Janie Dee (born 1966) is an award-winning English actress and singer. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
She is married to the actor Rupert Wickham.
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She has performed a wide range from modern comedy to Shakespeare, contemporary drama to musical and opera and directing school productions. In 2007, she appeared as Kate in the Harold Pinter play Old Times, alongside Neil Pearson and Susannah Harker. Old Times is a play by the Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter. It was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre Neil Joshua Pearson (born April 27, 1959) is a British Actor best known for his work on television Susannah Harker (born on 26 April 1965 in London, England) is an English Film, Television, and Theatre In 2005 she starred as Beatrice in Sir Peter Hall's acclaimed production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing at the Theatre Royal in Bath. Peter Hall remarked in a radio interview that the reason he had chosen to produce that play was to see Janie Dee perform the role. Dee starred as Emma Lavenham in the BBC's adaptation of PD James' Death in Holy Orders (one in the series of the Adam Dalgliesh books) transmitted in the Spring of 2003. Phyllis Dorothy James Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSA, FRSL (born 3 August, 1920) is an English Crime writer Death in Holy Orders is a 2001 Detective novel in the Adam Dalgliesh series by P Adam Dalgliesh is a Fictional character who has been the protagonist of fourteen mystery novels by P Early in 2003, she played the role of Nurse Fay in Premiere production of 'Anyone Can Whistle' at the Bridewell Theatre. Anyone Can Whistle is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
Dee presented her one woman show at the Diva at the Donmar 2002 and previously, had returned to the West End reprising her critically acclaimed role of 'Edythe Herbert' in the Gershwin musical My One and Only. My One and Only is a musical with a book by Peter Stone and Timothy S The Show received its UK Premiere at the 2001 Chichester Festival Theatre Season and later transferred to the Piccadilly Theatre, again to wonderful reviews and much praise. Chichester Festival Theatre, located in Chichester, England, was designed by Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, and opened by its founder Leslie The Piccadilly Theatre is a West End theatre located at 16 Denman Street behind Piccadilly Circus and adjacent to the Regents Palace Hotel in the City
As the season's guest lead at Chichester, Dee also demonstrated her classical range, earning high praise for her performance as 'Masha' in the Chekov play Three Sisters. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ( –) (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) was a Russian short-story writer and Playwright, considered to be one Three Sisters (Russian Три сестры - Tri sestry is a play written in 1900 and first produced in 1901 by Russian author Anton Chekhov. Prior to Chichester she played the lead 'Lydochka' in Opera North's production of Paradise Moscow, by Dmitri Shostakovitch in London and throughout England. Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich ( Russian: ru Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович ( &ndash 9 August 1975 was a Russian Composer London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
In 2000 Dee appeared in the lead role 'Jacie Triplethree' in the Alan Ayckbourn comedy Comic Potential at the Lyric Theatre (West End). Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE (born 12 April 1939 is a popular and prolific English playwright Comic Potential by Alan Ayckbourn is a romantic Sci-fi comedy This was a virtuoso performance for which she was rewarded with the three most prestigious drama awards British Theatre can bestow, an achievement only ever matched by Dame Judi Dench: the Sir Laurence Olivier, London Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Theatre Best Actress Awards
This remarkable performance and reaction to it was repeated at The Manhattan Theatre Club in New York, where she received the following award and honours: OB Awards, Theatre World Awards, Lucille Lortel Nomination, Drama League Citation and Drama Desk Nomination for 'Best Actress'. Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA, (born 9 December, 1934) usually known as Judi Dench, is an English The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards ("Drama Theatre Awards" in 1989 and 1990 are presented annually for the year's theatrical achievements The Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC is a theater club in Manhattan, New York. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous In 1993 she was awarded the Olivier for her performance as 'Carrie Pipperidge' in Nicholas Hytner's production of Carousel at the Royal National Theatre. The Royal National Theatre, located on the South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. In 1992 she was nominated for Best Actress in the Time Out Awards for her performance as Jenny in Alan Ayckbourn and Paul Todd's compilation Between The Lines.
Previous work in plays written and directed by Sir Alan Ayckbourn includes, Dreams From A Summerhouse, Comic Potential and House And Garden, originating the roles of Amanda, Jacie and Joanna respectively. Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE (born 12 April 1939 is a popular and prolific English playwright Comic Potential by Alan Ayckbourn is a romantic Sci-fi comedy House and Garden are a diptych of plays written by the English playwright Alan Ayckbourn, first performed in 1999 Alan Ayckbourn also directed her own show, which began its life at the RNT Studio, with songs by Britain's hottest new song writers.
For the Royal National Theatre - Helen of Troy in The Women Of Troy, Julie in Johnny On A Spot, NT2000 Children's Hour. The Royal National Theatre, located on the South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. For the Royal Shakespeare Company - The Shakespeare Revue Barbican & West End and Showboat. The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC is a British Theatre company Romeo and Juliet, A Connecticut Yankee (New Shakespeare Company at Regent's Park), Mercury Workshop Revue, A Chorus Of Disapproval (Salisbury playhouse), Parallel Vision, You Can't Take It With You (King's Head Theatre); Cinderella (Tokyo); Glory Of Gershwin, Oklahoma! (National Tour); The Sound Of Music and South Pacific (The Crucible, Sheffield); Enter The Guardsman (Donmar Warehouse). They're Playing Our Song, Love Song's For Shopkeeper's, Figuring Thing's, Bolt From The Blue (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough). The Stephen Joseph Theatre is a Theatre in the round in Scarborough, England that was founded by Stephen Joseph and was the first theatre in
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Radio
The Vicissitudes of Evangaline, Paradise Moscow, Finian's Rainbow, Carousel, Salad Days (BBC Radio 2)
Television
House of Cards, The Live Show, Midsomer Murders, Heartbeat, London's Burning, Love Hurts, The Boot St Band (BBC), Little White Lies and "The Murder Room"
External links
- Janie Dee at the Internet Movie Database
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