Jan Graveson
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Jan Graveson is a British actress from County Durham in the North East of England.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Acting
She began performing on the club circuit at the age of 6 but made her television debut in White Peak Farm in 1988. She went on to play the pregnant runaway Disa O'Brien in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1990-1991.
She has also appeared in episodes of Spender (1991), Heartbeat (2001), Casualty (1989;1992), Wycliff (1998) and A Touch of Frost (1996).
In 2004 she starred alongside Ray Winston in Richard Hawkins' BAFTA nominated psychological thriller, Everything. Graveson played Naomi, a Soho prostitute, who was hired by Winston's character, Richard. Instead of having sex with Naomi, Richard pays her just to talk. The film is largely a succession of dialogues between the two, intermittently broken up by events such as Richard hiding in the wardrobe to watch Naomi at work, or a backstory involving his wife and daughter, which gradually becomes more and more important. The film had a budget of just £47,500 and was filmed in nine days. Graveson received much critical acclaim for her performance in the film. [1]
Graveson appeared in the BBC children's television show Byker Grove from 2004-2006 as Heather, the mother of Hayley Robinson (Heather Garrett). In 2006 Graveson was seen in an episode of the BBC hospital drama Holby City (2006).
[edit] Music
Graveson had a brief spell as a pop singer in the early 90s. In 1991 she released a cover version of the 1964 Cilla Black song "Anyone Who Had a Heart". Graveson has also appeared in many stage plays as well as in the musical Blood Brothers playing Linda. She starred in both the West End and New York productions of the show.
In 1993 Graveson earned a Tony Award nomination for "Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical", for her role as Linda in Blood Brothers.
Graveson continues to perform musically. She will be performing at the British Acoustic Festival with her band Disco Indians in July 2007
