Lisa Dillon

Lisa Dillon

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birthdate = 1979
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occupation = Actress
yearsactive = 2003 - present
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awards = Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer
"The Master Builder"
Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Newcomer
2003 "The Master Builder"
Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Newcomer
2003 "The Master Builder"

Lisa Dillon (born 1979, Coventry) is Critics Circle Award-winning English actress.

Career

Theatre

Whilst training at RADA, Dillon appeared in several training productions, including: "Hamlet" and "The Tempest by William Shakespeare, "The Devils" by John Whiting, "The Devil's Law Case" by John Webster, "Yentl" by Leah Napolin and "The Playboy of the Western World" by J. M. Synge.

Having graduated from RADA, her first theatrical job was the title role in Euripides' "Iphigeneia at Aulis" at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield [ [http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/creativedevelopmentprogramme/productions/Iphigenia/actors.shtml Sheffield Theatres Education Resource] ] . She then went on to appear in numerous theatre productions, including as Hilda Wangel in "The Master Builder" by Henrik Ibsen at the Albery Theatre, (now the Noël Coward Theatre) London [ [http://www.actorsandactresses.co.uk/dillon-lisa.html Lisa Dillon London theatre actors and actresses] ] , Desdemona in "Othello" (with the RSC at the Trafalgar Studios, London, before embarking on an international tour) [ [http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/display/cm/contentId/80578 The Big Interview: Lisa Dillon | Official London Theatre Guide] ] , Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" as Thea (Almeida Theatre, London, later transferring to the Duke of York's Theatre, London) [ [http://www.musicomh.com/theatre/hedda-gabler.htm musicOMH.com - Theatre - Review - Hedda Gabler @ Duke Of York's Theatre, London] ] and "Period of Adjustment" by Tennessee Williams (The Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon later transferring to the Almeida Theatre, London) [ [http://www.musicomh.com/theatre/period-of-adjustment_0306.htm musicOMH.com - Theatre - Review - Period Of Adjustment @ Almeida Theatre, London] ] . In 2007 she starred in the National Theatre's revival of Noël Coward's "Present Laughter" [ [http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/Present%20Laughter+27185.twl National Theatre : Productions : Present Laughter] ] and "The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other" [ [http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/thehour National Theatre : Productions : The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other] ] . She also played Celia in Shakespeare's "As You Like It" during February [ [http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=whatson.production&ProductionID=388&ReturnFuse=whatson.missed&StartRow=81 Sheffield Theatres - As You Like It] ] and Varya in Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" during March [ [http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=whatson.production&ProductionID=394&ReturnFuse=whatson.missed&StartRow=61 Sheffield Theatres - The Cherry Orchard] ] , both back at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.

In 2008 she will appear in Anna Mackmin's West End revival of "Under the Blue Sky" by David Eldridge.

Television

Dillon is now best known for her role as Mary Smith in the British television series "Cranford" [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/11_november/05/cranford_dillon.shtml BBC - Press Office - Cranford: Lisa Dillon plays Miss Mary Smith] ] on BBC One where she starred alongside Michael Gambon and Judi Dench. She also starred in the 2003 drama "Cambridge Spies" [ [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article1151009.ece The builder's mate - Times Online] ] and the 2004 TV film, "Hawking" [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/hawking/ BBC - Science & Nature Programmes - Hawking] ] , both of which were also for the BBC.

Film

Dillon's film credits include the Stephen Fry directed 2003 film "Bright Young Things" [ [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article838824.ece Look ahead: Stars on the rise - Times Online] ] .

Personal life

Dillon began a degree in English Literature and Drama at Royal Holloway but abandoned it when she won a place at RADA.

Awards

In 2003 she was nominated for the Evening Standard Award for "Outstanding Newcomer of the Year" for the performance she gave in a production of Ibsen's "The Master Builder" [ [http://www.albemarle-london.com/awards/AwardWinners.php?Award_Type=Evening%20Standard%20Awards&Year=2003 Albemarle - Awards] ] . She won that year's Ian Charleson award, in part, for that performance.

References

External links

*imdb name|id=1373096|name=Lisa Dillon
* [http://www.rada.org/grad02/dil.html Lisa Dillon's RADA Profile]


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