SAG-AFTRA / AEA / EQUITY UK
Susan Zachary @ The Zachary Company: [email protected]: 424-253-5154 (work); 310-963-4227 (cell)
International Representation: [email protected] +44-20-7720-3355
HEIGHT: 5’1” WEIGHT: 108lbs EYES: Blue/Green HAIR: Fair
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FILM/TELEVISION includes:
MENTE REVOLVER Lead Independent film (feature), dir. Alejandro Corona Ramirez
THE OBJECTIVE Co-lead Independent film (feature), dir. Collin Davey
REGRESSION Co-lead Independent film (short), dir. Collin Davey
LIFE IN THE UNDERPASS Guest Star BBC, dir. Simon Heyworth
CASUALTY Guest Star BBC, dir. Brett Fallis
DOCTORS Guest Star BBC, dir. Rupert Such
DOCTORS Guest Star BBC, dir. Rebecca Surridge
ACTING WITH PRUNELLA SCALES Guest Star BBC, Exec. Producer Brian Cox
THE EMPRESS Guest Star After Image, C4, dir. Jane Thorburn
THEATRE includes:
THE WILD TENANT Heledd Welsh tour, dir. Lucy Gough & Angharad Lee
TILLY NO-BODY Tilly Daejeon International Theatre Festival, South Korea, dir. Miles Anderson
A BODY OF WATER Avis Shakespeare & Company, dir. James Warwick
HENRY VI, PART 2 (THE CONTENTION) Eleanor/RIchard (III) Shakespeare & Company, dir. Tina Packer
TILLY NO-BODY: CATASTROPHES OF LOVE Tilly Wedekind Shakespeare & Company, dir. Miles Anderson
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Ursula/George Seacoal Shakespeare & Company, dir. Kelly Galvin
TWELFTH NIGHT Maria Shakespeare & Company, dir. Allyn Burrows
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Sir Hugh Evans Shakespeare & Company, dir. Kevin G. Coleman
CYMBELINE The Queen/Arviragus Shakespeare & Company, dir. Tina Packer
NIGHTS & DREAMS/SCHUBERT & BECKETT Vi/Assistant LA Phil, Walt Disney Concert Hall, dir. Yuval Sharon
THE TEMPEST Trinculo Shakespeare & Company, dir. Allyn Burrows
MERCHANT OF VENICE Nerissa Shakespeare & Company, dir. Tina Packer
WORSE THAN WOLVES Margaret Shakespeare & Company, dir. Gwendolyn Schwinke
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA Outlaw/Company Shakespeare & Company, dir. Jonathan Croy
NELL GWYNNE Nell Gwynne Complex, LA, dir. Miles Anderson
RICHARD III Mad Margaret Colorado Shakespeare Festival, dir. Tina Packer
THE SEAGULL Arkadina Main Stage, Davis, CA., dir. Katya Kamotskay
SARAJEVO STORY Barbara Williams Lyric Hammersmith, London, dir. Andy Lavender
THE PERMANENT WAY Investment Banker/ National Theatre/Out of Joint, dir. Max Stafford-Clark
2nd Bereaved Mother
A LAUGHING MATTER Susannah Cibber National Theatre/Out of Joint, dir. Max Stafford-Clark
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER Pimple National Theatre/Out of Joint, dir. Max Stafford-Clark
ANNA KARENINA Princess Betsy Octagon Theatre, Bolton, dir. Mark Babych
HARD TIMES Louisa Gradgrind Swan Theatre, Worcester, dir. Mark Babych
STEAMING Josie Swan Theatre, Worcester, dir. Mark Babych
THE QUEEN AND I Trish/Leanne Out of Joint, National Tour, dir. Max Stafford-Clark
AS YOU LIKE IT Celia Tamara Theatre Company, dir. Robert Leach
THE TURN OF THE SCREW The Governess Swan Theatre, Worcester, dir. Jenny Stephens
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Sonya Stanislavsky Museum, Moscow, dir. Albert Filozov
ORLANDO Violet Trefusis National Tour, Red Shift TC., dir. Jonathan Hollloway
ANTONIA Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay! Swan Theatre, Worcester, dir. Jenny Stephens
THE SEAGULL Masha Swan Theatre, Worcester, dir. Jenny Stephens
THE MALVERN WIDOW The Malvern Widow Swan Theatre, Worcester, dir. Jenny Stephens
TRAINING
State Institute of Cinematography, Moscow, Russia – Diploma in Acting (equivalent to MFA)
Shakespeare & Company Month-Long Intensive 2016
Uni. of Birmingham, UK – PhD in 'The Russian School of Acting' & BA (Hons), Drama & Theatre Arts (1st Class Hons, Distinction in Acting),
Guildford School of Acting, UK – Postgraduate Acting Certificate
Joan Scheckel Filmmaking Labs: Pace (2019), Action (2020), Feeling (2020)
COMMERCIALS
UK Nationals: Pizza Hut; McDonalds Chicken McNuggets; ToffeeCrisp Chocolate bar; Dr Barnardos Children's Charity
RADIO & AUDIO BOOK
Numerous plays for BBC Radio & The World Service for directors including Peter Leslie Wild, Jenny Stephens and Bruce Hyman; audio book of Shakespeare & Company: When Action is Eloquence (Routledge and Alison Larkin Presents, 2021)
SKILLS
Numerous accents & dialects including convincing American (inc. Standard, California, New York, Southern) * French, German, Russian
Mezzosoprano * Guitar (Classical & Folk) * Composer/songwriter * Society of British Fight Directors Certificate
