Joyce Falconer
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Joyce Falconer, born in 1969, was raised in a housing scheme in Torry
, which is across the River Dee from Aberdeen
fish market. Educated at Tullos Primary and Torry Academy where her natural talents for performing and music were encouraged.
She then went to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
.
Joyce has gone on to enjoy a successful career in Scottish Theatre but it is her role of Roisin Henderson in the BBC Scotland
soap opera, River City
for which she is now most renowned.
Joyce Falconer was invited to become an Honorary member of St Andrews
Kilrymont Rotary Club in 2006.
Joyce writes and performs her own material, mainly in Scots and is an accomplished After-Dinner Speaker, Host/M.C and asset to any Burns Night.
Falconer starred in the play adaptation of the book Sunset Song
, in which she plays the main characters mother, and other characters.
She is rumored that she could possibly play a guest role in long-running British drama Coronation Street
.
Torry
-Setting and historical development:Torry, lying on the south bank of the River Dee, was once a Royal Burgh in its own right, having been erected a burgh of barony in 1495. It was incorporated into Aberdeen in 1891, after the construction of the Victoria Bridge, itself made possible by the 1871...
, which is across the River Dee from Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
fish market. Educated at Tullos Primary and Torry Academy where her natural talents for performing and music were encouraged.
She then went to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is a conservatoire of music, drama, and dance in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Educational Association, it is the busiest performing arts venue in Scotland...
.
Joyce has gone on to enjoy a successful career in Scottish Theatre but it is her role of Roisin Henderson in the BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a considerable amount of autonomy from the BBC's London headquarters, and is run by the BBC Trust, who...
soap opera, River City
River City (TV series)
River City is a Scottish television soap opera, first broadcast in Scotland on BBC Scotland on 24 September 2002. River City storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional district of Shieldinch in Glasgow...
for which she is now most renowned.
Joyce Falconer was invited to become an Honorary member of St Andrews
St Andrews
St Andrews is a university town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle.St Andrews has a population of 16,680, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife....
Kilrymont Rotary Club in 2006.
Joyce writes and performs her own material, mainly in Scots and is an accomplished After-Dinner Speaker, Host/M.C and asset to any Burns Night.
Falconer starred in the play adaptation of the book Sunset Song
Sunset Song
Sunset Song is a 1932 novel by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon. It is widely regarded as one of the most important Scottish novels of the 20th century...
, in which she plays the main characters mother, and other characters.
She is rumored that she could possibly play a guest role in long-running British drama Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
.