Zara Dawson
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| Zara Dawson | |
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| Born | 24 September 1983 King's Lynn, England |
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Zara Dawson (born King's Lynn, Norfolk, 24 September 1983) is an English actress and television presenter.
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[edit] Career
Her most high-profile television roles to date include Down to Earth (in which she played Emma Murphy, the wayward daughter of Ricky Tomlinson and Denise Welch), Holby City, Doctors, Mike Bassett: Manager and Family Affairs, in which she played Eve O' Brien. After producers realised the popularity of her character, they decided the last episode should centre around Eve's wedding to Nathan.In addition, she has guest presented the CBBC show Xchange and Diggit on ITV.
She has just completed filming the Nicholas Winter feature film Breathe, to be released in 2008[1] and is currently filming a new British comedy feature film Mixed Up playing the daughter of Billy Murray and starring alongside Adele Silva, Lee Otway, Abi Titmuss and Sylvester McCoy, due for release in 2009, directed by Lawrence Pearce.[2]
On stage, she has appeared as "Juliet" in the West End musical version of Romeo and Juliet.[3] and other theatre work includes "Jo" in Little Women[4], "Roberta" in The Railway Children.[5] and "Hermia" in A Midsummer Night's Dream. She was also a backing vocalist for Charlotte Church alongside Eastenders' Kara Tointon.
[edit] Personal life
Born in King's Lynn, she is an alumni of Wisbech Grammar School, the Sylvia Young Theatre School and Redroofs Theatre School.[6][7] Zara began her career as a ballerina dancing for the Royal Ballet Company before to turning to acting & singing. She is engaged to actor Alexis James, most noted for creating the on-stage role of "The Artillery Man" in Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds.
[edit] References
- ^ British Film Magazine, November 26 2007, URL accessed January 5 2008
- ^ Credits at the Internet Movie Database, URL accessed May 15, 2008
- ^ Romeo and Juliet - The Musical, URL accessed January 5 2008
- ^ Programme biographies, URL accessed January 5 2008
- ^ The Brighton Magazine, 9 July 2007, URL accessed January 5 2008
- ^ Redroofs.co.uk, URL accessed January 5 2008
- ^ Myspace profile URL accessed January 5 2008
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| NAME | Dawson, Zara |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 24th September 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kings Lynn |
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