Myfanwy Waring
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Myfanwy Waring is a Welsh
actress, best known for her role as PC
Amber Johannsen in the British drama series The Bill
. Her most recent on screen role was a minor role in BBC Birmingham's
daytime soap opera
of Doctors playing Radio producer Cerys Williams.
, Wales
in 1974. She studied acting at Rose Bruford College
in London.
Waring made her screen debut as a credited extra
in Club Le Monde
(2002). She next appeared in 2003's The Modernista
, a short film produced as part of the 48 Hour Film Project
. Waring played "Woman" alongside Louis Waymouth as "Man".
Over the next few years, she appeared in small roles in dot the i
, One Man and His Dog, Animal, and Ripper 2: Letter from Within
, the sequel to 2001's Ripper
.
Her first television role was that of PC
Amber Johannsen in the British
police procedural
The Bill. She appeared on the show from December 2004 through December 2005.
Waring has also been featured in commercials for numerous companies and products:
Waring appeared in a music video for the song Portent by the Southampton, England based band The Psychics.
After leaving The Bill, Waring appeared in the films A Dogges Tale and Balkanski sindrom.
, Waring is currently touring the United Kingdom performing Come On, Jeeves, a farcical P. G. Wodehouse
comedy. She performs alongside Anita Harris
, Victor Spinetti
, and Derren Nesbitt
. In June of 2008, Waring co-starred in the web series Cell on Crackle
.
In December 2004, Waring avoided serious injury when a Sri Lanka
n resort she was staying at was hit by a tsunami triggered by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
. Waring, who was swimming when the wave hit, was swept up by the wave, but was able to grab onto a tree and hold on until the storm waters receded.
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
actress, best known for her role as PC
Constable
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions.-Etymology:...
Amber Johannsen in the British drama series The Bill
The Bill
The 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...
. Her most recent on screen role was a minor role in BBC Birmingham's
BBC Birmingham
BBC Birmingham is one of the oldest regional arms of the BBC, located in Birmingham, West Midlands. It was the first region outside of London to start broadcasting both the corporation's radio and television transmissions, the latter from the Sutton Coldfield television transmitter...
daytime soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
of Doctors playing Radio producer Cerys Williams.
Biography
Waring was born in DyfedDyfed
Dyfed is a preserved county of Wales. It was created on 1 April 1974 under the terms of the Local Government Act 1972, and covered approximately the same geographic extent as the ancient Principality of Deheubarth, although excluding the Gower Peninsula and the area west of the River Tawe...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
in 1974. She studied acting at Rose Bruford College
Rose Bruford College
Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance is a British drama school, offering university-level and professional vocational training for theatre and performance and the BA and MA degrees, based in Sidcup, Southeast London.-History:Founded in 1950, Rose Bruford "pioneered the first acting degree...
in London.
Waring made her screen debut as a credited extra
Extra (actor)
A background actor or extra is a performer in a film, television show, stage, musical, opera or ballet production, who appears in a nonspeaking, nonsinging or nondancing capacity, usually in the background...
in Club Le Monde
Club le Monde
Club le Monde is an independent film released in 2002 and directed by Simon Rumley. It is set in 1993 and tells the story of one Saturday night in a small London nightclub. It stars Allison McKenzie and Dawn Steele....
(2002). She next appeared in 2003's The Modernista
The Modernista
The Modernista is a scotch-pastis/absinthe cocktail. It is a bitter cocktail with proportions of rum-based Swedish Punsch...
, a short film produced as part of the 48 Hour Film Project
48 Hour Film Project
The 48 Hour Film Project is a contest in which teams of filmmakers are assigned a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue, and have 48 hours to create a short film containing those elements. Shortly after the 48 hours of filmmaking, the films from each city are then screened at a theater...
. Waring played "Woman" alongside Louis Waymouth as "Man".
Over the next few years, she appeared in small roles in dot the i
Dot the i
dot the i is a 2003 psychological thriller starring Gael García Bernal, Natalia Verbeke, and James D'Arcy. It was written and directed by Matthew Parkhill.-Plot:...
