Emmanuella Cole
Theatre credits: The Iliad (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh); An Octoroon, Danton’s Death, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (National Theatre); Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (RSC); Faustus (Headlong); Amanda (Young Vic); Shakespeare at Westminster Abbey (Shakespeare’s Globe); But I Cd Only Whisper (Arcola Theatre); We Know Not What We May Be (Barbican); Roadkill (Traverse Theatre); The Claim (Paines Plough); Faith Hope and Charity (Southwark Playhouse); Dancing Bears (Soho Theatre) and African Snow (Trafalgar Studios).
Film and Television: Hamlet (BKL Productions); The Book of Clarence (Legendary); I May Destroy You (BBC/HBO); The Tower (ITV/Mammoth); Cormoran Strike: Career of Evil (HBO/BBC/Bronte); Obsession (Discovery USA); Cucumber (Channel 4/ Red Productions); Scott and Bailey (ITV/Red Productions); Law and Order (ITV/Kudos); Thorne; Sleepyhead (Sky One); Little Miss Jocelyn (BBC); Top Boy (Channel 4/Netflix); In the Long Run (Sky One/Green Door).
Award nominations/wins: The Iliad - Nominated for Best Female Performance, The Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland.; and Roadkill - Olivier Winner for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre.
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