Author of books including: Shakespeare & Company: When Action is Eloquence (Routledge, 2020); Facing the Fear: An Actor's Guide to Overcoming Stage Fright (NHB 2016) The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit (revised ed. NHB 2014), Acting: The Basics (revised ed. Routledge 2018), Konstantin Stanislavsky (revised ed. Routledge 2018), Beyond Stanislavsky: The Psycho-Physical Approach to Actor Training (NHB 2001) and With The Rogue’s Company: Henry IV at the National Theatre (Oberon/NT 2005)
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SHOWREEL:
http://www.bellamerlin.com/showreel.html
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1764219
Awards and Nominations
2023: Berkshires Theatre Critics Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actress in Henry VI Part 2: The Contention
2018: Mente Revolver wins Alhambra Oro (First Prize for Best Film) at Cines del Sur international film festival, Granada, Spain
2015: ENCORE! Producers' Award Hollywood Fringe Festival, 2015 - Nell Gwynne: A Dramatick Essaye on Acting and Prostitution written by Bella
Merlin, directed by Miles Anderson
2015: 'The Spirit of the Fringe Award' nomination for Best Female Performer, Hollywood Fringe Festival 2015written by Bella Merlin, directed by Miles Anderson
2015: The TVolution Platinum Award 2015 - Nell Gwynne: A Dramatick Essaye on Acting and Prostitutionwritten by Bella Merlin, directed by Miles Anderson
2015: The TVolution Award for Best Performance by an Actress - Nell Gwynne: A Dramatick Essaye on Acting and Prostitution
written by Bella Merlin, directed by Miles Anderson
2004: UK Theatre Awards for Best Touring Production nomination for The Permanent Way written by David Hare, directed by Max Stafford-Clark
2004: TMA Opus Award for Best Touring Production nomination for The Permanent Way written by David Hare, directed by Max Stafford-Clark
2004: What's On Stage London Theatre Award nomination for Best Ensemble for The Permanent Way written by David Hare, directed by Max Stafford-Clark
2000: Manchester Evening News Theatre Award nomination for Best Production for Anna Karenina directed by Mark Babych (Bella Merlin: assistant director and in acting company)
Susan Zachary @ The Zachary Company: [email protected]: 424-253-5154 (work); 310-963-4227 (cell)
International Representation: [email protected] +44-20-7720-3355
HEIGHT: 5’1” WEIGHT: 108lbs EYES: Blue/Green HAIR: Fair
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
FILM/TELEVISION includes:
MENTE REVOLVER Lead Independent film (feature), dir. Alejandro Corona Ramirez
THE OBJECTIVE Co-lead Independent film (feature), dir. Collin Davey
REGRESSION Co-lead Independent film (short), dir. Collin Davey
LIFE IN THE UNDERPASS Guest Star BBC, dir. Simon Heyworth
CASUALTY Guest Star BBC, dir. Brett Fallis
DOCTORS Guest Star BBC, dir. Rupert Such
DOCTORS Guest Star BBC, dir. Rebecca Surridge
ACTING WITH PRUNELLA SCALES Guest Star BBC, Exec. Producer Brian Cox
THE EMPRESS Guest Star After Image, C4, dir. Jane Thorburn
THEATRE includes:
THE WILD TENANT Heledd Welsh tour, dir. Lucy Gough & Angharad Lee
TILLY NO-BODY Tilly Daejeon International Theatre Festival, South Korea, dir. Miles Anderson
A BODY OF WATER Avis Shakespeare & Company, dir. James Warwick
HENRY VI, PART 2 (THE CONTENTION) Eleanor/RIchard (III) Shakespeare & Company, dir. Tina Packer
TILLY NO-BODY: CATASTROPHES OF LOVE Tilly Wedekind Shakespeare & Company, dir. Miles Anderson
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Ursula/George Seacoal Shakespeare & Company, dir. Kelly Galvin
TWELFTH NIGHT Maria Shakespeare & Company, dir. Allyn Burrows
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Sir Hugh Evans Shakespeare & Company, dir. Kevin G. Coleman
CYMBELINE The Queen/Arviragus Shakespeare & Company, dir. Tina Packer
NIGHTS & DREAMS/SCHUBERT & BECKETT Vi/Assistant LA Phil, Walt Disney Concert Hall, dir. Yuval Sharon
THE TEMPEST Trinculo Shakespeare & Company, dir. Allyn Burrows
MERCHANT OF VENICE Nerissa Shakespeare & Company, dir. Tina Packer
WORSE THAN WOLVES Margaret Shakespeare & Company, dir. Gwendolyn Schwinke
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA Outlaw/Company Shakespeare & Company, dir. Jonathan Croy
NELL GWYNNE Nell Gwynne Complex, LA, dir. Miles Anderson
RICHARD III Mad Margaret Colorado Shakespeare Festival, dir. Tina Packer
THE SEAGULL Arkadina Main Stage, Davis, CA., dir. Katya Kamotskay
