investigations into several...
|-
| Housewife, 49
Housewife, 49
Housewife, 49 was a 2006 television drama based on the wartime diaries of Nella Last. Written by and starring English actress and comedian Victoria Wood, it follows the experiences of an ordinary housewife and mother in the Northern English town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria during the Second World...
|| Evelyn Edwards || Television film
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2007 || Foyle's War
Foyle's War
Foyle's War is a British detective drama television series set during World War II, created by screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz, and was commissioned by ITV after the long-running series Inspector Morse came to an end in 2000. It has aired on ITV since 2002...
|| Phyllis Law
- Bleak Midwinter (2007) || Period crime drama
Police procedural
The police procedural is a subgenre of detective fiction which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. While traditional detective novels usually concentrate on a single crime, police procedurals frequently depict investigations into several...
|-
| Hotel Babylon
Hotel Babylon
Hotel Babylon was a BBC television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen Edwards-Jones, that aired from 19 January 2006 to 14 August 2009, produced by independent production company Carnival Films for BBC One...
|| Lisa
- Episode 2.4 (2007) || Comedy-drama
Comedy-drama
Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...
|-
| Cape Wrath
Cape Wrath (TV series)
Cape Wrath is a British drama television series produced by Ecosse Films which focuses on a family trying to escape its past while confronting an even more uncertain future...
|| Lori Marcuse || Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2008 || The Fixer
The Fixer (TV series)
The Fixer is a British drama television series, produced by Kudos for ITV. Set in modern Britain, it follows the life of an ex-British Special Forces soldier arrested by police after he killed his aunt and uncle following his discharge from the military...
|| Melrose Cassidy
- Episode 1.2 (2008) || Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
|-
| Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...
|| Christine Turner
- The Magician's Nephew (2008) || Police procedural
Police procedural
The police procedural is a subgenre of detective fiction which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. While traditional detective novels usually concentrate on a single crime, police procedurals frequently depict investigations into several...
|-
| The Commander || DC Marian Randall
- Abduction (2008) || Police procedural
Police procedural
The police procedural is a subgenre of detective fiction which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. While traditional detective novels usually concentrate on a single crime, police procedurals frequently depict investigations into several...
|-
| Garrow's Law || Ann Hadfield
- List of Garrow's Law episodes#Series three
(2011) ||]