Emily Bruni | |
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| Born | Emily Bruni 1975 (age 47–48) |
| Alma mater | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| Occupation | Actress |
Emily Bruni (born 1975 in Exeter, Devon)[citation needed] is an English actress. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.[citation needed] In 2000, she played Tanya in the drama Metropolis by Peter Morgan. She starred alongside Rik Mayall in the sitcom Believe Nothing as Hannah Awkward. In 2002 she appeared in the return of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
Bruni portrayed the Empress Catherine the Great in the 2005 television documentary Catherine the Great. She also played the role of Sarah Woodruff in the BBC version of The French Lieutenant's Woman, narrated by John Hurt and repeated on BBC Radio 7 in February 2009. From 2009 to 2012 she played Gail, the girlfriend of Jeremy's love interest, in Series 6, 7 and 8 of Channel 4's Peep Show.
In theatre, Bruni spent three years at the Royal Shakespeare Company where roles included Esmeralda in Camino Real, directed by Steven Pimlott. Bruni starred as Jean Rhys in The Shared Experience production After Mrs Rochester (Sydney Theatre). She played Lady India in Ring Round The Moon (Playhouse Theatre), choreographed by Wayne McGregor.
In 2015, Bruni performed in Donkey Heart and the one woman show Before You Were Born, both by Moses Raine. In 2016, she starred in the Steven Berkoff double bill Lunch and The Bow of Ulysses. The following year, Bruni appeared as Goneril in a production of King Lear in the Globe Theatre.[1]
Bruni played Debbie / Deborah in Laurence Boswell's production of the Donald Margulies play The Model Apartment at the Bath Ustinov theatre.
In 2021 Bruni played Actress in Psychodrama : a one woman show about an actress under investigation for the murder of an auteur theatre director, whilst rehearsing a production of Hitchcock's Psycho. The play was written and directed by Matt Wilkinson. Bruni was nominated for an Offie award.
Bruni is a regular contributor to Radio Four drama
References
- ^ Hemming, Sarah (18 August 2017). "King Lear, Shakespeare's Globe, London — a timeless fable". Financial Times.
External links
- Emily Bruni at IMDb
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