SARAJEVO STORY Barbara Williams Lyric Hammersmith, London, dir. Andy Lavender
THE PERMANENT WAY Investment Banker/ National Theatre/Out of Joint, dir. Max Stafford-Clark
2nd Bereaved Mother
A LAUGHING MATTER Susannah Cibber National Theatre/Out of Joint, dir. Max Stafford-Clark
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER Pimple National Theatre/Out of Joint, dir. Max Stafford-Clark
ANNA KARENINA Princess Betsy Octagon Theatre, Bolton, dir. Mark Babych
HARD TIMES Louisa Gradgrind Swan Theatre, Worcester, dir. Mark Babych
STEAMING Josie Swan Theatre, Worcester, dir. Mark Babych
THE QUEEN AND I Trish/Leanne Out of Joint, National Tour, dir. Max Stafford-Clark
AS YOU LIKE IT Celia Tamara Theatre Company, dir. Robert Leach
THE TURN OF THE SCREW The Governess Swan Theatre, Worcester, dir. Jenny Stephens
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Sonya Stanislavsky Museum, Moscow, dir. Albert Filozov
ORLANDO Violet Trefusis National Tour, Red Shift TC., dir. Jonathan Hollloway
ANTONIA Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay! Swan Theatre, Worcester, dir. Jenny Stephens
THE SEAGULL Masha Swan Theatre, Worcester, dir. Jenny Stephens
THE MALVERN WIDOW The Malvern Widow Swan Theatre, Worcester, dir. Jenny Stephens
TRAINING
State Institute of Cinematography, Moscow, Russia – Diploma in Acting (equivalent to MFA)
Shakespeare & Company Month-Long Intensive 2016
Uni. of Birmingham, UK – PhD in 'The Russian School of Acting' & BA (Hons), Drama & Theatre Arts (1st Class Hons, Distinction in Acting),
Guildford School of Acting, UK – Postgraduate Acting Certificate
Joan Scheckel Filmmaking Labs: Pace (2019), Action (2020), Feeling (2020)
COMMERCIALS
UK Nationals: Pizza Hut; McDonalds Chicken McNuggets; ToffeeCrisp Chocolate bar; Dr Barnardos Children's Charity
RADIO & AUDIO BOOK
Numerous plays for BBC Radio & The World Service for directors including Peter Leslie Wild, Jenny Stephens and Bruce Hyman; audio book of Shakespeare & Company: When Action is Eloquence (Routledge and Alison Larkin Presents, 2021)
SKILLS
Numerous accents & dialects including convincing American (inc. Standard, California, New York, Southern) * French, German, Russian
Mezzosoprano * Guitar (Classical & Folk) * Composer/songwriter * Society of British Fight Directors Certificate
Author of books including: Shakespeare & Company: When Action is Eloquence (Routledge, 2020); Facing the Fear: An Actor's Guide to Overcoming Stage Fright (NHB 2016) The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit (revised ed. NHB 2014), Acting: The Basics (revised ed. Routledge 2018), Konstantin Stanislavsky (revised ed. Routledge 2018), Beyond Stanislavsky: The Psycho-Physical Approach to Actor Training (NHB 2001) and With The Rogue’s Company: Henry IV at the National Theatre (Oberon/NT 2005)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
SHOWREEL:
http://www.bellamerlin.com/showreel.html
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1764219
Awards and Nominations
2023: Berkshires Theatre Critics Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actress in Henry VI Part 2: The Contention
2018: Mente Revolver wins Alhambra Oro (First Prize for Best Film) at Cines del Sur international film festival, Granada, Spain
2015: ENCORE! Producers' Award Hollywood Fringe Festival, 2015 - Nell Gwynne: A Dramatick Essaye on Acting and Prostitution written by Bella
Merlin, directed by Miles Anderson
2015: 'The Spirit of the Fringe Award' nomination for Best Female Performer, Hollywood Fringe Festival 2015written by Bella Merlin, directed by Miles Anderson
2015: The TVolution Platinum Award 2015 - Nell Gwynne: A Dramatick Essaye on Acting and Prostitutionwritten by Bella Merlin, directed by Miles Anderson
2015: The TVolution Award for Best Performance by an Actress - Nell Gwynne: A Dramatick Essaye on Acting and Prostitution
written by Bella Merlin, directed by Miles Anderson
2004: UK Theatre Awards for Best Touring Production nomination for The Permanent Way written by David Hare, directed by Max Stafford-Clark
2004: TMA Opus Award for Best Touring Production nomination for The Permanent Way written by David Hare, directed by Max Stafford-Clark
2004: What's On Stage London Theatre Award nomination for Best Ensemble for The Permanent Way written by David Hare, directed by Max Stafford-Clark
2000: Manchester Evening News Theatre Award nomination for Best Production for Anna Karenina directed by Mark Babych (Bella Merlin: assistant director and in acting company)