, One Man and His Dog, Animal, and Ripper 2: Letter from Within
Ripper 2: Letter from Within
Ripper 2 is a 2004 British horror film directed by Jonas Quastel, starring Erin Karpluk and Nicolas Irons. It was written and produced by John A...
, the sequel to 2001's Ripper
Ripper (film)
Ripper is a 2001 Canadian-British horror film, directed by John Eyres. The film stars A. J. Cook and Bruce Payne. It was written and produced by John A. Curtis and Evan Tylor and by production companies Prophecy Entertainment and Studio Eight Productions.- Plot :Molly Keller Ripper (also known as...
.
Her first television role was that of PC
Constable
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions.-Etymology:...
Amber Johannsen in the British
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...
police procedural
Police procedural
The police procedural is a subgenre of detective fiction which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. While traditional detective novels usually concentrate on a single crime, police procedurals frequently depict investigations into several...
The Bill. She appeared on the show from December 2004 through December 2005.
Waring has also been featured in commercials for numerous companies and products:
- Fiat PuntoFiat PuntoThe Fiat Punto is a supermini produced by the Italian manufacturer, Fiat, since 1993.-1st generation :Internally codenamed Project 176, the Punto was announced in September 1993 and launched in late 1993 as a replacement for the ageing Fiat Uno. The Fiat Punto was voted European Car of the Year...
- NicoretteNicoretteNicorette is the brand name of a pharmaceutical preparation that contains nicotine for the treatment of tobacco dependence. Nicorette was the first medicinal preparation to facilitate smoking cessation....
- Confused.comConfused.comConfused.com, part of the Admiral Group, is a British price comparison website specialising in insurance and financial services.-History:Confused.com launched in 2002, becoming the UK’s first car insurance comparison site. It is based in Cardiff, Wales with its offices located near the headquarters...
- WhiskasWhiskasWhiskas is a brand of cat food sold throughout the world. It is owned by the American group Mars, Incorporated. It is available either as meat-like pieces in cans, pouches, or dry biscuits. Most packaging is a recognisable purple colour.-History:...
Waring appeared in a music video for the song Portent by the Southampton, England based band The Psychics.
After leaving The Bill, Waring appeared in the films A Dogges Tale and Balkanski sindrom.
, Waring is currently touring the United Kingdom performing Come On, Jeeves, a farcical P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE was an English humorist, whose body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years and his many writings continue to be...
comedy. She performs alongside Anita Harris
Anita Harris
Anita Harris is an English actress, singer and entertainer....
, Victor Spinetti
Victor Spinetti
Victor Spinetti is a Welsh comic actor.-Early life:Spinetti was born in Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Wales of Welsh and Italian heritage from a grandfather who was said to have walked from Italy to Wales to work as a coal miner...
, and Derren Nesbitt
Derren Nesbitt
Derren Nesbitt is an English actor. Possibly his best known role was as SS Major von Hapen in Where Eagles Dare.In 2008 he was writing a book on "biblical myths and falsehoods".-Acting career:...
. In June of 2008, Waring co-starred in the web series Cell on Crackle
Crackle
Crackle is a digital network and studio, featuring commercially supported streaming video content in Flash Video format. It is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, and its content consists primarily of Sony's library of films and television shows...
.
In December 2004, Waring avoided serious injury when a Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
n resort she was staying at was hit by a tsunami triggered by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake...
. Waring, who was swimming when the wave hit, was swept up by the wave, but was able to grab onto a tree and hold on until the storm waters receded.
Filmography
- Club Le Monde (2002) as Extra
- The Modernista (2003) as Woman
- dot the i (2003) as Carmen's Friend
- CasualtyCasualty (TV series)Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
(2004) as Lisa Clough - One Man and His Dog (2004) as Tanya
- Ripper 2: Letter from Within (2004) as Sally Trigg
- 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...
(2004—2005) as PC Amber Johannsen - Animal (2005) as Girlfriend Technician
- A Dogges Tale (2006) as Woman
- Balkanski sindrom (2007) as Jill
- Casualty (2007) as Tanya Stokes
- Portent (music video) (2007)