Resume / Bio

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FILM

Late Night Girls

Starring/Jackie Francis Megahy/Bedford Prods.

The Red Scarf

Starring/Alice Peter Sands/Independent

Chasing Chekhov

Starring/Lydia Peter Sands/VisionFire Films

The Big Empty

Supporting/Wife Jack Perez/Left of Center Prods.

Coming Into Money

Starring/Allie Peter Sands/VisionFire Films

Mortal Hazard

Starring/Mona Marc Cohen/Independent

Patriot Games

Voice/adr Philip Noyce/Paramount

Out Of It

Supporting/Karen Ken Cameron/ABC Australia

Philosophy In The Bedroom

Supporting/Mrs. Durand Tony Guzman/Vanguard
 

TELEVISION

Martial Law

Guest Star Ron Satlof/CBS

Days Of Our Lives

Recurring/Marie-Helene Herb Stein/NBC

Grumpuss

Starring/Queen of the Sidh Otherworld Ent., UK

As The World Turns

Recurring/Kitty Various/CBS

Another World

Recurring/Simone Various/NBC

Hammer House Of Horror

Guest Star/Governess Francis Megahy/ITV

Life At Stake

Co Star/Faraday Mother John Irvin/BBC Films

Alvin Purple

Guest Star/Julie Maurice Murphy/Roadshow
 

THEATRE 
(Partial List)

Anon

Rita Echo Theatre Company, Stage 52, LA

Chasing Checkov

Lead & Author/Lydia Theatre East, Los Angeles

Submission

Lead/Dominatrix Beverly Hills Playhouse

Mounting Panic

Lead/She 2nd Stage, Los Angeles

Lost In The Movies

Lead/Dr. Miller Court Theatre, Los Angeles

The Crucible

Lead/Elizabeth Roundabout Theatre (Ensemble Co) NY

Taster's Choice

Lead/Karoline South Street Theatre, NY

Psycho 2

Lead/Lila New York Playwrights Festival

Lady Jane Grey

Lead/Lady Jane Writer's Theatre NY

The Lover

Lead/Sarah West 86th Street Theatre, NY

Young Playwrights' Program

Various Royal Court Theatre, London

The Shadow People

Lead/Mona ICA Theatre, London

The Norman Conquests

Lead/Sarah Ayre Repertory, Scotland

Strindberg's Easter

Lead/Kristina Netherbow Theatre, Edinburgh

California Suite

Lead/Hannah QE2 Pacific Tour
     

TRAINING

   

Stella Adler: Script Interpretation; Robert Lewis: Scene Study; Shelley Winters: Actors Studio Workshop; Sharon Chatten: Cold Reading; Warren Robertson: Scene Study; RADA London: Voice and Shakespeare; BA Degree - Theatre/Art/Sociology.

 

SPECIAL SKILLS

Accents & Dialects: Standard American, Southern, British (Posh and Cockney), Australian, Irish, French, Scandinavian, German, Russian.  Languages: Excellent French.  Skills: Excellent Snow Skiing, Yoga (certified), Dance, Photographer, Published Writer.

 

AWARDS

Coming Into Money: Star and Writer - Winner: Best of the Fest. Rochester International Film Festival.  Winner: Silver Award: Best Comedy Original, Worldfest International Film Festival.  Winner: Jury & President's Award, Belgium International Film Festival.  Winner: Valley Theatre League Award: Chasing Chekhov in "Ten", Writers' Festival.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Member: British Academy of Film & Television/British Actors' Equity/SAG/AEA/AFTRA.  Permanent US Resident Card.  Australian & European Passports.


 BIOGRAPHY
An award winning actor and writer, Anna is fortunate to have worked with some of the most talented people in the business. Directors and Actors such as: Phillip Noyce, John Irvin, Francis Megahy, Peter Sands, Jack Thompson, Frances Bay, James Quattrochi, Neil Dickson, to name just a few. Anna started her career in her first year of University while studying for a BA degree in Theatre and Art History in Australia. At that time she starred on Television and Film; along with over two dozen commercials.

A few years later in London Anna worked with Gerald Chapman at The Young People's Theatre Program at the Royal Court Theatre, which led her to play leading roles in many prestigious theatre productions throughout Britain. Such as: The Norman Conquests, California Suite, There’s a Girl in my Soup, Strindberg’s Easter. She played roles on Television for BBC and Hammer House of Horror for ITV. Anna studied Shakespeare and Voice at the professional classes at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and also at the Actors’ Centre.

Anna went to New York to study script Interpretation with Stella Adler and scene study with Robert Lewis and Warren Robertson. Anna was a working observer at The Actors' Studio for five years and was greatly influenced by the moderators, Shelley Winters and Martin Landau. She played leading roles in many Off-Broadway shows, such as: The Crucible, The Lover, Taster’s Choice to name a few. She has played guest starring and recurring roles on Television shows such as Another World; As The World Turns; Days Of Our Lives and Martial Law. Her American film credits include: Mortal Hazard; The Big Empty; the self-penned Coming Into Money and The Red Scarf. Most recently Anna starred in the feature film “The Trouble with Ross” directed by veteran British director, Francis Megahy. It is soon to be released.

In 1998, Anna joined Peter Sands to become partners in VisionFire Films, Inc. She produced, wrote, and starred in the film Coming Into Money. This film has been screened at over 14 film festivals worldwide and has won four awards on the international and domestic film festival circuit.

In 2005 Anna’s short film "The Red Scarf” was shot in Los Angeles. Anna starred opposite veteran actress Frances Bay. This film has just been invited to compete for best International short at Seagate Foyle Film, festival in Northern Ireland.

Her latest full length play, "Venus Rules” recently had a staged reading in Los Angeles and will be having another reading in New York in 2006.