Laura Rees

Laura Rees
Laura Rees
Education	The Academy Drama School;[citation needed] Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Occupation	Actor;
Years active	2003–present
Awards	RWCMD's Prudence Emilyn-Jones Fund prize for Movement, Dance and Ballet

Laura Rees is a British actress of radio, stage, and the small screen, active since at least 2003.

Early life and education

In film, Rees played the role of Gina the record executive, in Richard Curtis' blockbuster romantic comedy, Love Actually (2003),^{[citation needed]} and the role of Anna in the Metamorphosis (2012).^{[citation needed]} Other film work includes the short The Dentist,^[when?] directed by Stephen Frears and Pierre Tatarka.^{[citation needed]}

In television, Rees appeared in the 1997 series, Where the Heart Is.^{[citation needed]} In 2008 she appeared in the role of Beatrice Donnelly, in the second series of Masterpiece Mystery's Inspector Lewis, in the fourth episode, "The Great and the Good".^{[citation needed]} She appeared again in the franchise's prequel, in 2013, the role of Faye Madison in the first series of Endeavour, in the second episode, "Fugue".^{[citation needed]} Other television appearances include in Holby City,^{[citation needed]} Murder in Mind,^{[citation needed]} and Young Arthur (in the last as Morgana).^{[citation needed]}

In theater, Rees' stage credits include having appeared in Brand for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 2003, directed by Adrian Noble.^{[citation needed]} As well, she portrayed Ophelia in Hamlet, directed by Yukio Ninagawa, in 2004.^{[citation needed]} Rees was scheduled to play Juliet in Romeo and Juliet with the RSC in 2008, but withdrew from the production in October due to labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis.^[1] In 2012 she played Lady Windermere in the Royal Exchange theatre's production of Lady Windermere's Fan.^{[citation needed]} Other roles have included appearances at Shakespeare's Globe, including Lavinia in Titus Andronicus,^[when?]^[where?]^{[citation needed]} and Luciana in The Comedy of Errors.^[when?]^[where?]^{[citation needed]}

As of this date,^[when?] is Rees was an active member of the London-based artistic collective The Factory Theatre Company, with Alex Hassell, Catherine Bailey, Jemima Rooper, Alan Morrissey, and John Hopkins, all of whom have performed in Round One and The Seagull Experiment around London.^{[citation needed]}

At the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Rees was the recipient of the prize of the Prudence Emilyn-Jones Fund, for Movement, Dance and Ballet.^[when?]^{[citation needed]}

Date	Title	Role	Director	Station
8 October 2005	The Franchise Affair^{[citation needed]}	Gladys Rees	Ellen Dryden	BBC Radio 4 Saturday Play
11 August 2008 – 15 August 2008	The Pillow Book^[2]	Empress	Lu Kemp	BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
2 August 2009 – 16 August 2009	Ruth^[3]	Ruth	Ellen Dryden	BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial
19 January 2010	The Lonely^[4]	Patches	Kirsty Williams	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
15 November 2010 – 19 November 2010	The Pillow Book (series 3)^[5]	Empress	Lu Kemp	BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
27 February 2011	Helen^[6]	Slave / Chorus	Ellen Dryden	BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3
19 June 2011	Money^[7]	Clara Douglas	Samuel West	BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3

Cecily, in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Directed by Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2004).^{[citation needed]}
Bunty Mainwaring, in The Vortex by Noël Coward. Directed by Jo Combes at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2007).^{[citation needed]}
Jean Rice, in The Entertainer by John Osborne. Directed by Greg Hersov at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2009).^{[citation needed]}
Lady Windermere, in Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde. Directed by Greg Hersov at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2012).^{[citation needed]}