Kate Sissons
Encyclopedia
Kate Sissons is a British
RADA
-trained actress and the daughter of BBC
newsreader
Peter Sissons
, who comes from Liverpool
, as does her mother.
She played Clarissa in 'Pimp', a feature film produced by Triple S films, starring Danny Dyer
, Billy Boyd and Robert Cavanah
(Cavanah also directing). It went on general release in 2010.
Sissons recently worked with the music video director, Mark Romanek
, playing a sit-com actress in Never Let Me Go
, screenplay by Alex Garland
, based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
, and starring Keira Knightley
. Her first part in a feature film was playing Haze, a young goth girl in the cult vampire flick, Vampire Diary.
Kate played Jen in the award winning short film, The Sickie, starring Toby Jones
(Infamous, The Painted Veil).
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
RADA
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is a drama school located in London, United Kingdom. It is generally regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in the world, and is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1904.RADA is an affiliate school of the...
-trained actress and the daughter of BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
newsreader
News presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
Peter Sissons
Peter Sissons
Peter George Sissons is a broadcast journalist in the United Kingdom. He was the presenter of the BBC Nine O'Clock News and the BBC News at Ten between 1993 and 2003, as earlier a newscaster for ITN, providing bulletins on ITV and Channel 4. He is also a former presenter of the BBC's Question Time...
, who comes from Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, as does her mother.
She played Clarissa in 'Pimp', a feature film produced by Triple S films, starring Danny Dyer
Danny Dyer
Danny Dyer is an English actor, media personality, and chairman of Greenwich Borough, a non-League football team.-Biography:Daniel John Dyer was born in Custom House, an area of East London, to Antony and Christine Dyer...
, Billy Boyd and Robert Cavanah
Robert Cavanah
Robert Cavanah is a Scottish actor/writer/director/producer.Cavanah was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a fluent Spanish speaker. He is a father of two...
(Cavanah also directing). It went on general release in 2010.
Sissons recently worked with the music video director, Mark Romanek
Mark Romanek
Mark Romanek is an American filmmaker, whose directing work includes feature films, music videos and commercials.He wrote and directed the critically acclaimed 2002 film One Hour Photo starring Robin Williams...
, playing a sit-com actress in Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go (2010 film)
Never Let Me Go is a 2010 British dystopian drama film based on Kazuo Ishiguro's 2005 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Mark Romanek from a screenplay by Alex Garland. Never Let Me Go is set in an alternate history and centers on Kathy, Ruth and Tommy who are portrayed by Carey...
, screenplay by Alex Garland
Alex Garland
Alexander Medawar "Alex" Garland is a British novelist and screenwriter.-Early life:Garland was born in London, England, the son of psychoanalyst Caroline and political cartoonist Nicholas Garland. His maternal grandparents were zoologist Peter Medawar and author Jean Medawar...
, based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro OBE or ; born 8 November 1954) is a Japanese–English novelist. He was born in Nagasaki, Japan, and his family moved to England in 1960. Ishiguro obtained his Bachelor's degree from University of Kent in 1978 and his Master's from the University of East Anglia's creative writing...
, and starring Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley
Keira Christina Knightley born 26 March 1985) is an English actress and model. She began acting as a child and came to international notice in 2002 after co-starring in the film Bend It Like Beckham...
. Her first part in a feature film was playing Haze, a young goth girl in the cult vampire flick, Vampire Diary.
Kate played Jen in the award winning short film, The Sickie, starring Toby Jones
Toby Jones
Toby Edward Heslewood Jones is an English actor.-Early life:Jones was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of actors Jennifer and Freddie Jones...
(Infamous, The Painted Veil).
Films
- Burning
- Pimp
- Never Let Me GoNever Let Me Go (2010 film)Never Let Me Go is a 2010 British dystopian drama film based on Kazuo Ishiguro's 2005 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Mark Romanek from a screenplay by Alex Garland. Never Let Me Go is set in an alternate history and centers on Kathy, Ruth and Tommy who are portrayed by Carey...
- Vampire DiaryVampire DiaryVampire Diary is a 2007 horror film starring Anna Walton first released in the United Kingdom by Peccadillo Pictures. The film was directed by Mark James and Phil O'Shea and produced by Michael Riley and Margaret Matheson...
(2006) - The Sickie (2006)
Television
- DoctorsDoctors (BBC Soap Opera)Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional Midland town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the City of Birmingham. It was created by Chris Murray; Mal Young drove its development, and Carson Black was the original producer. The first episode was broadcast on...
1000th episode special (September, 2006) - Casualty (New Year's EveNew Year's EveNew Year's Eve is observed annually on December 31, the final day of any given year in the Gregorian calendar. In modern societies, New Year's Eve is often celebrated at social gatherings, during which participants dance, eat, consume alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks to mark the...
, 2005) - The BillThe BillThe Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
- Music videos as 'Susie' in the songs All Over This Town' and 'Black and White by The Upper RoomThe Upper Room (band)The Upper Room were a rock band based in Brighton, England. Sony Records were brought to the band's studio via mutual friends and they were signed in time for their first single, "All Over This Town", in summer 2004. The single's 2006 video featured actress Kate Sissons, who also appears in the...
- The CourtroomThe CourtroomThe Courtroom is a British legal drama created by Phil Redmond, which aired between June and December 2004.The programme was notable for starring many former British soap stars, particularly those who starred in Redmond's other productions Brookside and Hollyoaks....
, (7 December 2004 - first professional TV appearance)
Theatre
- How I Got That Story by Amlin Gray (Whore's Oath Theatre Company))
- Something Cloudy, Something Clear by Tennessee WilliamsTennessee WilliamsThomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
(premiere), as Clare - Almost Nothing by Marcos Barbosa
External links
- Vampire on BritFilms.com
- Kate Sissons on the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Photos from the set of How I Got That Story
- Info on DynamicListing.com
Reviews
- Review of How I Got That Story on TheStage.co.uk
- Review of How I Got That Story by FringeReport.com